Bruce Cofield

Death by Force

Bruce Cofield, a 59-year-old Black man, was tragically killed on September 12, 2017, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Cofield, who was homeless, was sitting at a bus stop on a busy street when he was fatally shot. The incident was part of a series of racially motivated attacks carried out by Kenneth Gleason, a 27-year-old white man. Gleason approached Cofield while he was at the bus stop, shooting him first from inside his car and then exiting the vehicle to continue firing while standing over him. Th ...Read More

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