Lafayette man beaten in what he described as hate-filled attack: They ‘hit me from behind’

A Lafayette man says he was injured in what he believes was a hate-motivated attack while walking home early Sunday morning.

Dustyn Cope, a Lafayette resident, told The Acadian Advocate he was walking home along University Avenue near St. Landry Street around 2:45 a.m when a white four-door truck with four young men stopped beside him.

“They were yelling racist and homophobic slurs,” Cope said…

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