Two months after the state of Florida formally apologized to Leonard Cure for the 16 years he lost following a wrongful conviction for armed robbery, authorities say he was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop just across the state line in Georgia.

“He and his family deserved better,” the Innocence Project of Florida said in a statement. “Lenny’s life mattered.”

Cure’s quest to rebuild his life after being wrongfully convicted in 2003 ended tragically on the shoulder of Interstate 95 in South Georgia on Monday morning.

On Wednesday, the Camden County, Georgia, sheriff’s office released body-worn and dash camera videos of the moments leading up to the shooting.

In the dash cam video, the deputy begins pursuing Cure with his sirens on after Cure’s vehicle passes his. The pursuit lasts about one minute and 20 seconds.

  • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    12·
    9 months ago

    Not nearly as often as Black people are, and not for the same reasons, but thanks for playing Let’s Ignore 500 Years Of Genocide And Oppression

    • Zeppo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      Anyway my points is that people act like “if that person was black they 100% would have been killed” and “if that person was white they 100% would have gotten off with a warning and been bought a cheeseburger” but that isn’t totally accurate.

      • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        12·
        9 months ago

        It literally doesn’t matter. Those numbers are so damn high it justifies bare minimum dismissal of any claims of innocent on a cop’s part at face value.

        • Zeppo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          What numbers? Anyway, my view is that police shouldn’t be killing anyone. Making it a racial issue distracts from that and plays into the race war that wealthy people have drummed up to distract from financial oppression.