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Alabama school band director speaks out after being tased by police: ‘All I remember is students screaming’

Johnny Mims’ lawyer called the incident an ‘alarming abuse of power’ by police

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023

Video shows high school band director shocked with stun gun, arrested after refusing to stop music

Police body camera video shows an Alabama high school band director being shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers in front of screaming students, in a chaotic scuffle that broke out after he refused to immediately stop the band as it played in the bleachers following a football…

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Alabama band director tased by police for not stopping his students' performance

Johnny Mims and his school band were wrapping up their last song when Birmingham police insisted the performance stop immediately. The confrontation ended with Mims tased in front of his students.

WEKU · Sep 19, 2023

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An Alabama band director refused to stop playing at a school football game. Police tasered him

Johnny Mims’ lawyer called the incident an ‘alarming abuse of power’ by police

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Joe Nathan James Jr executed in Alabama despite plea for clemency from his murder victim Faith Hall’s family

A prisoner convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago has been executed in the US despite pleas from the victim's family to spare his life.

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2022

Chilling silence before execution as murderer refuses to give family final words

Joe Nathan James Jr, 49, had no final words before he was executed for the murder of Faith Hall in 1994 while her family said his death by lethal injection was not justice

Daily Mirror · Jul 29, 2022

Killer refuses offer of final meal before execution for murdering ex-girlfriend

Joe Nathan James Jr, 49, who was sentenced to death for killing Faith Hall invAlabama, in 1994, turned down a final meal and was given a lethal injection despite the opposition of the victim's family

Daily Mirror · Jul 29, 2022

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Alabama governor ignores wishes of victim’s family to set execution date for man who killed girlfriend

The daughters have appealed for clemency for their mother’s killer

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022

Alabama execution to proceed over wishes of victim's family

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says the state will proceed with plans to execute a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend decades ago, despite a request from the victim’s family to spare the inmate's life

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022

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