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Leonard Allen Cure
Gender : Male
Age : 53
Race : Black
Date : 10/16/2023
Location : I-95
City : Camden
County : Camden
State : Georgia
Agency : Camden County SO
Officer(s) :Buck Aldridge
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Leonard Cure was traffic-stopped on the I-95 in Camden County, Georgia on 10/16/2023 and reportedly cooperated with the deputy until he was told he was under arrest. It is unknown how the deputy approached him or why he was suddenly attacked by taser at a traffic stop but he allegedly fought the deputy because he did not want to go back to jail under any circumstances. He was shot and killed.
Leonard Cure had spent 16 years in a Florida prison and was exonerated when his innocence was proven in 2020. His reaction to being told that he was under arrest for an unknown traffic infraction was to try to escape. He was murdered in the process. Police have no comment so far, have not made claims thus far that he had been armed and have not commented why they killed him. Leonard Cure died at a traffic stop in Georgia at the hands of a deputy on 10/16/2023.
*** 10/20/2023 UPDATE: It was discovered that deputy Buck Aldridge who killed Leonard Cure has a profound history of excessive force and on-duty and off-duty misconduct that caused him to be fired from his previous employer, the Kingsland PD. He was hired as deputy by Camden County in 2017 and is a sergeant.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wbal.com/georgia-deputy-who-shot-absolved-man-had-prior-firing-for-excessive-force-critics-blame-the-sheriff/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGNIAozOIok
https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=73031
