DALLAS — Dallas Councilman Dwaine Caraway is on a mission: He wants those wearing low-hanging, baggy pants to pull them up.
As part of his ongoing campaign, the mayor pro tem held a summit Saturday. More than 100 adults, children, students, ministers, law enforcement officers and representatives from local organizations attended.
Local youth counselor Calvin Glover brought a contingent of teens. Saggy britches, big belt buckles and untucked T-shirts were in abundance.
Glover, a 29-year-old former sagger who still admits to an occasional offense, said kids have taken the trend too far.
“Come on, man,” he said. “I don’t want to see your dirty boxers that you’ve had on for two or three days. I mean, really.”
Most listened. Others seemed still groggy from the early morning wake-up.
Looking at a toddler sitting on one woman’s lap, Caraway said the baby girl had a right not to see dirty boxers. So does the elderly woman at the grocery store, he said.
Caraway told the crowd they wouldn’t want someone to show up for a date with sagging pants. It would be disrespectful, he said.
Outside the chambers, 16-year-old Ernesto Arias seemed undaunted. He would still wear his pants low — maybe even lower, he said.
“It’s just a style. It looks good like that,” he said.
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