Lawyer says graduation cheering charges wrong

I have never heard of anything so ridiculous in my life. If the Rock Hill police have nothing more important to do than arrest people for cheering at a graduation, then I'm moving to Rock Hill because it must be a very safe and crime free place to live.

I agree that the idea is ridiculous. Those who come to such a ceremony should realize that they are there as guests of the sponsoring organization. Whatever rules are published or mentioned, usually in the interest of keeping the ceremony as short as possible, should be accepted and observed. Those boorish individuals who don't agree that the sponsoring organization (i.e. the school) should be able to make such rules should shut up, go somewhere else, and have their own private ceremonies, where they can make as much noise they think is appropriate.
The others won't miss them at all.

Good lord, what a ridiculous charge. Fine them if you must, but arresting them? Granted, this may only be part of the story. If say, the guests were drunk, obscene, loud and rowdy during the whole ceremony..then maybe. But for just "shouting after students' names"..wow.

Jenn wrote:

Good lord, what a ridiculous charge. Fine them if you must, but arresting them? Granted, this may only be part of the story. If say, the guests were drunk, obscene, loud and rowdy during the whole ceremony..then maybe. But for just "shouting after students' names"..wow.

Yeah, this was news about a month ago. I have had time to think about it, and I agree, arresting them is a bit much. A fine, community service, would be better.

I do agree though that people should be respectful to the ceremony, and to the other people. While you're cheering your child, another parent may not be able to hear their child's name being called.

Graduation is not a funeral...the fact that there is such a ceremony is itself an indication that it is a very special occasion. Should it be one that is somber, or joyful? Many in the audience WANT to cheer because they are HAPPY for the graduating student, ESPECIALLY at the moment of graduation. WHY keep family members from sharing in the joy of the moment? I say let them hoop and holler if they wish, it's a one-of-a-kind moment. You pooh-poohers are the ones who should shut up.

What a bad example these adults set for the students present or for any child in the audience. Rules are rules and if you try to understand them, usually you will find there is a good reason for that rule. It appears a no-brainer to me that if each student's relatives/friends cheered for them, the ceremony would last all day. The students want to get out of the ceremony and start celebrating. Arrest, no but removing from facility, absolutely.

Ted J McGoron Ohio wrote:

I agree that the idea is ridiculous. Those who come to such a ceremony should realize that they are there as guests of the sponsoring organization. Whatever rules are published or mentioned, usually in the interest of keeping the ceremony as short as possible, should be accepted and observed. Those boorish individuals who don't agree that the sponsoring organization (i.e. the school) should be able to make such rules should shut up, go somewhere else, and have their own private ceremonies, where they can make as much noise they think is appropriate.
The others won't miss them at all.

I agree 100%. Quite inconsiderate, don't you think?

I have seen some ignorant arrests in my time but his is the most abuse of police power. I don't care that people were cheering for their children that have worked hard to graduate, get a life school's and be proud. I can see a person being arrested as they were at the Carolina Forrest High graduation because some dork brought in an air horn, not the cheering.
At least the police assigned there showed some repoure.

oh so now parents and relatives now are having the right to express to their graduate how proud and happy they are for them. KEEP IT UP PEOPLE AND I GUESS WE ALL NEED TO MOVE TO AN ISLAND WE CAN HAVE OUR RIGHTS. WHEN I GRADUATED BACK IN 1960 IN OIL CITY,PA YOU NEVER HEARD SO MUCH CLAPPING FOR THE GRADUATES. NOBODY WAS CHARGED THEN SO WHY NOW?

When I graduated people were respectful.

The appaulse should be brief, not a hoop-holler contest. It's one thing to to be "proud" of your graduate, but being loud, obnoxious,and embarrasing is just making an a$$ of ones-self.(It is not all about you, there are a few hundred others that would like to hear their grad's name called) The rebel-rousers should keep it down, or be asked to leave, but arrests are abit much.