Lou Diamond Phillips apologizes for arrest at Texas history event
Lou Diamond Phillips
The Corpus Christi native and "La Bamba" star  Lou Diamond Phillips  kicked-off the weekend event at Heritage Park talking about the importance of the community getting to know the history of the area. (Photo: Meagan Falcon/Caller-Times)
 Actor Lou Diamond Phillips  publicly apologized for  his  DWI arrest during a Friday speech  which occurred just hours after  he  was released from a Texas jail.
At the "Voices of South Texas" event in  his  hometown of Corpus Christi  Texas   Phillips  appeared as the guest speaker.
 He  told a crowd  he  hoped  his  actions did not distract from the importance of the event.
"I want to sincerely apologize for an incident this morning. Some of you may have heard about that "  he  said.
The Longmire star was arrested in Portland  Texas  about 1:30 a.m. on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Police said  Phillips  pulled up behind a patrol car and asked for directions. An officer suspected he was intoxicated and the actor was given a series of field sobriety tests. His blood alcohol concentration was 0.2%  more than double the legal limit in Texas.
Read more: 'Longmire' star  Lou Diamond Phillips  arrested in Texas on DWI charge
The crowd cheered and applauded  Phillips ' apology  while one person replied  "You're human!"
 Lou Diamond Phillips  was arrested early Friday  Nov. 3  2017  on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Portland  Texas. (Photo: Provided by San Patricio County (Texas) Sheriff's Office via Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times)
"We were diversity before diversity was a hashtag "  Phillips  said.
In an interview   Phillips  described how important it was for  him  to come back to  his  hometown and discuss the importance of heritage.
The Corpus Christi native and "La Bamba" star  [TGT]kicked-off the weekend event at Heritage Park talking about the importance of the community getting to know the history of the area. (Photo: Meagan Falcon/Caller-Times)
 [TGT]publicly apologized for  [TGT]  DWI arrest during a Friday speech  which occurred just hours after  [TGT]  was released from a Texas jail.
At the "Voices of South Texas" event in  his  hometown of Corpus Christi  [TGT]appeared as the guest speaker.
 [TGT]  told a crowd  [TGT]  hoped  [TGT]  actions did not distract from the importance of the event.
"I want to sincerely apologize for an incident this morning. Some of you may have heard about that "  he  said.
The Longmire star was arrested in Portland  Texas  about 1:30 a.m. on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Police said  [TGT]  pulled up behind a patrol car and asked for directions. An officer suspected he was intoxicated and the actor was given a series of field sobriety tests. His blood alcohol concentration was 0.2%  more than double the legal limit in Texas.
Read more: 'Longmire' star  [TGT]arrested in Texas on DWI charge
The crowd cheered and applauded  [TGT] apology  while one person replied  "You're human!"
 [TGT]was arrested early Friday  Nov. 3  2017  on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Portland  Texas. (Photo: Provided by San Patricio County (Texas) Sheriff's Office via Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times)
"We were diversity before diversity was a hashtag [TGT]said.
In an interview   [TGT]  described how important it was for  him  to come back to  his  hometown and discuss the importance of heritage.