On Friday a judge is scheduled to consider whether police and the public can view video expected to show whether a state trooper told the truth about his role in a fatal Raleigh crash.
On Oct. 7, Tyrone Mason’s 2018 Chevrolet Malibu slammed into a concrete barrier around 2:32 a.m. The 31-year-old was pronounced dead near the crash site on Capital Boulevard, according to a state medical examiner’s report.
Following the crash, State Trooper Garrett Macario denied any involvement, according to search warrants obtained by the State Bureau of Investigation. But Mason’s mother, Henrietta, didn’t believe the trooper’s story. The Durham resident’s quest for answers spurred a state investigation into Macario and his supervisor, Sgt. Matthew Morrison.
The Raleigh Police Department, The News & Observer and other media outlets plan to argue Friday that the footage should be released to bring more transparency to the case, according to court documents…