The Occasional Observer

For those who believe that a decaying spirit manifests itself in physical appearance, comes this bit of evidence supporting their position. Apparently bad morals lead to bad fashion. Luckily, bad fashion also represents bad planning, so criminals end up victims of the dreaded baggy-pants apprehension.


Update:
Appears the article is for WSJ subscribers only, but just to give you the article's flavor:

...Denny Fuhrman, a 58-year-old police officer in Lynnwood, Wash., was escorting a handcuffed suspect to his patrol car one afternoon in 2004 when the youngster twisted free and took off running.

As he bolted, the baggy blue jeans he was wearing fell down around his ankles, sending him tumbling onto the pavement of a busy street. "He was rolling around in traffic, looking like a fish out of water," recalls Mr. Fuhrman...