Nice to see some equal opportunity pant-saggin’ prejudice. Billie Joe Armstrong’s Labor Day weekend is off to a rocky start after the Green Day frontman was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight Thursday for having pants that hung too low. Armstrong was traveling from Oakland, Calif., to Burbank, Calif., when the incident occurred. Cindy Qiu, an associate producer at ABC 7 in Oakland who was on the flight, told the news agency that when a flight attendant asked Armstrong to pull his pants up, he asked: “Don’t you have better things to do then worry about that?” When the attendant asked again, also threatening to have Armstrong removed from the flight, he retorted “I’m just trying to get to my f**king seat.” This isn’t the first time an incident like this has occurred. In June, a US Airways passenger was arrested after he refused to pull up his saggy pants. Prosecutors later said they would not file charges against him. Billie took to his Twitter (as celebs always do) to voice his displeasure with his Southwest experience. Southwest Airlines responded (via Twitter) Its messed up that Billie Joe got kicked off the plane, but we can’t help but feel a little better knowing that airlines aren’t just targeting “urban” youth with their “no sagging” policy. Especially after the last incident … Source
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In White Folks News: Greenday Rocker Billie Joe Armstrong Gets Kicked Off Southwest Airlines Flight For Pants On The Ground
