Attorneys Ben Crump (left) and Bakari Sellers demanded the release of footage showing Tyrone Mason’s fatal crash, alleging serious police misconduct. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)
Prolific civil rights litigators Ben Crump and Bakari Sellers called on North Carolina’s leaders to let the public see footage of an Oct. 7 highway patrol chase that led to the death of 31-year-old Tyrone Mason.
Mason’s death has produced a shockwave through the state’s justice system. After it was discovered members of the North Carolina Highway Patrol falsely stated he died in an accident with no police pursuit, patrolman Garrett Macario and his supervisor Matthew Morrison were placed on leave. In January, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman dropped more than 180 traffic cases relying on their testimony, according to the News & Observer …