July 31, 2014
In a June 6, 2013 photo, a young man wears saggy pants on the Wildwood, N.J. boardwalk. Wildwood recently passed a law regulating how people dress on its boardwalk, including a prohibition on pants that sag more than 3 inches below the hips, exposing either skin or underwear. Mayor Ernest Troiano said Wildwood has been inundated with complaints from tourists upon whose money the popular beach town depends for its survival.
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NJ Town OKs Boardwalk Ban on Saggy Pants
Civil libertarians say the law is unconstitutional and predict it will be overturned if challenged in court.
"Hindsight" is now punishable by a $25 fine in this Jersey Shore resort. Wildwood passed a law last year night banning overly saggy pants on the boardwalk, prompted by numerous complaints from longtime visitors about having to see people's rear ends hanging out in public.