“It may be against the constitution but....

[Live and Learn]

if we can turn around a couple of young men it would be worth it."

Seriously? We are now willing to give up the Constitution in the hopes of turning around a couple of young men? Sometimes, I feel like screaming!

Looks like a lot of plumbers will be facing fines in Louisiana

http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/too-saggy-pants-banned-in-louisiana--prompts-accusations-of-racial-profiling-180216086.html

Too-Saggy Pants Banned in Louisiana, Prompts Fears of Racial Profiling

By Beth Greenfield, Shine Staff | Fashion – 6 hours ago

Pants on the ground? Better pull ’em up fast if you’re in Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish, where a new law bans the low-slung, undies-exposing jeans look popularized by hip-hop culture.

The ban, approved Wednesday and expected to be signed into law this week, targets the public wearing of pants—and, oddly, skirts—that hang “below the waist” and “expose the skin or undergarments.” Violators will be slapped with fines: $50 for the first offense, $100 for the second, and $100 plus 16 hours of public service for each subsequent offense.

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But Navy—who points out that the local chapter of the NAACP has publicly supported the ban—said he is not targeting any specific group of people. “I am an African-American,” he told Yahoo! Shine. “I know I’m not racial profiling.” Terrebonne Parish, according to 2012 Census stats, has a population of 111,900 that’s 72 percent white and 19 percent black.

Hornsby added that he was personally torn about how to vote, and that he would like to reevaluate the effects of the law in a year to see if it’s doing any good. “I was skeptical, and had a lot of sleepless nights,” he said. “It may be against the constitution but if we can turn around a couple of young men it would be worth it.”

[JimDandy]

1. The only thing this will turn around is dollars--taxpayer dollars.

He's is intent on wasting taxpayer money on the lawsuit that will inevitably come from the first person who is fined under that unconstitutional law.