The trooper arrested Celena Morrison, the city’s executive director of the Office of LGBT Affairs, and her husband, Darius McLean, after a heated confrontation following a traffic stop.
State trooper who arrested city LGBT official placed on restricted duty during internal investigation
“A full investigation, including witness interviews, is in process into the traffic stop and all aspects of the encounter,” said Lt. Adam Reed, state police spokesperson. Shortly after the trooper and Morrison stopped the side of the road, McLean, driving a green Dodge sedan, pulled up behind them. The trooper approached McLean, and state police said he “became verbally combative” then “refused multiple lawful orders.” The trooper then attempted to arrest him, and during that process, state police said Morrison attempted to intervene. She was also arrested.
The video did not capture the events leading up to McLean’s arrest, but started as McLean was lying on the shoulder of the highway, begging the trooper to let him go.As the trooper turns to arrest Morrison, the video pans toward the sky, and at one point, she can be heard saying, “He just punched me.”
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