Mississippi Family Faces Jail Time for Cheering at High School Graduation

Thompson, Juan
http://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/06/04/dont-cheer-loudly-graduation-might-get-jail-time/
Date Written:  2015-06-04
Publisher:  The Intercept
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX17594

When Ursula Miller attended her niece's high school graduation from Senatobia High School in northwestern Mississippi last month, she didn't expect to leave with an arrest warrant. But in a prime example of excessesive criminalization, Miller and three others were charged with disorderly conduct for cheering on their relatives during the ceremony held at Northwest Mississippi Community College.

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