The match was over and the crowd was on its way home from an American football match in Birmingham, Alabama in the USA. But the conductor had other plans for his school orchestra.
In a video from the police body camera, he is asked several times to turn down the music – but it is clear that the man does not intend to obey.
“Get out of here,” he is heard repeating to the police seven times – and signals to the orchestra to continue.
Even when the arena lights go out, the music doesn’t stop and continued calls from several police officers don’t help.
“Do you intend to continue?”, asks one of the policemen, who threatens to arrest him.
Then chaos breaks out.
When the police decide to arrest the conductor and handcuff him, both he and several people around resist.
“I haven’t hit anyone”
In the dark film clip, one of the police officers can be heard saying that the man has hit him, something that the conductor denies.
“I haven’t hit anyone,” he says, trying to free himself from the police.
Then the police’s stun gun is fired on two occasions. He is pushed down to the ground and is heard shouting: “Stop”.
The tumult among the people around continues and the protests become louder:
“Get him out that way, you’re all going to have to fight,” one of the officers is heard saying before the video cuts out.
The incident took place on September 14 and the man has been detained.
“The officer claims that the conductor pushed him during the arrest. He then subdued the conductor using a Taser, ending the physical confrontation,” the Alabama Police Department said in a statement.