Overview

• The family of Leonard Cure, a Black man who was fatally shot by a Georgia deputy during a traffic stop, plans to sue the sheriff's office for $16 million in restitution.
• Cure had spent 16 years wrongfully imprisoned in Florida for a crime he didn't commit, and was killed just three years after being exonerated and released.
• The deputy involved in the shooting, Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge, had been previously disciplined for using excessive force and was fired from a neighboring police department before being hired by the Camden County Sheriff's Office.
• Aldridge is currently on administrative leave pending a decision on whether to seek criminal charges in Cure's death.
• Three experts who reviewed video of the shooting believe it was legal, as Aldridge appeared to be in danger when he fired, but criticized his failure to deescalate the situation.