'Stop the Sag': Senator tells district's young to pull up pants

WATCH BROOKLYNITES REACT TO THE CAMPAIGN

Jamal Winslow says he loves his Brooklyn neighborhood. But when he sees young teens sagging their pants, he gets annoyed pretty quickly.

"I don't want to see another man's behind," Winslow said. "It's like...come on, have some respect for yourself."

State Sen. Eric Adams thinks he has a solution: billboards that share some of Winslow's concerns.

The Brooklyn lawmaker used $2000 of his campaign funds to pay for six 22-foot billboards, which he hopes will encourage residents to not only talk about the trend, but do something about it.

"How does a young person know something is wrong if we as adults don't give them a message of 'what you're doing is wrong?'" Adams told MSNBC Monday. "By putting up these billboards, it starts the conversation and it forces us to look at what we've been ignoring for far too long."

Brooklyn resident Mark Jackson says Adams' stance on 'sagging pants' is over the top.

"Well, it's getting a little blown out of proportion," said Jackson, 26. "If you tell me I can't do something, I'm going to do it...especially if I was already doing it. It's sort-of rebellion."

WATCH STATE SEN. ADAMS DISCUSS HIS 'STOP THE SAG' CAMPAIGN ON MSNBC: