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Louisiana Will Stay Out of Residents’ Closets

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From Times Wire Reports

The fashion police won’t be coming to Louisiana.

State lawmakers refused to make it a crime to wear low-slung pants in public. The bill’s sponsor, Democratic Rep. Derrick Shepherd, brushed aside catcalls and laughs on the House floor to argue that the pants were an example of young men copying prisoners’ attire.

The proposal had called for violators to serve three days of community service and pay a fine up to $175. It lost on a vote of 54-39.

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