BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A family of an exonerated man killed by a deputy during a traffic stop called for justice Thursday, following a federal indictment accusing the former deputy of multiple civil rights violations, including excessive force and falsifying reports.

Leonard Cure spent 16 and a half years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, only to be killed in October 2023 during a traffic stop in Camden County.

His family says justice now would mean the deputy who killed him, Buck Aldridge, serving an equal or greater amount of time behind bars.

“Wouldn’t it be poetic justice if Aldridge was sentenced to 16.5 years,” civil rights attorney Ben Crump said at a press conference, prompting Cure’s family to respond, “sweet justice.”

Despite the local district attorney’s decision not to p

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