Alabama school band director Johnny Mims says he was 'just doing my job' before police arrested him

Bodycam footages shows high school band director tased and arrested after refusing to end performance

Johnny Mims, the man seen on Birmingham police body camera footage being tasered and after during a football game last week, gave an official statement at a press conference on Wednesday. Sims said that a plan was made between him and the director of the Jackson-Olin High School Band to do a post-game performance. "I was not trying to be defiant to the police department," he said. "I was just trying to do my job, which was previously established before the end of the game." He went on to say that innocent students were subjected to the traumatic sight of ...

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Alabama high school band teacher tased by police after refusing to wrap up postgame performance: video

A band director in Birmingham was tased after he refused to wrap up his band's post-football game performance, police say. The band director, Johnny Mims, was charged with disorderly conduct, physical harassment and resisting arrest. The incident took place after Thursday's game between Minor High School and P.D. Jackson-Olin High School. The Minor High School band was playing in the stands during the "fifth quarter," which is a tradition for some marching bands. Bodycam footage from the Birmingham Police Department shows officers approaching the band 18 minutes after the game ended. The band was still loudly playing and cheering when ...

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Alabama band teacher tasered after refusing to wrap up post-game performance video

A Birmingham high school band director was tased and criminally charged after he refused to wrap up his band's post-game performance on September 14, police say.

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And the band played on: High school musical director jailed after refusing to end performance

Birmingham police say Johnny Mims, director for the Minor High School Band, was stun-gunned and arrested after refusing to comply with orders to stop performing.

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Alabama school band director says he was 'just doing my job' before police arrested him

An Alabama high school band director says he was just “doing my job” when police officers arrested him and shocked him with a stun gun after he refused to immediately stop the band as it played in the ...

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Alabama band teacher speaks out after getting tased by police following football game

High school band teacher Johnny Mims is calling on his students to not "hold a grudge" against police officers after he was tasered at a high school football game.

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‘I was just doing my job,’ Alabama band director says about football game arrest

Mims was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct ... The Alabama Education Association, which represents teachers and other public school employees, said it was asking the school system to let Mims ...

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Alabama school band director says he was ‘just doing my job’ before police arrested, Tased him

Police charged him with disorderly conduct ... The Alabama Education Association, which represents teachers and other public school employees, said it was asking the school system to let Mims return to work.

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Alabama school band director says he was 'just doing my job' before police arrested him

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama high school band director said Wednesday that he was just “doing my job” when police officers arrested him and shocked him with a stun gun after he refused to ...

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