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Family sues for fatal traffic stop of exonerated man

Camden County sheriff’s Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge and Leonard Allen Cure are seen here on Oct. 19, 2023, during a tense traffic stop that escalated to Aldridge fatally shooting Cure. (Screenshot: Camden County Sheriff

Camden County sheriff’s Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge and Leonard Allen Cure are seen here on Oct. 19, 2023, during a tense traffic stop that escalated to Aldridge fatally shooting Cure. (Screenshot: Camden County Sheriff’s Office)

The family of an exonerated robbery defendant is suing the deputy who killed him during a traffic stop last year. In a new federal lawsuit, they say that the defendant, Camden County sheriff’s Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge, unlawfully used his stun gun on Leonard Allen Cure, 53, before the fatal shooting.

“We will never stop saying Leonard Cure’s name,” said family attorney Ben Crump in a statement obtained by Law&Crime. “Leonard should be remembered as a man who aspired to do what he could to improve the very system that robbed him of his life in so many ways. This lawsuit is a powerful first step towards justice for Leonard’s memory. Hopefully this lawsuit can prevent others from suffering the same fate as Leonard, dying on the side of an interstate as the result of excessive police use of force.”

They are seeking at least $17 million in the complaint against Aldridge, Camden County in Georgia, and the local sheriff, Jim Proctor. The lawsuit argues that Proctor either ignored or otherwise should have known about Aldridge’s prior bad acts on-duty as an officer for Kingsland Police Department. They also say that Proctor failed to fire other physically abusive law enforcement officers in his employ, at least until a grand jury brought charges against them or until state authorities got involved.

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