The uncle:
The punk:
Posted on 05/21/2009 3:17:07 PM PDT by BBell
A groom was arrested at his own wedding for disturbing the peace after his nephew violated the dress code with low-riding pants, Kenner police said.
Arrested at the wedding reception Friday were groom John Lucas, 53, of River Ridge, his brother, Walter Lucas, 52, and nephew Samuel Lucas, 19, both of St. Rose.
"We got arrested like 20 minutes after they said 'I do,' " said Samuel Lucas, the 19-year-old with the allegedly low pants. "They spent $1,500 on dance lessons and they didn't even get to dance."
The incident began Friday evening at the Crystal Plantation when the police officer working a detail at the wedding asked the youngest Lucas to pull up pants that were "sagging below his buttocks" to comply with the reception hall's dress code, according to the police report.
"All the kid had to do was pull up his pants," said Leonard Dazet, owner of the Crystal Plantation. Dazet said each bride and groom is required to sign a contract agreeing that guests will abide by the dress code.
Samuel Lucas denied that his pants were so low, though he acknowledged that his belt was loose. "I have beaucoup witnesses. All my cousins and everything said my pants were not sagging," he said.
"His pants were not obscene in any kind of way," father Walter Lucas said, acknowledging that his son's belt wasn't tight enough and that he asked him to pull the pants up whenever he saw that they were a little low. He said he told the officer it was his responsibility as a parent to govern his son's clothes.
But according to the police reports, the teenager's father told the police officer to mind his own business and began arguing with him. When the officer escorted
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> “I have beaucoup witnesses. All my cousins and everything said my pants were not sagging,” he said.
Whoa! A French speaking gangsta! Merde!
The delivery of the large tanker of Chlorine was delayed. See what happens!! More Chlorine need in that gene pool. The bride still has time to back out of this situation before it is too late.
I think low riding pants are one of the stupidest things I have ever seen but it is not the law’s business how a person wears their pants.
I just thought of something. Isn’t Kenner where a young lady who likes to go around with no panties and a short skit, is from?
> The bride still has time to back out of this situation before it is too late.
(grin!) I bet the last chapter hasn’t been written on that story yet, ay. The bride should be rightly annoyed — I wonder how many months the groom is going to have to sleep on the couch? If it is less than six months he got off lucky.
BWAHAHAHA!
Interesting point. In the "old" days, I remember grooms swinging from chandeliers. The damages were paid after the reception. Some guy showing his ass at the wedding seems, small to me.
In the meantime, another 3,000 terrorists sneaked across the border...
But we must demand the imprisonment of these saggy panted extremists!
Enforcability of contracts is a fundamental pillar of civilised society. The matter of the contract may be seemingly trivial (a dress code at a private dining establishment), but the contract itself is far from trivial.
The uncle:
The punk:
To quote Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack, "Now I know why tigers eat their young."
But a contract is a civil matter; police enforcement is a criminal matter.
No, she's from Kentwood, on the Mississippi border. Kenner is the location of New Orleans International Airport.
I love the 1979 hair.
You should read the article. They were at a private club, and had signed a contract agreeing to meet the dresscode. They went neanderthal on the cop who asked the kid to pull up his pants, and ended up in jail.
"Pickin' up after you"
Here comes the bride and there goes the groom
Looks like a hurricane went through this room
Smells like a pool hall, where's my other shoe?
And I'm sick and tired of pickin' up after you
Looks like you spent the night in a trench
And tell me, how long have you been combing Your hair with a wrench?
The roses are dead and the violets are too
And I'm sick and tired of pickin' up after you
Confucius say: “Ugly man with droopy drawers, soon to have hairy crack up.”
This sorry little pr!ck is 19! Does daddy tell him when to take a breath, too. At 19 I was guarding my country's borders, responsible for multi-million dollar pieces of equipment. This sad little boy can't keep his pants up.
As I frequently remind my wife, this is the caliber of 'people' who will be changing our diapers in a couple decades. Heaven help us.
LOL!
Kid’s almost certainly lying. Which is more plausible:
1. that someone with the banquet hall — which just wants to make money and avoid trouble — LIED when they called police over a sagging-pants violation that had led to arguments?
or
2. the kid’s lying, picked a fight with guests and then cops, and later got his friends and relatives to agree to be “beaucoup witnesses” for him by also lying?
This simply is NOT a matter of police or state overreaching. It's a matter of a young punk acting like a young punk, and two old idiots who should know better aiding and abetting him. The groom has no excuse whatsoever: he signed the contract, he knew its contents.
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I could not agree more.
All three were arrested for disturbing the peace. Aparently "having your pants below your waist" isn't a crime yet.
> Aparently “having your pants below your waist” isn’t a crime yet.
Great way to lose fights, but.
It is if the private business who owns the property has a dress code that all parties sign. Many officers work after duty jobs down here to make extra money.
hmmmm. I have my own story. We were done with a wedding reception in a downtown Oklahoma suburb, walked back to our car....only to meet a pimply faced asshat with his thumbs in his brand new "Security Guard, Hotel" belt on his new clothes.
My friend asked politely, three times, "Where is my car"? Asshat stood there with a grin only a true moron could give. Things got heated, we would have to take a taxi 25 miles or so just to get back to our hotel. The pimply faced punk finally asked.."How would you like to go to JAIL"? My friend responded "How would you like to go to the F'ing Hospital,,,,,WHERE IS MY CAR?"
We had the location and phone number for the garage instantly. Funny how that works.
I have no problems with that, but these gents were booked for disturbing the peace. Indecency laws are difficult to prosecute on private property, which these gents apparently paid for....
If you aren't OK with public nudity, then you do think that its the law's business.
Thanks for bringing a bit of sense to all this.
>I think low riding pants are one of the stupidest things I have ever seen but it is not the law’s business how a person wears their pants.
Government: It’s not intrusive until it’s in your pants.
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“All my cousins and everything said
my pants were not sagging,”
“Everything”?
What-even the champagne and hors d’oeuvres were crying out in his defense?/s;)
I thought proper attire for a wedding included a TUXEDO. Oy vay....
(grin!)
But it is such a repugnant ass...
“Beaucoup” is pretty much slang around here.
He probably knows not a lick of French.
I’m 28 and went to my cousin’s high school graduation. I wore a pair of slacks, button up long-sleeve shirt, and dress shoes.
I’d say half the people my age and under wore jeans, sneakers, and a clean T-shirt. People just don’t like to dress well anymore.
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