Grieving passenger's sagging pants lead to arrest ('hood culture)

The San Francisco Chronicle ^ | June 16, 2011 | Justin Berton

[CedarDave]

A dispute that began after a passenger refused to pull up his sagging pants led to his arrest and removal from a plane at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday, police said.

Deshon Marman, 20, a University of New Mexico football player who was in the city to attend the funeral of a close friend, former Lincoln High School standout David Henderson, was being held at San Mateo County Jail on suspicion of trespassing, battery and resisting arrest.

Henderson was shot May 26 on Kirkwood Avenue and died 11 days later.

On Wednesday, San Francisco police got a call about 9 a.m. that someone was exposing himself outside a US Airways gate, Sgt. Michael Rodriguez said.

An airline employee spotted Marman before he boarded Flight 488, bound for Albuquerque, and complained that Marman's pants "were below his buttocks but above the knees, and that much of his boxer shorts were exposed," Rodriguez said.

The employee asked Marman to pull up his pants before he boarded the plane, but he refused, Rodriguez said. Marman allegedly repeated his refusal after taking his seat on the plane.

[CedarDave]

Mama says he's a good kid and just grieving for his friend, and he was "targeted" at the airport because "because of the way he looks - young black man with dreads and baggy pants."

Airline says they have rules against inappropriate dress and indecent exposure. After resisting arrest (probably gave the officers an "attitude") Marman is being held at the San Mateo County jail on a $11,000 bond.

[CedarDave]

Good comment by a SF reader:

Lessons for success:

• Stay in school
• Speak proper English
• Don't knock up girls
• Wear clothes that fit
• Don't join gangs

Is that really such a difficult list?

[Dilbert San Diego]

yep we know the liberal drill on this.

First of all, based on his race, we’re not supposed to say anything at all.

But beyond that, he was engaging in self expression of his culture and all that, so we’re not supposed to say anything about the sagging pants. It’s part of his culture, and all cultures are to be tolerated, etc. etc. etc.

[CedarDave]

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[reagan_fanatic]

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Islam gains another convert!

[Grunthor]

sagging pants

Deshon Marman

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I’m guessing Amish.

[Sir Napsalot]

I doubt the saggy pants was the reason. And I was right.

These ‘victims’ always use excuses to create sensational headlines until you read the whole story.

[Alex Murphy]

An airline employee spotted Marman before he boarded Flight 488, bound for Albuquerque, and complained that Marman's pants "were below his buttocks but above the knees, and that much of his boxer shorts were exposed," Rodriguez said. The employee asked Marman to pull up his pants before he boarded the plane, but he refused, Rodriguez said. Marman allegedly repeated his refusal after taking his seat on the plane.

He was wearing his pants at half-mast out of respect for the dead.

[F.J. Mitchell]

I thought about making a crack, but this story already had one too many showing. ;-)

[poindexters brother]

Pants on the ground,
Pants on the ground,
Lookin’ like a fool with your pants on the ground

[HGSW0904]

I’ve seen young men with their drawers down below their buttocks, boxers exposed...I usually steer away from them in public so my daughter doesn’t see. I’m tempted to ask them if they are aware their backside is hanging out of their pants, and if they are aware that the purpose of pants is to cover the backside...but I’m afraid I’d be shot. (And according to the libs, all of the above makes me a bigot.)

[blam]

Throw the book at these low IQ primitives...they're determined to destroy Western civilization.

They don't seem to understand that they'll die first.

Pondering The Black Underclass

[Flycatcher]

Lol!

Coffee-spew alert!

[oh8eleven]

Marman allegedly repeated his refusal after taking his seat on the plane.
Why was he allowed to board the plane?

[AppyPappy]

That’s pretty much why they do it. Women are attracted to the sight of a man’s boxers, it causes them to ovulate and have babies out of wedlock.

[Baynative]

Pride?

[treetopsandroofs]

No statement from Holder yet?

[liberalh8ter]

She added that her son was targeted at the airport "because of the way he looks - young black man with dreads and baggy pants."

Wrong, Mom. He was targeted because your son doesn't have the decency to not appear in public with his junk barely covered. Shame on you for defending him. It's now obvious why he lacks a moral compass.

[Brandybux]

Marman was being held on $11,000 bail.

Yippeeeeee!