Article, written in 2019, in reference to: https://katv.com/news/local/driver-killed-state-trooper-injured-after-police-chase-in-fort-smith

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — One man was killed and a state trooper was injured after a police chase led to a crash Friday morning, according to KATV content partner 40/29 News.

Justin Battenfield, 34, of Van Buren lost control of his vehicle and died after leading Arkansas State Police, a Sebastian County sheriff’s deputy and an officer with the U.S. Forest Service on a police chase in Fort Smith. 
... During the pursuit, both Battenfield and the state trooper lost control of their vehicles which overturned near a park, according to a statement from state police. 

Come 2021 after not releasing the camera footage for so long

Oops, guess we know how he lost control of his vehicle and died now! It's not a surprise why cops wouldn't want to show this vehicle and put copganda to make it seem like it just happened out of nowhere because they have to put blame on the 'fleeing driver for putting a state trooper's life in danger.' It's always the accused fault, never the state trooper..

The 'driver is responsible for any risks the pursuing vehicles take' is what cops want you to believe, but that's further from the truth. It's part of reason why cities have been reigning in the use of high speed chases and the PIT maneuver UNLESS the suspect is a public safety danger. Why create the false reality of a public safety danger by pursuing someone who leaves a traffic stop when you have their license plate, car make, model and color and with body cam, their face.

If the state trooper did not put their life on the line for executing that PIT maneuver would someone else gotten hurt instead? It's a possibility. Was the driver a public safety danger? Was he just fleeing a stop and other means could have been deployed to capture him later?

Got to stop the idea that people need to be captured IMMEDIATELY and capture as much evidence of the crime as needed in order to get said person. Traffic laws are antiquated. If cops have clear camera footage of a person in your car and it is returned to your possession then you the owner should be charged with the crime. Either the owner or possessor admits to knowing said alleged person and giving them up or not knowing them and attesting that the car was stolen which the other person also can be charged with grand theft otherwise take the L and be charged with the responsibility. There are edge cases, for sure, but that will always have to be discussed. This is one part of traffic laws that is wildly inconsistent. If someone uses your gun for crimes, you will be charged with a crime unless you can prove that it was stolen.

This one's filed under unnecessary risks by cops.