When her daughter Iesha crossed the stage, Cooper claims that, “I got up and I said: ‘Yay, my baby made it! Just a regular cheer.'” That’s when police handcuffed her, escorted her to a van outside of the venue, and charged her with disorderly conduct. After the ceremony, her daughter broke down in tears when she spotted her mom being held in the van. “Are ya’ll serious? Are ya’ll for real? I mean, that’s what I’m thinking in my mind,” says Cooper. “I didn’t say anything. I was just like okay, I can’t fight the law.” She challenges the validity of the disorderly conduct charge since she says she fully cooperated with police. She and her daughter also assert that others were cheering and avoided arrest.
