Police Tase Birmingham High School Band Director for Refusing to Halt Performance

A high school band director in Birmingham, Alabama, was shocked with a stun gun and arrested by police officers after he refused to immediately stop the band from playing in the bleachers following a football game. The incident, captured on police body camera video, has been described as an "alarming abuse of power" by the band director's attorney. The Birmingham Police Department said the incident is under investigation, but claims that the band director resisted arrest and pushed an officer. The mayor has announced the formation of a civilian-led Public Safety Advisory Committee, unrelated to the incident.