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美国田纳西州四名高中生因穿沙基裤入狱

Four Tennessee high school students have been charged with indecent exposure in recent weeks, and two of them jailed for it -- all because they wore sagging pants.

最近几周,田纳西州的四名高中生遭到起诉,因为穿着不当、过于暴露,其中两人锒铛入狱,皆源起沙基裤。

 
Two seniors at Bolivar Central High School, about 70 miles east of Memphis, spent 48 hours in jail because of their low-riding clothing.
 
"I just took it and went on," one of the students, Antonio Ammons, told local NBC station WMC. "I didn't know what else to do."
 
He told the station he had never been in jail before, and was placed with the other inmates.
 
"I really didn't like it," Ammons told WREG, the CBS station in Memphis. He said he also has to figure out how to pay more than $250 in fines and court fees.
 
Saggy pants violate the school dress code, and the school's resource officer, Deputy Charles Woods, said he had already reprimanded the students several times, according WREG.
 
However, not everyone agreed with the decision to jail the students for their clothing choice.
 
"I think jail time might be a little too much, but at the same time there has been a lot of sagging pants," parent Crystal Wing told WMC.
 
"Maybe we have them do some community service, pick up some trash, help at the dog kennels, things like that," Sharon Till told WREG. "I think putting them in jail is just a little bit much."
 
Saggy pants have become a point of contention in some communities, and have been banned in several places including Opa-Locka, Florida, and Wildwood, New Jersey. Earlier this year, a city council member in Dadeville, Alabama, proposed banning sagging pants because "God would not go around with pants down.”