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.

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    8 months ago

    He rightfully resisted arrest? Even if the arrest is unlawful, resisting arrest is clearly illegal.

    It’s a big assumption to say that they wanted him back in jail. It might be somewhat likely, but we don’t know either way. We don’t know the reason for his arrest.

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        8 months ago

        Funky, hopefully Cure’s lawyers can use that.

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            8 months ago

            Are the rest of his family not called Cure?

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      8 months ago

      Even if the arrest is unlawful, resisting arrest is clearly illegal.

      And the punishment for breaking any law is death? Or from your prior comment:

      They tried to stun him twice, use a baton, the only option left was to use the gun.

      Yeah, the gun was the only option. You definitely can’t just let someone run away for resisting arrest at a traffic stop. Even if you impound their now-abandoned car, they might go on a whole spree of resisting arrests or something.

      In case you can’t tell my tone is past sarcasm and well into disgust.

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        8 months ago

        So it’s ok for police to let an aggressive and violent man run loose?