The 'Empire' star has posted an apology letter on Instagram, thanking Glendale police 'for being kind to my son.'
- Mar 28, 2015
AceShowbiz - Taraji P. Henson took to Instagram on Friday, March 27 to apologize to Glendale police for accusing them of racially profiling her 20-year-old son Marcel. Taraji's apology came after Glendale police released a video footage which proved there was no evidence of racial profiling involved with the traffic stop.
The "Empire" star wrote, "I would like to apologize to the officer and the Glendale Police Department. A mother's job is not easy and neither is a police officer's. Sometimes as humans we over react without gathering all the facts. As a mother in this case I over reacted and for that I apologize. Thank you to that officer for being kind to my son." She captioned it, "#TurningANegativeIntoAPositive #LoveTarajiPHenson."
Taraji made headlines last week after claiming that Glendale police racially profiled her son during a traffic stop back in October. "My child has been racially profiled," she told Uptown magazine, "He was in Glendale, California and did exactly everything the cops told him to do, including letting them illegally search his car. It was bogus because they didn't give him the ticket for what he was pulled over for."
However, the video footage provided by police on Friday showed Marcel was pulled over by a cop in Glendale for running a yellow light at a crosswalk. When the officer asked Marcel if he had ever been arrested and if there's anything illegal in his car, he admitted to having marijuana but couldn't find his prescription card.
Due to his cooperation with police, the officer decided to only give Marcel a citation for the weed possession. "I'm not going to give you a citation for running that yellow because that will actually put a moving violation on your license and you're going to have to do traffic school and all that stuff," the cop told Marcel, "So I'm helping you out by not giving you a violation on that. All I'm going to do is take the weed from you. You can go to court and show your prescription and stuff and you can handle it that way."
