Do Your Pants Hang Low?

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A juvenile delinquent in the UK—violent offender and drug user Ellis Drummond—has won a court case that attempted to curtail his wearing of low-slung pants and a hoodie. "The Crown Prosecution Service had applied for him to receive an anti-social behaviour order preventing him from 'wearing trousers so low beneath the waistline that members of the public are able to see his underwear' and any tops 'with the hood up'," reports the Daily Mail. Drummond won the right to dress as he pleases—he claimed the edict would have violated his human rights. Drummond was previously convicted of terrorizing his community by attacking people, throwing fireworks at bicyclists, and attempting to cut down a lamppost with a chainsaw. The prosecution claimed he used the way he dressed as a means of intimidation. [Daily Mail]