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Judge Throws Man In Jail For Coming To Court Wearing Saggy Jeans

June 18, 2012 at 9:18 am by Morbid

LORAIN, Ohio – A judge in Ohio threw a man in jail for three days because he showed up in his courtroom wearing sagging britches.

I could easily fill this article making fun of the people I see on a daily basis wearing their pants below their ass waddling down the sidewalk with their boxers showing. I don’t get it, but I grew up in the ’80s and didn’t get why men wore things like this, this and this.

But no matter what style of the times is being lauded as another sign of societal decline, there are just certain times when common sense says you just should not wear them. A funeral, a job interview or standing in front of a judge are just a few examples. One man found that out the other day after he chose to go inside Lorain Municipal Court Judge Mark Mihok’s courtroom with his pants on the ground and his underwear showing.

Durrell Brooks was in Mihok’s courtroom last Thursday, accompanying a woman facing a traffic violation, to tell the judge that he had insurance on the car the woman had been driving when she got into an accident. When Brooks turned around, Mihok said he could clearly see Brooks’ underwear and ordered he be arrested immediately for contempt of court.

Mihok said this the third time in the past month he has sent someone to jail because of the way they were dressed. But it’s not like he doesn’t give them a chance. If someone is spotted wearing unacceptable attire, court security will warn them before they enter the courtroom. If security instructs someone to pull their pants up and their underwear is still showing when the enter, Mihok will send them straight to jail.

“Some even come in in their jail outfits and put their jail pants low trying to show their friends and relatives that they’re a tough guy,” Mihok said, adding that the issue isn’t just a matter of decorum. He says he also wants everyone in his courtroom to feel safe.

Speaking of sagging pants, did you know that their continued wear can lead to premature ejaculation, hip degeneration, low back problems and life-long knee misalignments? Me neither. Do you care? Yeah, me neither. Oh, to anyone about to comment that the sagging pants style originated in prisons as a way to signal others of sexual availability, please don’t and know that you are wrong.

Tags: contempt, court, Crime, Durrell Brooks, Mark Mihok, Ohio, sagging pants

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EveryVillainIsLemons

Wow. Sounds like Brooks fell out of the idiot tree and hit every single branch on the way down. Here’s hoping that the next time he shows up in court, he’s smart enough to wear pants that don’t show off his poor taste in undergarments.
http://www.facebook.com/kevin.neal.5015 Kevin Neal

How nice, a judge abusing his power.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Laura-Outhier/100000544692874 Laura Outhier

I like that Judge
CT

It is called respect. I think that I expect way too much from people. I assume that they have common sense and would understand that showing up for court dressed like a dumb ass might not be the right way to go. Surprise, I am wrong and they are fucking idiots.
Valerie

How is he abusing his power? The judge is essentially the king of the courtroom and all people are supposed so act and dress appropriately. Showing up with your pants sagging is extremely disrespectful.
sugarpie

I so bad want to carry around a wooden paddle to whack these guys when I see them. Targets – thats what they are…
Sam

Huh. I guess he’s not an ass-man. Does he do the same to the almost as horrifying attack on the cornea that are ill-fitting bras, creating that monster called “four-boob”?
http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

Yeah, he’s not abusing anything. You are expected to dress a certain way in court and it has always been that way for as long as I can remember. This isn’t anything new. Hell, back in the ’90s I watched a man spend some time in jail because he showed up to court in shorts and flip-flops.
Gee

Bhwaahhahaahaha……… I think that’s pretty damn funny myself. It’s called respect idiot. Get some!
The_Yeti_Knows

I once stumbled into an epic camel toe wide enough to park my bicycle… And that was at my dear mother’s retirement home.
Gee

I think he should thank the Judge. He just tought him a valuable life lesson that apperantly his mamma didn’t teach him.
shadough

You stumbled INTO it? There’s an image I can live without…
shadough

I think a fine would have been better. Jails are overcrowded and cost money to run. Get money from them instead.
Heather_Habilatory

I’m all for idiots wearing their pants slung low. Makes it easier for the police to catch them. I bet capture rates have gone up like 50% in recent years thanks to baggy pants.
curiousalways

I can’t focus on this, I’m just so hot and bothered looking at those guys in their Miami Vice outfits (and yes I called them outfits).
curiousalways

and what does “parent” mean outside of your name now????
Zazen

From what I’ve heard of traffic court though, that kinda dumb is par for the course.
Sam

