--- description: They were charged with "disturbing the peace" title: Family Members Charged for Loud Cheering at Mississippi Graduation image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb06e2e6c667a2232/698853148e06015555460ce6/high-school-graduation.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Family Members Charged for Loud Cheering at Mississippi Graduation by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2015 7:00 PM CUT  Graduates throwing their caps into the air Graduates throwing their caps into the airGetty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2015 7:00 PM CUT Four people could face jail time for cheering too loudly at a Mississippi high school graduation. Authorities have charged them with disturbing the peace, punishable by up to six months in jail and a $500 fine, for disrupting commencement exercises at Senatobia High School on May 21. One of them, Henry Walker, cheered, “You did it, baby!” when his sister’s name was called and was promptly whisked outside, his mother said. “I don’t think it was right for what they did to him,” Linda Walker told [NBC affiliate WMC](http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/29233263/four-people-arrested-for-cheering-at-high-school-graduation "undefined") in Memphis. The superintendent, Jay Foster, who pressed the charges, told WMC that… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-members-charged-loud-cheering-mississippi-graduation-n369771?cid=par-time-article%5F20150604 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3909586/family-loud-cheering-charge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3909586/family-loud-cheering-charge/"},"headline":"Family Members Charged for Loud Cheering at Mississippi Graduation","datePublished":"2015-06-04T19:00:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:55:52.631Z","description":"They were charged with \"disturbing the peace\"","url":"https://time.com/3909586/family-loud-cheering-charge/","keywords":["Crime","Education","Family","People","graduation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb06e2e6c667a2232/698853148e06015555460ce6/high-school-graduation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb06e2e6c667a2232/698853148e06015555460ce6/high-school-graduation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Graduates throwing their caps into the air","caption":"Graduates throwing their caps into the air","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3909586/family-loud-cheering-charge/","name":"Family Members Charged for Loud Cheering at Mississippi Graduation"}}]}] ```