17 year-old male shot for wearing baggy pants...

[cynatnite]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Anger over a Memphis teenager's sagging pants ended with gunfire, a bullet in the buttocks and an aggravated assault charge.

Police Sgt. Ron Perry says 45-year-old Kenneth E. Bonds saw two male teens walking along a street and yelled at them to pull up their pants.

Perry says they refused, the three began arguing and Bonds pulled out a pistol.

The first shot missed, but as the teens ran away several more rounds were fired and a 17-year-old was struck in the buttocks. He went to a hospital in non-critical condition.

http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9026749

[redirish28]

1. I personally don't understand the pants half on thing BUT to kill shoot at someone

Because you don't like their clothing... This is too far the extreme.

[LisaL]

3. He ain't dead.

Just shot in the butt.

[awoke_in_2003]

22. oh, well...

that's okay then :sarcasm:

[Vehl]

16. I second that

The Saggy pants fashion is sickening
yet to shoot at someone over this issue is just too much. The police officer should face an investigation.

Edit: it was not the police officer. my bad :D

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. It wasn't a cop

re read it.

[Vehl]

20. argh my bad

thanks for pointing that out :)

[dorkulon]

21. What police officer?

Weird--you're the second one here to derive the impression that it was a cop that did this. I guess it's the wording, but the only officer mentioned is simply relating the story.

[Vehl]

29. yeah

I guess After seeing so many DU articles about Policemen tasering people recently...I kinda assumed that it was the police officer who did it.

The wording didn't help either...cos when I saw the "Police Sgt. Ron Perry says" I was like "ah...another one of those stories".
I should have read the entire sentence without jumping to conclusions :(

[redirish28]

2. I personally don't understand the pants half on thing BUT to kill shoot at someone

Because you don't like their clothing... This is too far the extreme.

[BlueJazz]

5. I'm not so sure about that.

[awoke_in_2003]

24. I change my mind...

shoot that SOB :)

[Submariner]

4. aggravated assault charge

he should have been jailed for attempted murder.

[slackmaster]

6. I know I should be outraged by this, but it's just not happening this evening

:shrug:

[MrScorpio]

7. The Fashion Police: Now with Deadly Force authority! nt

[petronius]

10. Is that on Bravo, or A&E?

Now that I think about it, Project Runway would be a much better show if Tim and Heidi had guns. Actually, pretty much all reality shows could be improved with heavy-duty weaponry...

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Was not a cop

kindly re-read.

[MrScorpio]

30. Neither are the real Fashion Police nt

[awoke_in_2003]

25. "America's Top Model"...

meets "The Terminator" :)

[Liquorice]

8. I had the misfortune of standing in line behind a young man with

his pants down so low that his butt was hanging out. He was wearing very thin underwear and you could basically see his ass. It was super gross. I actually felt a little sick. But of course the guy who shot at those teenagers is clearly off his rocker and needs to be put away; he is a danger to everyone.

[awoke_in_2003]

27. the human butt...

is no where near as disgusting as a gun wound.

[Liquorice]

31. Nobody said it was. nt

[awoke_in_2003]

32. true...

but just wanted to point out the fact that shooting someone in the ass for wearing his pants too low is a bit excessive.

[Liquorice]

34. Of course. That's why I said he should be put away because he is dangerous. It's

still gross to have to stand behind a teenager with his ass hanging out over his pants. I wonder how they keep them from falling all the way down.

[awoke_in_2003]

i have wondered that myself...

very tight belt at the top of the legs- how the hell do they walk?

[Liquorice]

36. LOL. it's amazing really. nt

[awoke_in_2003]

37. I see it as a fad...

kids doing something to upset their parents, like we did things to upset our parents, who did things to upset theirs, and so on and so on :)

[awoke_in_2003]

35. i have wondered that myself...

very tight belt at the top of the legs- how the hell do they walk?

[Touchdown]

33. It's not his fault. KMart said that boy's pants were half off.

He's just following orders.:P

[dorkulon]

38. LOL

Nicely done.

[Gman]

9. Nice shot!

Maybe the kid will pull his pants up.

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[whistler162]

12. Plumber in training?

[donheld]

13. Dick Cheney?

[dorkulon]

14. I hate everyone in this story

with the possible exception of Police Sgt. Ron Perry.

[MadHound]

15. Abhorent police behavior

No excuse, you don't shoot people over clothing.

[dorkulon]

17. Read it again

the police had nothing to do with any of this.

[MadHound]

26. My bad,

Late at night, need to sleep, too many fire threads.

Still, police or not, it is abhorrent behavior to shoot somebody over clothing.

[some guy]

23. he coulda ran faster if his pants fit better.

:)

but then, he would've had less reason to run anyway.


I'm thinking collapsing empires aren't very nice places to live. This one gets weirder and scarier by the day.

[truth2power]

41. I had a good laugh at your post...

:P especially the wry humor of the "collapsing empires" statement. I think our society is decompensating. Nevertheless, if we can't laugh, what's left?

On a more serious note, I've actually read news articles where a person fleeing the police was captured because he tripped on his own pants and fell down. :evilgrin:

[sylveste]

28. this one's a toss-up

no one wants to get shot in the ass. however, well....

[Posteritatis]

46. No, it really isn't. (nt)

[truth2power]

39. I suppose everyone here is afraid to raise the issue of what happens

when you're really pissed about something and you can reach out and curl your fingers around a gun.

No, I'm not an anti-gun person, but I do think that it needs to be acknowledged that we all get angry, sometimes over the most inconsequential things. Usually the moment passes, but the availability of a deadly weapon changes everything.

Now Mr. Bonds is facing a felony charge over a minor disagreement. Oh, and I agree that teenagers walking around with their pants falling down isn't a pleasant sight, especially since that fad has its roots in the prison culture. Or so I've read.

[Reader Rabbit]

40. This almost sounds like an Onion story.

Couldn't the guy just have followed them all over while singing "Pants on the Ground"?

[Karenina]

43. Lookin' like a FOOL witcha pants on the ground!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMwhl4IrPNc

No reason to shoot bullets... :freak:

[NobleCynic]

42. Stories like this make me have great sympathy for the police

Imagine having to be the officer taking the witness statements for this idiocy and having to keep a straight face. It reads like it was straight outta Reno 911.

[AlabamaLibrul]

44. If you're 45, aren't you a little old to be pulling a pistol in an argument and shooting someone as

they run away?

I mean, what the fuck?

[Zax2me]

45. Someone actually did that?!

Man, that's a 'joke fantasy', like exploding the car next to you when it cuts you off. Things you say as a joke but of course would never consider ACTUALLY doing.
The baggy pants irritate the hell out of me, much like the guy that cuts you off in traffic. But you just pull away - you don't pull a gun.
I wish when people break like that they would shoot a Westboro Church member in the butt. You know, something that REALLY irritates you and might actually deserve a butt shot.