It shows the parent comment of the one you’re looking at – the comment you’re replying to.
curiousalways

thanks! I haven’t been able to be on here much lately and had no clue when I saw that parent thingy.
C0NSTANTINE

What I dont understand is the kids I see wearing the skinny jeans sagging off their butt, explain that one
Sam

Took me a moment too, first i thought “wtf? They’re categorizing who’s got kids and who hasn’t now?”
Sam

Quitters. They tried squeezing into skinny jeans but gave up half way through.
curiousalways

me too!!!! that’s what I was thinking. lol
lespacino

This is discrimination plain and simple. The poor guy’s can’t help it. They are anatomically pre-disposed to this style choice! See for yourself: http://streetanatomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/anatomy_of_thug.jpg
lespacino

They have no butt to hold them up?
lespacino

He’s in court, during normal working hours, to testify for someone else about an insurance card. And, he wears his pants like a moron. My guess is that he has no income, so a fine would be useless.
https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

I would take that bet. I’ve seen my a few of my students running from the cops on lunch break and they haul ass. They pull them up with one hand and use the other for hopping the fence. It’s an art I tell ya.
The_Yeti_Knows

Me too dude, my benefits were exhausted months ago, counselling has set me back another mortgage… stupid eyes always seeing these things.
EliStar

How is that fair? Is there a law that says you can’t wear jeans? Why not just tell the guy to leave the courtroom because he is not dressed right. Just because he was wrong doesn’t make her punishment right.
CT

I have no ass to speak of and I still can’t get skinny jeans on. Then again, no one wants to see me in skinny jeans anyway. :sighs:
EveryVillainIsLemons

How nice, a commenter who doesn’t know the meaning of “decorum.”
Heather_Habilatory

Damn lithe hoodlums.
Heather_Habilatory

Oh and watch Cops. They have lots of saggy pantsed idiots falling down.
https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

Ghetto ballerinas, they are.
newstarshipsmell

“But it’s not like he doesn’t give them a chance. If someone is spotted wearing unacceptable attire, court security will warn them before they enter the courtroom. If security instructs someone to pull their pants up and their underwear is still showing when the enter, Mihok will send them straight to jail.”
How about we actually read the writeup?
https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

I do. How YOU doin’?
EliStar

They were warned JAIL would be the punishment? I find that hard to believe. If its so bad don’t let them in.
CT

Today my husband and I were coming out of the parking garage of my building and he said – hey, where did you get that ass? I said, same one I’ve had for the last 17 years. You must not be paying enough attention to it to think its not the same one.
https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

He was flirting CT! You were supposed to flirt back.
newstarshipsmell

Keep defending the tards. They can’t have too many spokesmen and you seem well suited to the task.
CT

Yeah that is typically the best my husband can do with a compliment. I should take it where I can.
Gee

I think you’re not understanding. A judge has complete control, I repeat COMPLETE control over the rules of his court room. Which means he can hold anyone in contempted if he so chooses.
Gee

This remark had me just about piss myself. Thanks Yeti
The_Yeti_Knows

What a great name for a movie… Let’s see if we can get a cameo from Rodney King’s ghost too… maybe he can give everyone some advice… I dunno… hey, don’t provoke the dudes with the bats ? something like that.
https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

Yeah, I just heard that he died. That would be a funny scene!
Athena

I’m sorry, but three days is some BULLSHIT, and any tax-paying citizen should agree. That’s three days we’re housing him, feeding him and three days we can’t stick a violent offender in that slot.

Having worked in a courtroom, I understand and appreciate a court’s dress code more than most. But a judge can make his point quite well without wasting fucking resources to do so. Refuse entry – that’s what most judges do. Or maybe sentence them to fines or community service. That’s also common. Three days in jail is draconian and irresponsible, hence why it has made the news.
There’s nothing wrong with enforcing a dress code. But wasting resources to do it is poor form.
newstarshipsmell

Whatever. Maybe three days in jail will teach him to appreciate things like “belts.”
Gee

” That’s three days we’re housing him, feeding him and three days we can’t stick a violent offender in that slot.” I highly doubt a violent offender goes free just because of this guy. It would more likely be he gets let lose and the violent offender goes in his slot. Come on @AthenaZ:disqus you know I love you but that was dramatic )~
Wolf_of_Mars

