Newly released body camera footage shows the moment an Alabama high school band director was manhandled and handcuffed in front of dozens of screaming and crying students after he refused to stop the band from playing after a football game.
Video released by Birmingham police Monday night shows the chaos before, during and immediately following the arrest of Minor High School band director Johnny Mims at the school’s stadium last Thursday.
Both the Minor High School band and the opposing team’s band, Jackson-Olin High School, continued to play after the football game ended with a common practice called the 5th Quarter where opposing school bands battled each other for the best musical performance. after that. athlete competition is over.
Birmingham police, however, tried to clear the stadium and asked the band to stop playing. The Jackson-Olin group complied and went home, but Mims refused to silence his group members.
Police said the football game had ended 18 minutes before the start of the body camera footage they released, which opens with an officer running across the field to the stands where the group was playing.
Video released by Birmingham police Monday night shows the chaos before, during and immediately following the arrest of Minor High School band director Johnny Mims at the school’s stadium last Thursday. Birmingham police department
Officers told Mims it was time to pack up and leave while he repeatedly told them to “Get out of my face” as the band played loudly, according to the clip.
“I got my team coming. They’re going to wipe their asses, OK?” the unidentified police officer told the group’s director as cheerleaders danced off the field, the footage shows.
“Call your group! Tell them to stop!” shouted another policeman.
“Cut it! We’ve got to go. Minutes are up,” the third officer told Mims.
“We are getting ready to go. This is our last song,” he replied before once again asking the police to get out of his face.
Police said the football game had ended 18 minutes before the start of the body camera footage they released, which opens with an officer running across the field to the stands where the group was playing. Birmingham police department
Officers told Mims it was time to pack up and leave while he repeatedly told them to “Get out of my face” as the band played loudly, according to the clip. Birmingham police department
Officers told him they were going to call the school and that he was going to jail and Mims responded with two thumbs up and “That’s good.”
Mims then began counting and moving his hands to direct his group members.
The stadium lights went out as the band continued to play, according to the recording.
“Put him in handcuffs,” one of the cops shouted.
Mims then ordered the group to complete their song to cheers and shouts and get off the platform, where officers tried to arrest him in the dark.
Officers told him they were going to call the school and that he was going to jail and Mims responded with two thumbs up and “That’s good.” Birmingham police department
Mims then ordered the group to finish their song to cheers and shouts and get off the platform, where officers tried to arrest him in the dark. Birmingham police department
People fighting were shown next to the camera and a young woman was being held back shouting “leave him alone.”
“Get away from me!” the band director told the officers.
“He went to jail. He hit an officer, he went to jail. He swung at the officer,” said one of the cops in the pile.
“I didn’t swing the officer, man,” Mims defended himself.
One of the police told him to put his hands behind his back and then pinched him when he refused — as 140 students looked on and screamed, the video showed.
Mims was arrested for disorderly conduct, physical harassment and resisting arrest, police said.
One of the police told him to put his hands behind his back and then pinched him when he refused — as 140 students looked on and screamed, the video showed. Birmingham police department
Birmingham police said interactions between its officers and the group’s director were being investigated but accused him of pushing an officer.
Mims’ attorney, State Representative Juandalynn Givan, said that the police involved showed a “disturbing abuse of power” when the situation should have been de-escalated.
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