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Chaotic bodycam footage shows moment officer tases Alabama high school band director
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2:02Now PlayingNewly released bodycam footage shows the moment an Alabama high school band director was tased and handcuffed in front of dozens of screaming and crying students after he refused to stop the band from playing following a football game.
The video, published by Birmingham police Monday night, shows the chaos before, during and immediately following the arrest of Minor High School band director Johnny Mims at a school stadium last Thursday.
Both the Minor High School band and the band of the opposing team, Jackson-Olin High School, continued to play after the football game ended in a common practice called the 5th Quarter in which opposing school bands battle one another for the best musical performance after the athletes’ competition ends.
Birmingham police, however, were trying to clear out the stadium and asked the bands to stop playing. The Jackson-Olin band complied and headed home, but Mims refused to silence his band members.
Cops said the football game had ended 18 minutes prior to the beginning of the bodycam footage they released, which opens with an officer running across the field to the bleachers where the band is playing.
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