Baggy pants on US flight leads to removal and arrest
Jun 16, 2011 | 9:24 am
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Baggy pants on US flight leads to removal and arrest
Baggy pants lead to arrest at airport
College football player is arrested when he allegedly refuses to pull up pants
SAN FRANCISCO Police say a University of New Mexico football player's saggy pants led to his arrest at San Francisco International Airport.
Sgt. Michael Rodriguez says 20-year-old Deshon Marman was boarding a flight Wednesday to Albuquerque, N.M., when a U.S. Airways employee noticed his pants were "below his buttocks, but above the knees, and his boxer shorts were showing."
Rodriguez tells the San Francisco Chronicle that the employee asked Marman to pull up his pants, but he refused. She then asked him to leave the plane.
The officer says that after 15 minutes, Marman got off the plane and was cited for trespassing. . .
College football player is arrested when he allegedly refuses to pull up pants
SAN FRANCISCO Police say a University of New Mexico football player's saggy pants led to his arrest at San Francisco International Airport.
Sgt. Michael Rodriguez says 20-year-old Deshon Marman was boarding a flight Wednesday to Albuquerque, N.M., when a U.S. Airways employee noticed his pants were "below his buttocks, but above the knees, and his boxer shorts were showing."
Rodriguez tells the San Francisco Chronicle that the employee asked Marman to pull up his pants, but he refused. She then asked him to leave the plane.
The officer says that after 15 minutes, Marman got off the plane and was cited for trespassing. . .
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43423595/ns/travel-news/
Jun 16, 2011 | 10:33 am
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US Airways spokeswoman Valerie Wunder says the airline's dress code forbids "indecent exposure or inappropriate" attire.
. Apparently no complaints from US employees in that case, just lots of snapshots taken.It's always wrong to argue with a FA, even if s/he may be mistaken. I noticed the 20-year-old guy was charged with trespassing (meaning he didn't leave when asked) , and not with indecent exposure.
Jun 16, 2011 | 10:56 am
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So it seems his pajamas (
) hanging down below his butt is what got their attention -- but it was his reaction that got him arrested.
Jun 16, 2011 | 11:07 am
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Pants on the ground. Pants on the ground. Looking like a fool with your pants on the ground.
Jun 16, 2011 | 11:09 am
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I don't see anything wrong with this .... besides the plane being delayed 
Jun 16, 2011 | 12:27 pm
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Jun 16, 2011 | 1:00 pm
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Jun 16, 2011 | 1:10 pm
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And nor do I. It is not illegal for this guy to wear what he was wearing. He was showing his boxer shorts, not his skin. The FA who kicked him out is ridiculous. I probably do not agree with what he was wearing either (have not seen a picture), but being a FA does not make you the fashion police!
And this is another of the very many cases where FAs are abusing their powers. What about freedom? As long as there is no law against it, this guy can show his boxers.
Jun 16, 2011 | 1:14 pm
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To each his/her own. But I stick with my original thoughts that US did the right thing.
Jun 16, 2011 | 1:19 pm
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e.g. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/fashion/30baggy.html
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Jun 16, 2011 | 1:56 pm
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Here's what really amuses me:
I run a rental car office in Durham, NC and frequently when people are caught doing things they shouldn't (e.g. smoking in the car, not putting gas in it, keeping it longer than they've paid for etc.) they claim they were on their way to a funeral. Good to know it's not just an east coast thing.
Marman's mother, Donna Doyle, tells the paper that her son had attended a friend's funeral and he was still in an emotionally raw state.
Jun 16, 2011 | 2:20 pm
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I don't consider wearing baggy pants at your knees being something worthy of being thrown off a plane, but ^ to the FA.
Jun 16, 2011 | 2:46 pm
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This a slippery slope: we start out arresting people for wearing clothes we don't like, then start arresting people whose lifestyles we don't share, then other religions, etc. Even when I don't share the perspective of someone else in free country, that does not mean I feel that they should not be allowed to have that perspective.