Black men in Shreveport, Louisiana, for example, comprised 96% of the arrests from 2017 to June 2019 for wearing sagging pants. These legislations reportedly led to police chasing down and killing ...

Others went full-on sag, tying their pants mid-thigh, a sartorial maneuver that made them "look like they were pooping themselves while they walked," one critic observed.

Sagging pants, or bagging pants worn below the waist that expose underwear or skin, is a style worn by rappers like Lil' Wayne that continues to be trendy among teenagers, Baruti said.

There can be fatal consequences to being Black and selling loosies: Eric Garner. There are fatal consequences to being a Black man wearing sagging pants: Anthony Childs. The Bridgeport City ...

In an effort sure to be appreciated by the city’s mothers and belt manufacturers, Brooklyn politician Eric Adams is launching a crusade against … sagging pants, spending $20,000 in campaign ...

By ABC News July 22, 2014, 4:37 PM Two youths wear their pants with the underwear showing on April 23, 2009 in Riviera Beach, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images ...