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Youth walking on the street with low lowered pants. Sagging...

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The sagging pant issue has been around for years and most people don’t know when or where it really started but I do know that it’s causing a problem. The origin has been a debate among the higher ups and the people in society. Down south it is a fine to expose your underwear in public. What do you think? www.wikipedia.org

The town of Timmonsville has already put a “saggy pants law” on its books in 2016. The South Carolina community fines repeat offenders between $100 and $600, according to WLTX. “It is indecent. My 8-year-olds have pointed out to me men with their belt buckles right over their privates. That, in my eyes, is very near exposure,” a supporter wrote on Facebook after the 2016 law’s passing.

Origin

The style was popularized by skaters and hip-hop artists in the 1990s.[5][6] It later became a symbol of freedom and cultural awareness among some youths[7] or a symbol of their rejection of the values of mainstream society.[8]

It is often claimed the style originated from the United States prison system where belts are sometimes prohibited[9] and there can be a lack of appropriately sized clothing.[5][10]

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