Video show Ga. deputy shooting, killing reckless driver who’d just spent 16 years in prison on wrongful conviction

On October 16 around 7:30 a.m. on Interstate 95 Northbound in Camden County, Georgia, a patrol deputy pulled over 53-year-old Leonard Allan Cure for speeding and reckless driving. During their highly charged encounter that was captured on video, Cure ended up being tased, and then shot and killed by the deputy. Perhaps the only thing that could make this story more tragic – if that’s even possible – is that Leonard Cure had recently been released from prison after spending 16 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit.

On the afternoon of October 18, the State of Georgia’s Camden County Sheriff, Jim Proctor, along with Keith Higgins, District Attorney for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, and Agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reported releasing the patrol car and body camera videos from the October 16 deputy involved shooting that took the life of Leonard Allan Cure.

Dash cam video released by police shows the events that led to the shooting of exonerated Florida man, Leonard Allan Cure in Camden County. #Florida #Georgia #CamdenCounty #LeonardCure #Britney pic.twitter.com/sAExagG82u
— True Crime Avenue (@Welovetruecrime) October 19, 2023

CBI announced that their office is investigating that shooting, confirming that Cure was shot and killed and that no deputies were injured in the incident.

CBI’s preliminary information indicates that at about 7:30 a.m. on October 16, a Camden County deputy initiated a traffic stop on Interstate 95 northbound, just south of Mile Marker 9 in Camden County, Georgia. The driver of the car, later identified as Leonard Allan Cure, got out of the car at the deputy’s request.

Cure complied with the officer’s commands until learning that he was under arrest. After not complying with the deputy’s requests, the deputy tased Cure. Cure assaulted the deputy. The deputy used the Taser for a second time and an ASP baton; however, Cure still did not comply.

The deputy pulled out his gun and shot Cure. EMT’s treated Cure, but he later died. ~ CGI

Man who Spent 16 Years Wrongfully in Prison, Gets killed by Police Shortly After Release.

(Dashcam video below – I cut video short).

Was the Officer in the right during this arrest?

Leonard Allen Cure, was released from prison in April of 2020, and just this year was… pic.twitter.com/IYdwLN357a
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) October 19, 2023

The Sheriff’s Office is staunchly standing behind their deputy, saying that the videos they released “show that law enforcement is transparent regarding the actions that occurred Monday morning, including the dash camera video of the truck speeding in excess of 100 mph, and being operated in a Reckless Manner. Also the body camera video that the Deputy was wearing reveals the confrontation and use of force.”

The GBI will conduct an independent investigation. Once complete, the case file will be given to the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.

Cure had only been released from prison in 2020 after his case was taken up by the Innocence Project of Florida, a nonprofit legal organization that helps exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, according to The Independent.

Cure was exonerated after the discovery of a receipt that showed he was miles away from the crime scene at the time of the robbery, and that a victim was shown multiple photos of Cure in a photo array in an “unreliable, suggestive identification procedure,” the Innocence Project said in a statement.

The GBI will conduct an independent investigation in the deputy involved shooting. Once complete, the case file will be given to the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.

You can see the three newly released body cam videos showing the interaction between Cure and the Georgia deputy, below.