{"id":193221,"date":"2023-10-18T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=193221"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:16:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T00:16:42","slug":"was-it-justified-the-officer-involved-shooting-of-leonard-allan-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/was-it-justified-the-officer-involved-shooting-of-leonard-allan-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Was It Justified?  The Officer-Involved Shooting of Leonard Allan Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dash-cam-footage-released\">Dash Cam Footage Released? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: The Camden County Sheriff&#39;s Office in GA has released the Oct. 16 dashcam footage of the police shooting of Leonard Cure. In the video you can see Cure resist arrest multiple times and choke the deputy. <br \/><br \/>Do you believe the officer was justified? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kAVGYviKdi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"was-it-justified-the-officer-involved-shooting-of-leonard-allan-cure\" title=\"Was It Justified?  The Officer-Involved Shooting of Leonard Allan Cure\">pic.twitter.com\/kAVGYviKdi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eric Spracklen\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@EricSpracklen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricSpracklen\/status\/1714788970523955321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"was-it-justified-the-officer-involved-shooting-of-leonard-allan-cure\" title=\"Was It Justified?  The Officer-Involved Shooting of Leonard Allan Cure\">October 18, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Camden County, GA &#8211;<\/strong> In a move to demonstrate transparency, Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor, District Attorney Keith Higgins of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, and agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) have unveiled patrol car and body camera footage from a deputy-involved shooting that transpired on October 16th on Interstate 95.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The videos disclose the chain of events that unfolded on Monday morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the released footage, the dash camera captures a truck darting at speeds surpassing 100 mph, with clear signs of reckless driving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concurrently, the body camera donned by the deputy showcases the ensuing confrontation and subsequent use of force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public can access these videos (see above). It&#8217;s essential to note that the content carries an age restriction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-leonard-allan-cure-the-man-behind-the-incident\"><strong>Leonard Allan Cure: The Man Behind the Incident<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leonard-Allan-Cure-1024x649.jpg\" alt=\"Leonard Allan Cure puts his hands on the truck.\" class=\"wp-image-193222\" title=\"Was It Justified?  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Cure endured over 16 years behind bars in Florida due to a wrongful conviction, as <em>NPR<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/10\/18\/1206760289\/leonard-allan-cure-wrongful-conviction-georgia-shooting-death\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"was-it-justified-the-officer-involved-shooting-of-leonard-allan-cure\" title=\"Was It Justified?  The Officer-Involved Shooting of Leonard Allan Cure\">reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While in prison, Cure fought for his freedom, eventually achieving his release merely three years ago. On Monday, as he was journeying back home from a visit to his mother, his life was cut short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the GBI&#8217;s accounts, Cure was stopped near the Florida border in Camden County by a sheriff&#8217;s deputy around 7:30 a.m. The GBI is currently spearheading an independent inquiry into the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reacting to the event, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, now representing Cure&#8217;s family, remarked at a news conference on Wednesday, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is god awful that he would escape that injustice to have his life claimed by more bias,&#8221; said Crump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further emphasized, &#8220;Just because you&#8217;re Black should not be the determining factor whether you get a death sentence for a traffic stop.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-was-it-justified\">Was It Justified?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While the investigation is ongoing, it seems the entire Internet is weighing in on the shooting.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the available facts and evidence, do you believe the shooting of Mr. Cure was justified?  Do you think race played a role in the death of Mr. Cure, as Mr. Crump alleges?   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What lessons can the public draw from this unfortunate incident?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please let us know in the comment section. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"was-it-justified-the-officer-involved-shooting-of-leonard-allan-cure\" title=\"Was It Justified?  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