Body cam footage shows a high school band director being tased and arrested at an Alabama football game last week after he refused to end the band's performance. The director, Johnny Mims, was charged after police say he hit an officer while they tried to take him into custody. Mims denies that claim. CBS News' Lilia Luciano reports.
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