BIRMINGHAM,HAI Community Ala. (AP) — An Alabama high school band director was shocked with a stun gun and arrested after Birmingham police said he wouldn’t tell his band to stop playing.
Local news outlets report that Minor High School’s band director was arrested Thursday night after a football game between Minor and Jackson-Olin High School. He’s charged with disorderly conduct, harassment and resisting arrest.
Birmingham Police Officer Truman Fitzgerald, a department spokesperson, said police were trying to clear the stadium at Jackson-Olin after the game and asked both bands to stop playing so people wouldn’t linger.
Police say the Jackson-Olin band stopped performing, but that the director disregarded officers and told his students to keep playing.
Police officers accompanied by school security guards went to arrest him for disorderly conduct but he got into a scuffle with them, Fitzgerald said. He said the band director refused to place his hands behind his back and shoved an officer. One of the officers shocked the band director with a stun gun.
Paramedics treated the band director and took him to a hospital to be checked out, Fitzgerald said. He was later booked into jail and released after posting bail.
Jefferson County School Superintendent Walter Gonsoulin said Friday that he’s gathering facts and declined further comment for now. “I urge everyone not to jump to conclusions,” Gonsoulin said.
The Birmingham Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division investigates all incidents where an officer uses force during an arrest.
2025-05-04 07:5589 view
2025-05-04 07:232357 view
2025-05-04 07:102065 view
2025-05-04 06:58605 view
2025-05-04 06:38885 view
2025-05-04 06:272631 view
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnellis still suffering from the effects of a f
Taylor Rousseau Grigg’s loved ones continue to grieve. After the TikTok star died earlier this mont
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 70-year-old South Korean woman sued her government, an adoption agency,