At
Senatobia High School's May 21, 2015, graduation ceremony (held at
Northwest Mississippi Community College), audience members were asked to hold their applause until the end of the ceremony. Four people cheered as their family member was awarded their diploma, and were subsequently escorted out of the ceremony. School officials then filed
disturbing the peace charges against three of them (carrying a possible penalty of up to a $500 fine or 6 months in jail). One person could not be identified, and thus, wasn't charged. In interviews with
WREG-TV, one of those accused, said she called out her daughter's name as she received her diploma, while another said he yelled "you did it baby". An online petition calling for the charges to be dropped had received over 12,000 signatures by June 7. On June 8, 2015, the school district dropped the charges. ==See also==