Graduation cheers land several people in Mississippi in trouble

[Jazzy]

A Mississippi school superintendent has pressed charges of disturbing the peace against several people who cheered during a recent high school graduation despite being asked to hold their celebrating until the end.

Jay Foster, superintendent for the Senatobia Municipal School District, said he told spectators at the Senatobia High School graduation last month not to applaud for family members until all graduates' names had been called in order to keep the ceremony dignified.

"We didn't tell them they couldn't cheer. We just asked them to wait until the end so everyone has an opportunity to hear their graduate's name," he said on Wednesday.

Four people did not comply and were asked to leave, Foster said. The superintendent later went to the police to pursue charges against the three people he has been able to identify so far.

"I want them to know there are consequences for their behavior," he said.

Ursula Miller is among those facing charges after she shouted out for her niece who was graduating, she said. She and the others are expected to appear in court next Tuesday.

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Your thoughts on this school superintendent pressing charges against these people?

 

[Smiley]

Is it actually possible to press charges against someone for something so trivial? :huh2: I don't know about US, but in my country, the police would just laugh at the superintendent and tell him to take a hike.

 

[Dee]

This country has turned into a sue-happy nation. I'm both surprised and not that someone would go after people for something so silly.

 

[Nebulous]

"We didn't tell them they couldn't cheer. We just asked them to wait until the end so everyone has an opportunity to hear their graduate's name," he said on Wednesday.

Four people did not comply and were asked to leave, Foster said. The superintendent later went to the police to pursue charges against the three people he has been able to identify so far.

Asking them to leave for not complying with the request is where it should have ended.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Is it actually possible to press charges against someone for something so trivial? :huh2: I don't know about US, but in my country, the police would just laugh at the superintendent and tell him to take a hike.

The judge will throw this out. No way it goes anywhere

 

[Smiley]

Well, that would be the most reasonable thing to do. It's not like those people killed anyone, or anything like that.

 

[Webster]

This country has turned into a sue-happy nation. I'm both surprised and not that someone would go after people for something so silly.

The judge will throw this out. No way it goes anywhere

This is Mississippi in a nutshell, the place everyone else in America looks at and thinks, 'Thank God we're not worse than Mississippi"...