Officer who tased band leader worried incident would fuel mistrust in police, body cam shows
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New body camera video shows a conversation between Minor high School band director Johnny Mims and a Birmingham Police Department (BPD) officer who shocked him.

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The officer, who is Black, said he is concerned this incident will fuel the children’s mistrust of police, and told Mims they need to “fix this” and find a way to “bridge the gap” between police and the children.

“We gotta fix this. You know, I don’t like this. We gotta fix this. We gotta come up with something,” the officer said as he walked Mims to the police car. “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 said. …