CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Body-worn video of the moments surrounding a 2022 police chase and fatal crash are now public. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police released the videos on June 10, 2025, following a court order.

Just before 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, CMPD officers on Interstate 85 near Brookshire Boulevard tried to stop a black Jeep Grand Cherokee for having a tinted license plate cover.

However, the driver of the vehicle, then-20-year-old Bryan Gabriel Franklin Jr., would not stop for police, and a chase ensued. Police dispatch reportedly told the CMPD officers to stop chasing Franklin because the pursuit happened during rush hour traffic.

Franklin's Jeep would briefly stop two times in a residential area before taking off again. After officers lost sight of the Jeep, vid

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