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The ban on “sagging pants” revealing a person’s underwear will be lifted in a South Florida city 13 years after it was implemented.
The Opa-locka city commission, northeast of Miami, voted 4 to 1 to repeal both the original 2007 legislation and a 2013 ordinance that said men and women could receive civil citations if they violated the ban.
There are signs around town to warn people not to get caught with their pants down.
One shows a picture of two young men with pants below the waist and features the words: “No yes, me butts … it’s the law of the city!”
Wednesday’s vote was a first reading of the repeal, meaning it will need to be approved again at a later commission meeting before it becomes official, the Miami Herald reports.
However, the article was co-sponsored by four of the five commissioners.
Deputy Mayor Chris Davis, who sponsored the repeal, told the Miami Herald: “I never supported it, not even as a resident.”
“I felt it disproportionately affected a certain segment of our population, which is young African American men.”
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called the ban a “ridiculous waste of public resources,” saying it would “impose excessively harsh penalties for victimless behavior” and disproportionately affect young blacks. .
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