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

The Birmingham Police Department on Monday released body camera

As the band plays on, an officer tells the band director he will go to jail and another says she will contact the school. The band director next gives a thumbs up and says, “That's cool." An officer can later be heard saying,"put him in handcuffs." After the music stopped, the video shows a chaotic scene of officers appearing to try to arrest Mims. An officer says that Mims swung at an officer and has to go to jail. Mims replies that he did not swing at the officer. An officer then shocks Mims with a stun gun as students are heard screaming in the background.

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan, who is representing Mims as his attorney, called the incident an “alarming abuse of power” that occurred in front of more than 140 high school students.

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