Man imprisoned 16 years for wrongful conviction fatally shot by Georgia deputy

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Man imprisoned 16 years for wrongful conviction fatally shot by Georgia deputy
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A man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction was shot and killed Monday by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities and representatives said.

Leonard Allen Cure, 53, was identified by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting.

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As someone who knew an actual good cop (grew up with him): They quit. That’s what he did. That’s all they can do. Because speaking up just ruins your career path. So they choose to go along or they change careers entirely.

We had a "good cop" DA in my city. The cops went on strike (though they didn't call it a strike, they just stopped doing their jobs), and started a propaganda campaign. When crime went up, people are stupid and blamed the DA. He got recalled and a police bootlicker got put in instead.

I'll bet the crime rate didn't even go up, it's a really easy number to fabricate because no one's looking for the evidence to back it up.

We had a good DA in my city, he ended up getting killed by some billionaire vigilante who went after the police commissioners family