Johnny Mims, the Minor High School band director tased and arrested by Birmingham police, told “Good Morning America” on Wednesday he did not deserve to be hit with a stun gun.

“I didn’t deserve to be tased, regardless of how people say it or how people feel about it. I never deserved that. I’m a good citizen,” Mims told ABC News’ DeMarco Morgan.

“To hear those kids cry … [that] is the most heartbreaking thing that anybody can ever experience,” Mims said.

At a late night homicide scene on Tuesday, Birmingham police spokesman Officer Truman Fitzgerald mentioned the ongoing controversy over last week’s arrest of the Jefferson County high school band director.

“A lot of people around the nation are trying to tear us apart, make it the police vs. the community,’’ he said. “The BPD is not the community’s enemy and, if anything, we need them more than we’ve ever needed them.”

“There’s no way we combat (crime and homicides) if we’re at odds with one another,’’ Fitzgerald said. “We need to come closer together and not pay any mind to national rhetoric being spread that we’re out to get the community.”

A press conference is planned for later this morning with Mims’ lawyer, State Rep. Juandalynn Givan, and the Alabama Education Association.

“My biggest prayer is that first of all, that these students will not hold a grudge that they will be able to overcome this – that they would one day be able to move forward and continue to be the great people that they are,” Mims told GMA.

Mims, charged with charged with disorderly conduct, harassment and resisting arrest, is on administrative leave with pay pending ongoing investigations.

“It’s extremely upsetting to me that our students, our children, had to witness that scene. Nothing is more important than their well-being. Counselors from our JEFCOED Cares team have been made available to those students who wish to talk about what they saw,” superintendent Dr. Walter Gonsoulin said on Tuesday.

Givan has said she and Mims are looking into possible legal action against BPD and said the incident illustrates the need for police reform.

“It’s not acceptable what happened with my client,’’ Givan said on Tuesday. “No one’s life was in jeopardy.”