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.

  • Flambo@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year 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.

    • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

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