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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 2025442" data-attributes="member: 3649">--From Richmond Times-Dispatch&nbsp;The Virginia Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted unanimously today to kill the low-slung pants bill that drew worldwide attention.&nbsp;If the bill had become law, people could have been fined $50 for intentionally wearing their pants low enough to show underwear.&nbsp;The style has been popularized by hip-hop entertainers and favored by teenage boys. One delegate said the measure could lead to profiling of African-American males.&nbsp;The House of Delegates had voted in favor of the proposal 60-34 and had sent it to the Senate, where the committee dealt with it today.&nbsp;An assistant attorney general told committee members that the legislation might be unconstitutional, and committee member Sen. Thomas K. Norment Jr., R-James City, said it was an embarrassment to the commonwealth of Virginia.&nbsp;The bill's sponsor, Del. Algie T. Howell, D-Norfolk, was invited as a courtesy to attend the committee hearing but he did not show up today.&nbsp;The bill would have had to pass both houses of the General Assembly and then be signed by the governor to become law.&nbsp;-- &nbsp;I guess ol' Algie would have had to take time off from checking out teenage boy's backsides for possible offenses to attend the session.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 2025442, member: 3649"] --From [i]Richmond Times-Dispatch[/i] The Virginia Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted unanimously today to kill the low-slung pants bill that drew worldwide attention. If the bill had become law, people could have been fined $50 for intentionally wearing their pants low enough to show underwear. The style has been popularized by hip-hop entertainers and favored by teenage boys. One delegate said the measure could lead to profiling of African-American males. The House of Delegates had voted in favor of the proposal 60-34 and had sent it to the Senate, where the committee dealt with it today. An assistant attorney general told committee members that the legislation might be unconstitutional, and committee member Sen. Thomas K. Norment Jr., R-James City, said it was an embarrassment to the commonwealth of Virginia. The bill's sponsor, Del. Algie T. Howell, D-Norfolk, was invited as a courtesy to attend the committee hearing but he did not show up today. The bill would have had to pass both houses of the General Assembly and then be signed by the governor to become law. -- I guess ol' Algie would have had to take time off from checking out teenage boy's backsides for possible offenses to attend the session. [/QUOTE]

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