Louisiana Parish Institutes Saggy Pants Ban, Victimless Crime? (VIDEO)

by Austin Petersen

 

JENNING, LA – It’s now illegal in Jefferson Davis Parish to wear baggy pants, and the fine for doing so is $50. The local Police Jury passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for a person to appear in public wearing pants that sag below the waist and expose the skin or undergarments.

The ordinance comes on the heels of complaints that the panel has fielded about employees at a courthouse who suffered from having to see people’s underwear and body parts in public.

The ordinance was approved on Wednesday. People violating the law face a $50 fine for the first offense and a $100 fine for each subsequent violation.

Why does the government see fit to prosecute people for victimless crimes? Some people are complaining that the law amounts to nothing more than racial profiling.

The local nationalist movement (Nazi) has taken up the cause with glee, promoting a local news report on their Youtube account while commenters laugh about how much easier it will be now to catch criminals who try to run away.


Users of Twitter have reacted with appropriate and sometimes hilarious responses to saggy pants bans that have been enacted across the United States. Here are some of the best below.

 

 

And apparently saggy pants bans aren’t just for the guys.

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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