That wasn’t a “Camel-Toe,” that was a “Moose-Knuckle.”
http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

*points at Athena*

“Liberal witch! Burn her!!!”
The_Yeti_Knows

Where I come from the ” buffalo head ” is a much coveted trip back to the fabulous 70′s
The_Yeti_Knows

I missed my calling, I could write some hilarious comedy … now consider Whitney’s ghost in the unearthly bodyguard, she could haunt the shit out of Costner.. talk about fatal attraction.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

That’s the odd thing about this style–they wear belts.
newstarshipsmell

As with all saggy pants related trivia, I could have happily lived out the rest of my life without knowing that. But thanks anyways.
tinalib13

Ahhh I see, you must be a saggy pants wearer.
tinalib13

Just when I think people can’t get any more stupid, I read one these D’D articles.
Athena

Actually, especially being a Californian, you probably know that, often, violent offenders will be considered for early release or probation-based sentencing based on sheer numbers of incarcerated individuals, not by type of offense, necessarily. If he has sentenced this man to three days of jail for a non-violent offense, he’s surely sentencing many others to jail terms for non-violent offenses, which creates the problem.
So, if you’ve got a bunch of saggy pants filling your rooms, you, as a judge, don’t take the time to see who can be released before sentencing the next guy, and the dude who just kicked the crap out of his wife could very well get released immediately after processing because the jail is full up. It happens.
…and, fuck, woman! Everyone else around here gets dramatic. I should be allowed now and then.
LadyLeopard

I would up vote this comment, but that ability is not available to me any more (for some unknown reason). I love that cartoon.

Now, if there were really an anatomical reason for wearing them, I’d not have the reaction I always have when I see someone in this ‘style’: Moronic, dumbass criminal (or wanna-be criminal).
Athena

My point is not that this little shit shouldn’t be taught a thing or two about proper dress. My point is, is that lesson really worth a couple hundred dollars to tax payers? I say no… not when the state could be making money of his lack of respect through the use of fines or community service.
newstarshipsmell

Wouldn’t the easiest and cheapest solution simply be to have court security forcibly pull his pants up? And secure them with, I dunno… a staple gun or something?
Athena

Nope… it’d still be turning him away at the door. Points for creativity, though.
lespacino

Personally, I prefer the violent guys get felony sentences, which would allow them to bypass jail and go straight to prison, in the first place! If the jails are full of non-violent people who commit misdemeanors, who cares if one has to wait a few days to go, or gets out a few days early?
Athena

That’s what community service is for. Even saggy pants’d douchebags can pick up trash along a highway…
lespacino

^I’d be for forced community service- if they could hunt the guy down and make him do it, but this guy can’t pull his pants up over his ass to stand in a courtroom, there’s no way he’d pay a fine.
Gee

OK You get some dramatic. I am just not used to it with you. Last time I check we in Ca wouldn’t be releasing violent offenders over saggy pants boys. Saggy boy would process in and out the same day. Essentially turning into a a huge hassle for saggy boy that’s about it. along with administrative fines for the processing fees.
Zazen

I just made everyone I work with nervous because of my evil-sounding chuckle at your comment >D

Thanks for the laugh as usual tarsh.
Gee

I personally Like the staple gun idea
JohnQknowitall

I actually think that the premature ejaculation is just indicative of people who want sagger pants, but in prison you would think they would work on that since the sagging was originally for the convenience of those “tops” in prison for the use of their “bottoms.” Head start programs do work.
sweatpoo

Too soon, too soon. The man’s not even cold in the fridge yet.
The_Yeti_Knows

I’m sure if you obtained his brain scan from ’97 you’d deduce that the fridge is where he belonged even back then.
Matter of fact, in a few short months his ghost will be making more than he did at any given moment.
Snickering Hydra

And the court’s ruling is:

http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=5896629
tinalib13

likety, likety, like!
http://profile.yahoo.com/7AAJ2TEEBCD2XMZ3YP4YGJ4GPE this is what i wear on vacatio

I was just wondering? Do any of those “street thugs” go commando?
http://profile.yahoo.com/7AAJ2TEEBCD2XMZ3YP4YGJ4GPE this is what i wear on vacatio

The courtroom belongs to the presiding judge. What he says goes. If you have a problem with it you can always go to a higher court, but that means to most people hiring an attorney and spending a lot more money.
captaingrumpy

