PHILADELPHIA, PA — (03-05-24) — Philadelphia’s Executive Director of the Office of LGBT Affairs and her husband’s arrest last weekend has the mayor’s office describing the incident as “very concerning.”
Last weekend, a Pennsylvania state police trooper who has not been identified, executed a car stop on the Vine Street Expressway in Philadelphia, reportedly for a Motor Vehicle Code violation.
Celena Morrison, the City’s executive director of the Office of LGBT Affairs, was in the vehicle that was stopped,” Mayor Cherelle Parker posted on X Saturday.
Video footage posted to social media and reportedly recorded by Celena Morrison shows a Pennsylvania State Trooper standing over Morrison’s husband, identified as Darius McLean, on the shoulder of I-76.
“A video circulating on social media that depicts a portion of the incident is very concerning to me,” said Morrison. “And I will have no further comment until the investigation has been completed,” said Morrison.
We will continue to follow this story and report new findings as they become available.
Article by: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer
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