With al the sad news going on, I thought that some bizarre news might help lighten the mood. I must warn you that as you enjoy the reading of this blog post, make sure you use your inside voice to cheer. Your neighbor may call the cops and get you arrested.

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FLORENCE, SC (CNN) – A South Carolina mother overjoyed that her daughter made it through high  school ended up in handcuffs over the weekend.

She was arrested for cheering too loudly  during the graduation. The mother says her daughter deserved the  encouragement. But-police say parents were warned.

“I got up and I said ‘yay my baby made it,” said Shannon Cooper.  “Yes!’ Just a regular cheer.”

Those few words landed cooper in  handcuffs. Police charged her with disorderly conduct at her daughter, Iesha’s, graduation at the Florence Civic Center.

Parents  were warned not to cheer for the graduates or they would be thrown out. When Iesha walked across the stage to get her diploma, Shannon did it anyway.

“‘Don’t scream, don’t cheer.’ No, I’m thinking in my mind,” said Cooper. “No, I’mma cheer  because, you know, I went through too much to get her to this point. I can’t  show my excitement? I can’t cheer? I can’t applaud her letting her know yes, I’m  so proud of you, like all the other years when people graduate. How can I not  cheer for my child?”

Cooper said the officers took her to a police van outside the Civic Center and she sat there for 45 minutes.

Iesha came  outside and saw her mother inside that van.

“That’s all I can picture, me  crying, looking at the police van knowing my momma in there,” said Cooper. “I couldn’t  talk to her or nothing. Nothing at all. Just look from in the van in handcuffs  for cheering.”

Cooper says she stayed in jail for several hours before  paying $225 to get out.

She and  her daughter say graduation day is a  bad memory.

“Yesterday can’t be replaced,” said Cooper. “I’m a remember. She gonna remember  for the rest of her life. My mama went to jail on my graduation day.”