Family served arrest warrants for 'disturbing the peace' at graduation

[SweatPantsStiffy]

Seriously? I mean, I get the excitement, and they're proud of their loved ones, but disturbing the peace? That seems a bit excessive. I mean, it's not like they were rowdy in a movie theater; that deserves charges. But a graduation seems like a cause for celebration to me.

"Four people who cheered -- allegedly excessively -- for their loved ones at a high school graduation ceremony in Senatobia, Mississippi, say they've now been slapped with an excessive punishment.

Two weeks after watching her niece walk across the stage at Senatobia High School's graduation ceremony on May 21, Ursula Miller received a warrant for her arrest for disturbing the peace.

"I just called her name out. 'Lakaydra,' Just like that," Miller told CNN affiliate WREG.

Now, Miller said, she has to appear in court or could face at least a $500 fine."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/03/us/graduation-cheering-arrest-warrant/index.html

 

[Chuck C]

She should have been arrested for naming her kid Lakaydra.

 

[HallofFame]

Didn't read but I bet they are black.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Didn't read but I bet they are black.

Didn't read, but I bet the principal that filed the b.s. charges is not black.

 

[swagsurfer02]

Blacks gonna black!

 

[Ray Kinsella]

I don't approve of the family's actions. The cheering takes away from the ceremony, and if everyone cheered, the ceremony would take forever. And I'm sure they knew that going in, but didn't care. Very selfish.

But charging them with a crime borders on the ridiculous. What kind of country is this coming to?

 

[gonegolfing]

Good. Social norms are hard for some to adjust to. If one doesn't have repercussions for ridiculous actions, those actions are likely to be repeated.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Good. Social norms are hard for some to adjust to. If one doesn't have repercussions for ridiculous actions, those actions are likely to be repeated.

You mean the social norms of the idiot parent, the idiot principal, or the idiot police officer that accepted the complaint and made a determination that there was probable cause to believe a 2 second statement broke the law?

The only person who can stop this stupidity is the prosecutor by nolle prossing this stupid complaint. And then he/she should pick up the phone and read the riot act to the police chief for not exercising control over the complaints that are submitted to the warrant office. Talk about a complete waste of time, money, and judicial resources.

 

[Lone Clone]

You mean the social norms of the idiot parent, the idiot principal, or the idiot police officer that accepted the complaint and made a determination that there was probable cause to believe a 2 second statement broke the law?

The only person who can stop this stupidity is the prosecutor by nolle prossing this stupid complaint. And then he/she should pick up the phone and read the riot act to the police chief for not exercising control over the complaints that are submitted to the warrant office. Talk about a complete waste of time, money, and judicial resources.

1. I am on record as being vehemently opposed to the bullshit cheering and yelling at graduations.
2. Based on what is reported here, this is a ridiculous thing for the school to do.
3. Based on what I have seen elsewhere, it isn't quite as ridiculous. My understanding is that this rule was stressed on numerous occasions before the graduation ceremonies and attendees were required to sign a form agreeing to abide by it.
4. I may be entirely wrong about (3).

 

[gonegolfing]

You mean the social norms of the idiot parent, the idiot principal, or the idiot police officer that accepted the complaint and made a determination that there was probable cause to believe a 2 second statement broke the law?

The only person who can stop this stupidity is the prosecutor by nolle prossing this stupid complaint. And then he/she should pick up the phone and read the riot act to the police chief for not exercising control over the complaints that are submitted to the warrant office. Talk about a complete waste of time, money, and judicial resources.

Honestly, what was wrong with your parents?

 

[BubsFinn]

Let’s face it; outside of getting future charges dropped, this will be the highlight of these kids' lives. Welcome to the new normal.

 

[theIowaHawk]

1. I am on record as being vehemently opposed to the bullshit cheering and yelling at graduations.
2. Based on what is reported here, this is a ridiculous thing for the school to do.
3. Based on what I have seen elsewhere, it isn't quite as ridiculous. My understanding is that this rule was stressed on numerous occasions before the graduation ceremonies and attendees were required to sign a form agreeing to abide by it.
4. I may be entirely wrong about (3).

Does that even matter to you? Does it really change the fact that some jurisdiction is spending money to prosecute this nonsense? That people at a public school graduation are being charged for expressing themselves?

I mean for shit's sake, the school's have their own ways of punishment........they reach out to f****** law enforcement for this?

I found this quote to be entirely reasonable: "I can understand they can escort me out of the graduation, but to say they going to put me in jail for it. What else are they allowed to do?"

On a side note, I know it is Mississippi, but it appears that calling this an "arrest warrant" is a little much. It sounds like a citation, meaning like a traffic ticket, "show up to Court on X." It doesn't sound like handcuffs.

I simply pulled this off Google, won't verify its accuracy, or that this is what they were actually charged with:

"Any person who shall enter any public place of business of any kind whatsoever, or upon the premises of such public place of business, or any other public place whatsoever, in the State of Mississippi, and while therein or thereon shall create a disturbance, or a breach of the peace, in any way whatsoever, including, but not restricted to, loud and offensive talk, the making of threats or attempting to intimidate, or any other conduct which causes a disturbance or breach of the peace or threatened breach of the peace, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($ 500.00) or imprisoned in jail not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment."

"(1) Any person who disturbs the public peace, or the peace of others, by violent, or loud, or insulting, or profane, or indecent, or offensive, or boisterous conduct or language, or by intimidation, or seeking to intimidate any other person or persons, or by conduct either calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, or by conduct which may lead to a breach of the peace, or by any other act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($ 500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or both.

• (2) The act of breast-feeding shall not constitute a breach of the peace.

• (3) The provisions of this section are supplementary to the provisions of any other statute of this state."

 

[theIowaHawk]

Honestly, what was wrong with your parents?

So you are ok with, even applauding, the use of law enforcement for this purpose?

 

[ping72]

She should have been arrested for naming her kid Lakaydra.

How is that pronounced?

 

[hawkifann]

1. I am on record as being vehemently opposed to the bullshit cheering and yelling at graduations.
2. Based on what is reported here, this is a ridiculous thing for the school to do.
3. Based on what I have seen elsewhere, it isn't quite as ridiculous. My understanding is that this rule was stressed on numerous occasions before the graduation ceremonies and attendees were required to sign a form agreeing to abide by it.
4. I may be entirely wrong about (3).

I'm completely with Lone Clone on point #1....but the rest doesn't matter. This shouldn't be a criminal matter. Escort someone out of hte service, don't do this BS getting the law involved stuff. Such a waste of resources.

 

[iowalaker]

I'm sure they have more then one kid going to school there. Ban them from future graduations. Let everyone know beforehand that this would happen if they break the rule. Done and done.

 

[EagleHawk]

I'm sure they have more then one kid going to school there.

What are you trying to say here?