The Raleigh Police Department (RPD) filed a motion Wednesday to join a coalition of news outlets, including INDY, in petitioning the North Carolina Highway Patrol to release body camera footage and other recordings of a state trooper’s interactions with a Raleigh man who died in a crash on October 7.
The unusual move comes after WRAL this week first reported on search warrants from the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) that detailed suspicious actions of a state trooper and his supervisor in the early morning hours following the crash.
Tyrone Mason, 31, died after his vehicle crashed into a concrete barrier on Capital Boulevard. Raleigh police said Mason was speeding and lost control of the car…