BRUNSWICK, Ga. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Harry Daniels issued a response on behalf of the family of Leonard Cure after Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Keith Higgins announced that no charges would be filed against Sergeant Buck Aldridge, the officer who fatally shot Cure during a traffic stop on October 16, 2023.
Leonard spent more than 16 years in prison before he was exonerated for a 2003 robbery based on findings of “actual innocence,” according to The Innocence Project of Florida. Cure planned on pursuing a college degree and frequently spoke at colleges about his experience of being wrongfully convicted.
Attorneys Crump and Daniels released the following statement:
“This decision is a devastating failure of justice, sending the message that law enforcement officers can take a life without consequence. Leonard Cure was a man who had already fought so hard to reclaim his life after a wrongful conviction, only to have it stolen from him again. His family will not stop fighting for accountability, and neither will we.
“This fight is not just for Leonard’s family — it is for every family who has suffered due to unchecked police violence and a chronic lack of accountability. We will not let this grave injustice be forgotten. We will continue to demand accountability for the flaws in policing in this country.”
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