A video, posted to social media on Saturday, shows a Pennsylvania State trooper detaining the city's former-executive director of the Office of LGBT Affairs, Celena Morrison-McLean, and her husband, Darius McLean. Read more Facebook

by Abraham Gutman Published Oct. 15, 2025, 3:20 p.m. ET

The former state trooper who arrested a Philadelphia LGBTQ official in 2024 , says race played a role in the viral saga and its aftermath — but not in the way that has been discussed so far.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the Pennsylvania State Police, Andrew Zaborowski says he was “falsely accused” of racial profiling and terminated because he is white.

The law enforcement agency opened an internal investigation into the March 2, 2024, stop in which Zaborowski arrested Celena Morri

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