Video shows high school band director shocked with stun gun, arrested after refusing to stop music

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Police body camera video shows an Alabama high school band director being shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers in front of screaming students, in a chaotic scuffle that broke out after he refused to immediately stop the band as it played in the bleachers following a football game.

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan, who is representing band director Johnny Mims as his attorney, said Tuesday that the incident is an “alarming abuse of power” that instead “should have been should have been deescalated.”

The Birmingham Police Department said it remains under investigation but the band director resisted arrest and allegedly pushed an officer.

In the body camera video released by police Monday night, officers are seen approaching Mims, the band director at Minor, as the band plays in the stands. They ask him several times to stop the band and clear the stadium. Mims continues to direct the band and replies to the officer, “Get out of my face.”

https://apnews.com/article/alabama-high-school-band-director-stun-gun-4760c7a3d9deaa2b197ca60b739e0714

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Take it to Court, Johnny,

Assuming you weren't leading an Insurrection, this looks like a classic case of LEO - Law Enforcement Overreach. Make the City pay you....this is how you change the police culture.

[Think. Again.]

2. No words.

[Gore1FL]

3. The one clear thing that comes through is police escalating and becoming unhinged.

The one cop was just melting down.

The director told them it was their last song. He left when it was over. They chased him down, attacked him, cuffed him, tased him and charged him.

What a great look. I wonder how many of those kids respect cops more, now.

[slightlv]

4. OMG!

As a former high school band member, all I can say is when they come for the band directors...

You ARE next!!!!!!