http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/03/1390145/-Proud-black-families-arrested-for-cheering-at-a-high-school-graduation-in-Mississippi?detail=email
Sigh. This really did happen.
Have you ever been to a graduation ceremony where you were asked to hold your applause to the very end?
Well, arrest warrants were issued for several proud black families in Senatobia, Mississippi, who couldn't hold their applause until the end.
No, they weren't violent.
No, they didn't have a confrontation with police.
They just cheered. See the video for yourself here.
Two weeks later, the superintendent of schools, Jay Foster, in conjunction with the local police, filed charges against the families.
“It’s crazy,” Henry Walker said. “The fact that I might have to bond out of jail, pay court costs, or a $500 fine for expressing my love, it’s ridiculous man. It’s ridiculous.”
Superintendent Foster said the charges were far from ridiculous.
While Foster declined an on-camera interview with WREG, he said he’s determined to have order at graduation ceremonies.
At a time where the nation is talking about problems in the United States with mass incarceration and the over-criminalization of society, rarely has such a clear example of African Americans being overcharged for everyday behaviors as this.
graduation in the Black family is a special time it is a celebratory time it is a dynamic that has eluded all to many families, how many times have you heard a Black person say "i'm the first of my family to go to college or graduate high school"? back in the day it was a praise the Lord Hallelujah event today more prevalent but still time to express your pride and sense of achievement as much by the family as the graduate.
this is southern denial of Black achievement going by the demographics there would be equal amounts of White grads the article didn't say but you have to wonder were the White families not proud and expressing their pride too?? some in America don't want change and they are the ones ranting about taking their country back my question to them is where's the deed do you have any documents that show you as owner of America????
