That escalated for absolutely no reason. Let the kids finish their song. The teacher gave his answer. That should have been enough for the officers. No wonder people hate the police.
Yeah, it looks like testosterone nonsense to me. The myth is that cops solve problems, but here as often happens the cop is creating the problem.
Testerical
Oh he’s black.
I couldn’t figure out for the life of me why police would arrest a band director for playing music at a game. But it’s Alabama and his skin is the “wrong” color. Got it.
ACAB
Again, video evidence that police consider “disrespecting” an officer to be an arrestable offense that also justifies “less lethal” force
Waving hands around isn’t illegal, for people of certain skin color.
Why was he ordered to stop?
Asking that question might get you tased and arrested.
Might get you tased and arrested, but most likely shot.
it says in the article that the body cam footage started 18 minutes after the end of the game. seems like they were being ordered to stop playing because the event had completed.
I read a different article that gave me the impression that the band director was following usual protocol, which is to play the crowd out, to keep the crowd calm.
Apparently the police were worried that some fans had been unruly and were afraid fights would break out. The police thought the band director should stop the music so everyone would leave at once, I guess to allow the police to supervise the exit and get back to their donuts.
Lol, ‘make everyone leave at the same time’ is definitely not the thing to do if you’re trying to do crowd control.
No shit.
They wanted to clear the field so they could leave and not be there anymore, kids were still playing music so people were milling around listening and they told the bands to stop so they would leave. The guy, rightfully, said “no thanks.” Then this happened. True service to the people.
seems like they were being ordered to stop playing because the event had completed.
Oh yeah, can’t have that in a Free© country.
Note: this is a Birmingham in the USA
Birmingham, Alabama. Smack in the heart of the American South. This was a Confederate state during the civil war, and one of the states that resisted racial integration. Also a state that plays a huge role in the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr., and has a deeply rooted history of racial tension.
This is why the comments concerning the race of the cops vs. the race of the band director.
Just a little more insight for those not familiar with regional US history.
Such freedom.
