The Alabama band director who was arrested after refusing to stop his band’s performance at a high school football game is grappling with the aftermath of being tased by police, which his attorney says was unacceptable and left students traumatized.
“Regardless of how this may have started, there’s nothing that happened that would have warranted my client being tased multiple times, even while on the ground like some total criminal, at that point in front of 145 students,” Johnny Mims’ attorney, Juandalynn Givan said. “Those kids were traumatized.”
Mims, the band director at Minor High School, told “CNN This Morning” he is working to regain regular use of his arm after police tased him and is concerned about his students who witnessed the incident.
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Is anyone saying he didn’t deserve some sort of action? The issue is with the actions that were taken by police, which were not fitting.
You’re absolutely right.
They should have tear gassed the entire band
Nah, kettled them in with riot shields, beat them to the ground, pepper sprayed them while they were down, and then shot them claiming they misunderstood the writhing around in pain for reaching for a concealed weapon.
Airstrike. It’s the only way to make sure.
Goddamn band leaders…
“Chief? Do you think dogs and a firehouse might send the wrong signal?”
A band was playing a song and you think this requires police action, unreal.
So just do what authority tells you to do with no justification, or else violence will be done to you?
In what world should people who are just playing music be subject to violence and arrest?
These are rhetorical questions. I’m not actually interested in your response.