Penn. state trooper in altercation with prominent LGBTQ leader
The Philadelphia Gay News originally published this article and the Washington Blade republished it with permission. BY LAUREN ROWELLO | Video footage uploaded to Facebook shows an altercation between a state trooper and two prominent Philadelphia LGBTQ+ leaders.
Celena Morrison, executive director of Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs, was pulled over by a state trooper on the Vine Street Expressway on the morning of March 2 and later detained by police.
Morrison’s sister told PGN that Morrison was pulled over “for not having their lights on while tailgating,” which a video of the encounter that Morrison recorded confirms.
Darius McClean, Morrison’s husband and acting COO of William Way LGBT Community Center, was present during the incident and was also detained. “My sister started recording when the officer became aggressive,” said Morrison’s sister, who uploaded the video to her Facebook.
