Philly LGBT Affairs executive director yells, ‘I work for the mayor,’ as she records her and her husband’s arrest

CNN — 

Philadelphia’s head of LGBT affairs and her husband were arrested by a state trooper Saturday, in what the mayor is calling a “very concerning,” interaction, according to a video circulating on social media, which was confirmed by police.

Celena Morrison, executive director of the City’s Office of LGBT Affairs, recorded a portion of the arrest of her husband, Darius McLean, on the Vine Street Expressway, her sister told CNN on Sunday.

Morrison can be heard on the video repeatedly saying, “that is my husband,” as McLean is on the ground.

Morrison can then be heard saying, “I work for the mayor.”

“It’s ‘cause I’m Black,” McLean says in the video.

The unnamed trooper responds, “It’s not ‘cause you’re Black.”

The officer shown in the video then walks toward Morrison and the camera goes unstable.

A police report of the Saturday incident said the two individuals were both resisting arrest at the time of the traffic stop.

The unnamed state trooper seen in the video initiated the traffic stop for the driver of a gray Infiniti sedan, according to the report, due to “multiple Vehicle Code violations.” A green Dodge sedan pulled up and parked behind the trooper’s vehicle shortly thereafter.