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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    1 year ago

    Using a stun gun on a compliant driver isn’t acceptable

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      1 year ago

      But the driver wasn’t compliant though. He was first put under arrest, then became violent, then the stun gun came out. 2 tries with the stun gun, then the baton, then the gun.

      Personally I would prefer the officer didn’t have a gun, and that all handguns were banned like in other countries, but the escalation seems appropriate (at least according to the account given, no telling if it’s actually true).

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        1 year ago

        Controversial oppinion, perhaps: would it not have been a better option to just, give up and let him go (for now), rather than fucking shoot him? I mean, wasn’t this over a traffic stop?

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          Maybe, maybe not. If he were to then go off and commit a serious crime, people would be asking why the officer let him get away.

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            1 year ago

            Are you saying police should shoot people during routine traffic stops just in case, because they might otherwise commit a serious crime at a later date?