‘Can Take a Life Without Consequence’: Georgia Sheriff Who Shot Exonerated Black Man During Traffic Stop Over Speeding Gets Off Scott-Free

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‘Can Take a Life Without Consequence’: Georgia Sheriff Who Shot Exonerated Black Man During Traffic Stop Over Speeding Gets Off Scott-Free

A district attorney in South Georgia announced that the sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a 53-year-old man during a traffic stop in 2023 would not be criminally charged. Leonard Cure, 53, was killed in October 2023 after being pulled over by Camden County Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge on I-95 near the Florida-Georgia border on suspicion of speeding. Leonard Cure is shown complying with a Camden County Sheriff’s Deputy prior to his fatal shooting. (…