Leonard Allen Cure resisted arrest during a traffic stop, authorities say. He'd gotten $817,000 in compensation in August from Florida, where he'd been behind bars.

A man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction was shot and killed Monday by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities and representatives said.

Leonard Allen Cure, 53, was identified by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting.

  • Christer Enfors@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Controversial oppinion, perhaps: would it not have been a better option to just, give up and let him go (for now), rather than fucking shoot him? I mean, wasn’t this over a traffic stop?

    • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      Maybe, maybe not. If he were to then go off and commit a serious crime, people would be asking why the officer let him get away.

      • Christer Enfors@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Are you saying police should shoot people during routine traffic stops just in case, because they might otherwise commit a serious crime at a later date?