Sat. 3/16 Forum on Sagging Pants & The Criminalization of our Youth
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Community Town Hall Forum Saggy Pants & The Criminalization of our Youth Saturday March 16th 2-5PM Dudley Library 65 Warren St. Roxbury (Dudley Sq.)
Recently, in MA an organization has circulated a video about "sagging pants" which details punishments of arrest, fines, and up to 3 yrs in jail. This forum is to discuss the criminalization of our youth and the dangerous implications via mass incarceration, school to prison pipeline, etc. This forum is not to discuss the validity of whether or not "sagging pants" is acceptable or attractive, the organizers of this forum are not fans of this trend, rather we are more concerned with the various means and methods by which black & brown children are further criminalized and introduced earlier and earlier to the criminal justice system and law enforcement.
The producers of this PSA are apparently attempting to force fit a few MA General Laws in this campaign. MA General Laws Chapter 272: Crimes against chastity, morality, decency and good order Section 16: Open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section16
Watch the video for yourself and if you are as outraged as I am feel free to contact the producers of this PSA