A rally might be held tomorrow for Tyrone Mason, a 31-year-old Black man who died in a single-car crash in October after being chased by Raleigh police.
The occasion was organized after police launched physique and sprint cam video that confirmed a state trooper mendacity about his actions main as much as Mason’s lethal crash.
In accordance with stories, State Trooper Garrett Macario tried to drag Mason over after he was allegedly dashing. After the crash, as an alternative of rendering assist, Macario referred to as his supervisor, Sgt. Matthew Morrison, who urged him to mislead Raleigh cops, saying he solely came across the crash, leaving out particulars concerning the chase moments earlier than.
In accordance with Indy Week, the recordings we launched after a profitable court docket petition introduced by a coalition of media retailers, together with the INDY and The Meeting.
The revelation of a police cover-up led Wake County District Legal professional Lorrin Freeman to dismiss greater than 200 instances involving Macario and Morrison. Nonetheless, she didn’t file prison prices in opposition to both of the officers.
Henrietta Mason, Tyrone Mason’s mom, has filed a federal lawsuit in opposition to Macario, accusing the state trooper of initiating a harmful chase after which failing to assist the motive force after he slammed right into a concrete barrier, in accordance with The Information & Observer.
On Thursday (Could 29), the household might be joined by nationally famend civil rights attorneys Bakari Sellers and Ben Crump, Raleigh legal professional Sean Cecil, nationwide political activist and organizer Rev. Gregory Drumwright, Emancipate NC Govt Director Daybreak Blagrove, native elected officers, and neighborhood leaders at 10 AM in entrance of the Wake County Judicial Middle.
In accordance with household attorneys, the rally was organized to name out Wake County District Legal professional Lorrin Freeman for failing to cost NC State Trooper Garrett Macario and name on state leaders to take motion.
“Video launched earlier this month exhibits not solely that Mason died following an ill-advised pursuit initiated by Macario, but in addition that Macario did not render any type of assist to avoid wasting Mr. Mason’s life after which lied to Raleigh police to attempt to cowl it up,” the press launch learn.
The rally might be adopted by a press convention that may function remarks from Mason’s household together with the household’s attorneys, Crump, Sellers and Cecil, Drumwright and Blagrove.
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