Body cam video shows aftermath of band leader’s arrest after being shocked by Birmingham police

New frame digicam video got by ABC News shows a dialog between Johnny Mims, a band director at Minor High School in Alabama, and a Birmingham Police Department (BPD) officer who shocked him with a stun gun all through an incident on Sept. 14 after Mims refused to conform to officer’s orders to forestall the track so they may transparent the sector.

BPD launched a just about 8-minute clip of the incident closing week that shows Mims refusing to conform after which being shocked 3 times by police, however Mims’ lawyer, Juandalynn Givan, shared further frame digicam photos of the incident with ABC News that shows the moments after Mims used to be arrested, together with a dialog he had with the officer who shocked him all through the incident.

Mims accuses the officer of escalating the location within the video.

“You shouldn’t have escalated it,” Mims instructed the officer.

“You allowed it to. You wouldn’t comply,” the officer mentioned.

“I did not let this escalate,” Mims spoke back, including that he instructed police the band used to be taking part in their closing tune of the evening and used to be going to go away once they completed.

The officer, who’s Black, mentioned he’s involved this incident will gasoline the youngsters’s distrust of police, and instructed Mims they wish to “fix this” and have the option to “bridge the gap” between police and the youngsters.

“We gotta fix this. You know, I don’t like this. We gotta fix this. We gotta come up with something,” the officer mentioned as he walked Mims to the police automobile. “Right now, I care about them babies on that bus that just got left. I care about them babies that aren’t going to be able to trust the police just because of these situations.”

“I know, but If you put me in the car … it’s just making it worse,” Mims mentioned.

Mims expressed fear over how this incident impacted the scholars in an interview with “Good Morning America” that aired on Wednesday. “To hear those kids cry … [that] is the most heartbreaking thing that anybody can ever experience,” Mims mentioned.

“My biggest prayer is that first of all, that these students will not hold a grudge that they will be able to overcome this – that they would one day be able to move forward and continue to be the great people that they are,” he added.

The incident happened on Sept. 14 at P.D. Jackson-Olin High School in Birmingham all through “fifth quarter” – a convention that originates at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) the place college bands face off, taking turns to play track after a soccer recreation involves an finish.

Video shows police drawing near Mims all through what he mentioned used to be the band’s closing tune and requested him to invite the band to forestall the track so they are able to transparent the sector.

Body digicam photos launched by BPD shows officials making an attempt to transparent the stadium following the sport and as they way Mims and ask him to inform the band to forestall the track, he time and again says, “Get out of my face.” He later instructed police that the band used to be “fixing to leave” after they completed their closing tune.

Police allege Mims, who used to be charged with disorderly habits, harassment and resisting arrest, refused to position his palms at the back of his again and driven an officer all through the altercation.

Video got by ABC News shows the officer accusing Mims of “swinging” on him as police led him out in handcuffs and escorted him to obtain scientific consideration.

“You swung on me, man,” the officer mentioned.

“I didn’t, I said let me go,” Mims mentioned.

In the frame digicam movies of the incident reviewed by ABC News, some moments of the interplay between Mims and police aren’t obviously visual, as Mims isn’t all the time in view and it’s darkish within the stadium after the lighting fixtures are grew to become off.

In the moments ahead of Mims used to be shocked with a stun gun, an officer will also be heard announcing, “He hit the officer, he gotta go to jail.”

“I did not swing on the officer,” Mims mentioned moments ahead of he used to be shocked.

Mims accused police of “excessive” power and instructed “GMA” he feared for his lifestyles.

“I was on the ground. So, to go and tase me twice or three times … that’s excessive,” he mentioned. “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.”

Mims, who used to be put on administrative depart by the Jefferson County School District following the incident, used to be booked on the Birmingham City Jail and used to be launched on bond hours later, on-line prison information display.

Givan instructed “GMA” her place of business plans to take criminal motion in opposition to town of Birmingham and known as for officials concerned to be put on administrative depart pending additional investigation.

“I want these charges dropped against my client. His reputation has been impacted. They have impugned his character,” Givan mentioned. “We want justice for our client, and we want his voice to be heard. We want him respected and we want an apology from the city of Birmingham.”

The officials concerned have no longer been named by the BPD.

Asked if any of the officials had been disciplined, a spokesperson for the Birmingham Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division instructed ABC News on Wednesday that an investigation is ongoing.