Saying she overreacted, actress Taraji P. Henson apologized Friday to the Glendale police officer whom she accused of racially profiling her 20-year-old son, Marcell Johnson.
The 40-minute video obtained by the Los Angeles Times shows that Glendale police followed proper procedure when Marcell Johnson was pulled over on Oct. 18 for driving through a lighted crosswalk while a pedestrian was walking on it.
After obtaining permission from Johnson to search his car, police found weed, hash oil, marijuana, a small knife and a grinder. The police determined that the knife was legal.
But in an interview with Essence magazine, Taraji said the police officers pulled her son over in a racial profiling incident and illegally searched his car.
After the LA Times published video on Friday showing the officer did nothing wrong, Taraji, 44, apologized on her Instagram page.
“I would like to apologize to the officer and the Glendale Police Department,” Henson wrote. “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.”
Taraji previously said she had planned to send her son to USC but she changed her mind and decided to enroll him at Howard University, an HBCU in Washington, D.C. instead.
She told Essence magazine she was “not paying $50K so I can’t sleep at night wondering, ‘Is this the night my son is getting racially profiled on campus?’”
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That’s big of her
Her son looks like he should be Nia Long’s
Marcel got his momma looking like a plum fool right when she’s the talk and toast of Hollywood. After hustling and working 20 years to get to this point, now she got her foot in her mouth because of a lying, weed smoking, ritalin taking son.
SIGH
Well at least she did
they are going to have a field day with this one
Moral of the story
know the facts before you go popping off ….
Marcel got his momma looking like a plum fool right when she’s the talk and toast of Hollywood. After hustling and working 20 years to get to this point, now she got her foot in her mouth because of a lying, weed smoking, ritalin taking son.
SIGH
^^^^^^
This! Say it.
He must have came home and said he was racial profiled and she just ran with it
I mean so she just took his word .. and hell either way … lil ninja still had drugs on him 
Or did she say it just to get a rise out of the people
Marcel got his momma looking like a plum fool right when she’s the talk and toast of Hollywood. After hustling and working 20 years to get to this point, now she got her foot in her mouth because of a lying, weed smoking, ritalin taking son.
SIGH
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Say what? Where I been? Who would have thunk it
I wonder what Taraji said to her son after seeing the video
MisUnderstood says:
I wonder what Taraji said to her son after seeing the video
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She prob sending him to Everest University now or to live with Tyrese
MissArtist says:
Her son looks like he should be Nia Long’s
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He does look like Nia Long! That was big of her to apologize.
You know he got cussed out over this.
Gd morning Sandra and all other roses!
Good morning everyone. What am I doing in this office this morning. Oh, time and a half that’s why. I guess I will work on a few cases and then take my azz to the gym.
Morning ladies. Hopefully I can get out of here soon that planned. I feel like I am just her babysitting
I have told mine(threatened) IF they have me eating my words to any authority other than Grandma, it’s on!
Im glad she addressed it, and she should keep it moving. No need to keep speaking about it, or answering any interview questions on it 
IMB of course… 
Kdub
Jenny
Fat Gal, which Breakfast you on?
SR
@FAT GUHL yea I agree no need to address it again
SHE SAID WHAT SHE SAID… I did have Chik fil A for breakfast 
I had to come to work so I made the executive decision 
I am here for a few more hours.
I was looking at jobs and thought one sounded good. I was all set to apply to one until I got to this part:
This announcement will be used to fill positions in support of CDC’s Ebola initiative.
I was like oh ok… and it said travel. You are not about to get me …About have have me be a test tube monkey to see if I can ward off the ‘Bola or nah
@TakeTake,
Good morning babe!
I ain’t know you hafta work on weekends too! Guhl, you betta chase that coint!! *does the le ghey thrice fanga snap*
Seaux tell me….I had asked you in an earlier post, but that was one of them days when massa was crackin the whip cross yo back, seaux I will ask again. And keep in mind that I know this info is personal, so if you would rather not say, or tell me in an e-mail, I understand.
Roundst bout how much do you pay in student loans per month? Did you consolidate? Bout how long do you think your student loans will take to pay off? What kind of interest rate did they give you when/if you consolidated?
I hope you get some free time soon seaux you can enjoy your weekend.
So embarrassing. I would beat the hell out of my son for allowing me to look like a fool
this is why its sooooo important to get all sides of the story first once they get to a certain age.
Against my better judgement I let my “sister wife” take the girls this weekend
we will see how this goes. I only let them go because Blanche 6 will tell me everything and I know they wanted to spend time with their siblings in another environment. Lord I can’t stand that girl though. I wanna fight her like cookie did anika 
@Blanche,
Good for you for being the bigger person. I’m hopeful they will all have a nice time. Besides, Blanche 6 will let you know if anything went awry.
@Unshake: I rarely have to now that I have switched depts. But I am still under the same “big boss” so they like to still rely on me and ask for help. But I am taking another FULL day off to substitute for it since I am exempt. I volunteered bc of that. I am off already.
I put my loans in deferment bc of me moving so much and then being pregnant BACK TO BACK.. but now it is about time for me to start paying :wails: I consolidated them a few months back which gave me a little bit more time…. But I will probably be paying 200-350 a month
I hate the educational system
Ttyl later
her son’s lips tell me all i need to know
These kids be lyin they asses off nowadays. He coulda told his momma the truth once word got out abt the essence interview and her publicist could have issued a statement before it came to this point.
He’d be paying his own way thru college after pulling a stunt like this if it was me.