CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has released dozens of videos in connection with a deadly crash that happened after a police pursuit in 2022.
It stems from an incident in January 2022 on Statesville Road in north Charlotte. Brittany Webb’s estate filed a lawsuit after she was killed in a crash that was caused by another driver, Bryan Franklin.
Police had been pursuing Franklin after he sped away from officers. He then slammed into the car Webb was riding in. Court documents say Franklin was driving the wrong way down Statesville Avenue.
Webb, a mother of two, died from her injuries a month later.
You can see all of the body camera videos shared by CMPD at this link.
Channel 9’s Hunter Sáenz spoke with the attorney representing Webb’s family, Paul Dickinson. He said this incident should never have happened.
Body camera video released on Tuesday revealed that the chase began because of a covered yet still visible license plate.
“They’re not supposed to pursue someone over that,” Dickinson expressed.
The video continues with Franklin stopping twice in a neighborhood before two officers draw their weapons. He drove away both times, and that is when Dickinson said the two officers were told to stand down.
“Yeah, equipment deactivated,” one of the officers is heard saying in the video.
However, you can still hear and see lights and sirens. Dickinson said the officers continued their chase.
“By this time, they were clearly violating the order from their superior not to be in pursuit,” said Dickinson.
At one point, an officer in the area is captured trying to throw a trash can in front of Franklin’s car, but that didn’t stop him.
The video then shows the chase turn onto Statesville Avenue. Seconds later, Franklin crashed head-on into a car full of innocent people, including Webb. Officers are then seen walking up to the mangled wreck.
One officer at the scene was overheard saying, “Holy crap.” A sergeant is also heard scolding one of the officers who pursued Franklin.
“Didn’t y’all hear me saying we don’t need to 43 [or to chase] this vehicle?” said the sergeant.
Franklin was arrested and sentenced to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
Webb’s family attorney maintains that those officers violated CMPD’s chase policy the day of the crash.
CMPD said the Internal Affairs Division did an investigation “to ensure all policies and procedures were followed,” but the department didn’t share the outcome of that investigation on Tuesday.
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