The deputy, Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge, fatally shot Leonard Cure during a traffic stop in Georgia in 2023. Officials said the deputy used reasonable force.

Some of the language in this article may be sensitive for some readers SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff’s deputy won’t face criminal charges for fatally shooting a Black man during a 2023 traffic stop that spiraled into a violent struggle,

The DA said the use of force was "objectively reasonable." The man's family attorney called the decision “a devastating failure of justice.”

No criminal charges will be filed against Georgia sheriff’s Deputy Buck Aldridge, who shot and killed exonerated former Florida prison inmate Leonard Allan Cure during an intense physical

Leonard Cure, 53, was killed by a Georgia sheriff's deputy just three years after Florida authorities had freed him from prison.