"This Is Unacceptable": Lafayette Man Recovering After Random Attack During Walk Home

"This is unacceptable": Lafayette man recovering after random attack during walk home

A Lafayette man is recovering from multiple facial fractures after what he believes was a racially motivated assault while walking home from a local bar.Dustyn Lance Cope was leaving the Loose Caboose after attending a post-show event when the attack occurred near a local intersection.Cope, who is half Filipino, said he rarely goes out at night."I don't go out at all. It's like the one night I chose to go out something like this happened," Cope …

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

Dustyn Cope, a Lafayette resident, says he was injured in what he believes was a hate-motivated attack while walking home early Sunday morning. Lafayette police are investigating.