Are baggy pants a fashion choice or crime? Cities have passed laws before, and they have been ignored, but now in Flint Michigan, it's serious.
The head of police, Chief Dick, ordered the arrest of people known as “saggers.†They can be arrested on site, serve up to a YEAR in jail and pay a huge fine for what Chief Dick calls “immoral self expression.†(I am NOT making this up!)
He also said just having baggy pants could be probable cause for cops to search saggers.
What's Driving This Trend
- Fashion Law
- Opportunity to research and develop new legal frameworks for fashion related attire regulations.
- Behavioral Intervention
- Opportunity to develop high-tech solutions to develop regulated behavior; considering psychological, biometric, and data analytics methods to prevent lawbreakers.
- Fashion Industry
- Opportunity for the fashion industry to research their audience and come up with innovative ways to dress in compliance with existing or new law frameworks.
Who This Affects Most
- Law Enforcement
- Opportunity to increase community participation to develop regulations for fashion compliance that minimize negative sociological impacts.
- Social Impact
- Opportunity to address negative social issues associated with infringing on individual's right to dress as they deem fit such as reducing incarceration rates.
- Technology
- Opportunity for companies to develop products that help a person monitor if their clothing conforms to the law.
