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The Georgia deputy who fatally shot a black man who had served more than 16 years in prison on a wrongful robbery conviction was fired from a police department in 2017 for excessive use of force during a traffic stop, according to a report.
The videos, published by the Camden County Sherrif's Office, captured the deadly encounter between an unnamed deputy and 53-year-old Leonard Cure during a traffic stop Monday.
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.
Leonard Cure, who was exonerated after serving 16 years on a wrongful conviction, was killed by a Georgia deputy after allegedly resisting arrest and assaulting the cop who stopped him for speeding.
An Oklahoma man serving a life sentence in prison used his pandemic relief funds to hire a private investigator to help exonerate him for a 1997 murder he did not commit.