# The players tried to leave the field, the marching band refused to yield, what details have been concealed, the way they tased this guy?

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**Created:** [September 16, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-players-tried-to-leave-the-field-the-marching-band-refused-to-yield-what-details-have-been-concealed-the-way-they-tased-this-guy/990216 "2023-09-16T19:45:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-players-tried-to-leave-the-field-the-marching-band-refused-to-yield-what-details-have-been-concealed-the-way-they-tased-this-guy/990216/338 "2023-09-21T13:19:16Z")

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By the way, for anyone who prefers the style of the pit for this type of discussion, it’s also come up in the omnibus police misconduct pit thread.

> [@Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread #2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3702):
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> In Birmingham the police got the bright idea to demand a band director stop the band’s performance after a football game, because the police wanted to go home. They berated him, and when he didn’t immediately comply, they surrounded, assaulted, tased and arrested him. All over finishing a song that had 1:30 left.

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