Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish Council passed an ordinance Wednesday night that will impose fines for anyone who wears pants below the waist in public that expose underwear or what police and the courts determine to be too much skin.
The Houma Courier describes the penalties for breaking the law:
Under the law, violators would face these fines:
Jerome Boykin, president of the Terrebonne NAACP, expressed his support for the law.
"There is nothing positive about people wearing saggy pants," Boykin told the Courier. "This is not a black issue, this is not a white issue, this is a people issue."
According to the latest Census data, 68% of Terrebonne residents are white, 19% are black, 5% American Indians, 4% Latino and 1% Asian.
