A deputy of the Georgia Sheriff who fatally shot a man who had been exonerated and released from prison has been accused of unrelated civil rights charges, federal fiscal ones said on Thursday.
Civil rights against Buck Aldridge are not related to the fatal shooting of the exonerated man, Leonard Cure, who Aldridge killed during a fight after a traffic stop at 2023. No criminal charges occurred in that case.
The federal accusation returned by a large jury in Georgia announced the positions of Thursday Aldridge with 13 positions, including four charges of rights deprivation under the color of the law.
He is accused of using excessive people arrested four times, involving three victims. He is also accused of preparing “multiple” deceptive reports to justify the use of force, said the Office of the United States Prosecutor for the Southern District of Georgia in a statement.
The accusation alleges that in 2021 he used a taser in a person without justification and kicked that person; and that the same year he used a taser in someone who was already handcuffed.
Aldridge is also accused of hitting a third victim in the face without legal justification in 2022, and repeatedly using a taser in that same victim after having stopped resisting the arrest.
Camden County Sheriff’s office said Thursday that Aldridge has been relieved of its immediate duties.
“The Camden County Sheriff’s office is committed to transparency and responsibility at all levels,” said Sheriff Kevin Chaney in a statement.
Aldridge was accused of four charges of rights deprivation under the color of the law and seven charges of registration forgery.
The records of the Federal Court did not show a lawyer for Aldridge, and showed no event or declaration in the case announced on Thursday.
Aldridge Shot Fatally Shoot Cure, 53, on October 16, 2023, after Aldridge stopped the Cure truck in the 95 interest near the Georgia-Florida line for speeding and there was a fight, the authorities said and showed a video.
District prosecutor Keith Higgins, who reviewed Body Camera and other tests, announced that there would be no criminal charges in the case. He told The Associated Press that “the use of mortal force at that time was objectively reasonable since it was being dominated at that time.”
The body of the body of the body released in that case shows Aldridge threatening to use a taser against the cure during an argument, and Aldridge tells Cure that it is under arrest for speeding and reckless driving.
Dash Cam’s video shows Cure in a physical fight with Aldridge and Cura placing his hand on the officer’s face and pushing his head back before Aldridge shot him.
The shooting at that time was criticized by Cure’s family, who said the shooting was unnecessary. The Georgia Research Office said at that time that it initially cured until the learning that it would be arrested.
Three years before he was firing fatally, Cure was released from a Florida prison after 16 years with a sentence for armed robbery. He had been sentenced to life imprisonment.
It was discovered that Cure had been unjustly convicted in 2020.
A review of the authorities that had sought the Florida innocence project found that through an ATM and other tests, the cure was miles away from the robbery. The Broward County Prosecutor’s Office concluded that Cure did not commit the crime.
