I’d like to clear up a misconception that resulted from of an interview that my wife Tawanna and I recently conducted. I think that it’s important to understand that during this interview, we spoke for nearly two hours. The portions of our conversation relating to some individual members of the police force were very brief and occurred near the end of our conversation.

I understand that police officers have very difficult jobs. And I believe that the majority of police officers are very professional and caring individuals. Unfortunately, it’s not clear that my feelings were directed at just a very few individuals.

Last summer I was falsely accused of several serious offenses. While investigating the case, and before any hearing, my lawyers learned of an incident, where several police officers publicly celebrated my arrest and toasted me being convicted. I was extremely disturbed by this behavior and I believe that that these kinds of actions should be troubling to all law abiding citizens and especially to the many honest and hard working police officers.

I’m sorry if anyone felt that my comments were directed at all police officers. That was not my intent. I was concerned by the actions of these few individuals. And I think that most people, in a similar situation, would react the same way. I’d like to make it clear that I respect police officers and appreciate the job that they do. I hope that this information clears up any misunderstanding that may have existed.