Some animals you cannot train or teach.
JustBrowsingLife

Send the poopy britches wearing bitches to Sherrif Joe. They could use the pants for tents at night and against the 108 degree weather we enjoyed today. A bonus…it could be cheaper for California DOC to ship them over here and then make them do interstate trash pick up onthe I8 on their way back for the community service portion of punishments.
JustBrowsingLife

I have it on good authority that they infact do.
JustBrowsingLife

Ugh! Now you are skirting the mushroom top, ass crack, four boobie issue…. I think I might retch in my golf bag tomorrow.
JGo555

If I ever decide to get into a life of crime, here is how my “crime college education” would go:
-Speak, read, write correctly. I’m gonna be an asshole but there’s no way they’re going to call me illiterate!
- Start excersizing for a triathlon: got to make sure I can run for long distances without being able to be followed by the camera man from “COPS”.
- Wear sports attire at all times: they help you breathe & sweat & give you the flexibility to outrun a cop if you are in good physical condition.
- NOT have any sort of electronical connection other than a prepaid cellphone: don’t want them to find out aboutmy illegal activities.
- Have a clerk friend/hommie in the justice system that can mess up my case every time so that I’m free because of a technical paperwork error.
- and PRETEND TO RESPECT AUTHORITY.
JGo555

BEST COMMENT EVER!
JGo555

MONEY! Fine their asses! We could all use the money. Lower the damned taxes THAT way. There is always some idiot willing to sacrifice their dignity & self worth for “fashion”.
https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

Very true. They wear belts so that their pants stay in place and don’t fall down. LOL!
LeaveMeBe

I’ve been to court a couple of times over the last few months and when they send the notice to appear they state that there is a dress code and it will be enforced. It says the attire is business casual. I think they need to be more specific because those hookers and gang bangers that come in dressed in their “business casual” outfits are very distracting and disturbing.
LeaveMeBe

I’ll give you some of mine. OK, a lot of mine. *sigh*
LeaveMeBe

I find it totally believeable and fair and I will bet you he was warned by the baliff before he ever faced the judge to testify for his friend. He probably complied with the baliff and then to be a prick put ‘em back the way he wanted ‘em. A judge is the law in his/her courtroom, within the bounds of the law, and they do have the right and privilege of enforcing the dresscode. This all could have been avoided if he had 1) old his friend to fuck-off that he wouldn’t go with him OR 2) he had pulled his damn pants up.
LeaveMeBe

I was in Target around Christmas time in the same aisle as a saggy-britches wearing teen who squatting down looking on a bottom shelf. He had his girlfriend with him and when he stood up his pants stayed down around UNDER his knees. He freaked and couldn’t get his pants up because his belt was holding them in place. He was stumbling around, pulling on them and I was laughing my ass off. His girlfriend started laughing too. He had to undo the belt and hike them up above his kneess and below his ass again. It was priceless and he was so freaking embarassed.
newstarshipsmell

You know, TBH I didn’t even know there was a dress code for court. I just assumed that anyone with any sense would dress the fuck up to make the best impression possible on the judge, since, you know, the goal is to get out of trouble yes? I wore a suit and tie to go fight my last traffic ticket, as the internet cafe I worked at had a regular customer who was a lawyer, who offered to come represent me for cheap. I ended up at the attorneys’ sign-in desk looking for him, and was greeted by the clerk “Good morning, Counsel, how may I help you?” and in my sleep-deprived state it took me a moment to realize she was mistaking me for a lawyer. Suppressed laughter and corrected her, asked her if she’d seen a tall dude with white hair.
VXIII

Most of the kids now are wearing skinny jeans so this style will soon go the way of all the old out of fashion fads in the past…
sherrdbw

I don’t see how wearing one’s pants down that low can be comfortable.
Kwumey

is that kinda like TRAILER PARK rats?
Kwumey

Sure- the look is ridicuous.. But even more ridiculous is how the same ” culture” who is making all these thinly veiled racial comments about idiots with low rider jeans.. never blinked an eye at the gawd awful goth trend with the nasty pale skin, crazy spikey hair, black makeup, nail polish and lipstick ( this on the men) and the ugly bizarro black clothing looking like trailer park vampires
https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

Trailer Parks are special kinda hoods so they’re still hood rats IMO.