New body camera video obtained by ABC News shows a conversation between Johnny Mims, a band director at Minor High School in Alabama, and a Birmingham Police Department officer who shocked him with a stun gun
The officer, who is Black, said he is concerned this incident will fuel the children's mistrust of police, and told Mims they need to "fix this" and find a way to "bridge the gap" between police and the children. The incident took place on Sept. 14 at P.D. Jackson-Olin High School in Birmingham during "fifth quarter" - a tradition that originates at Historically Black Colleges and Universities where school bands face off, taking turns to play music after a football game comes to an end.
Police allege Mims, who was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment and resisting arrest, refused to place his hands behind his back and pushed an officer during the altercation. "I was on the ground. So, to go and tase me twice or three times ... that's excessive," he said. "I'm a band director. I'm the bus driver. So, I wasn't, I wasn't running ... I can't go nowhere. I got students that I'm accountable for."
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