Donald Charles Cleveland.
Trooper Donald Cleveland was shot and killed during a traffic stop near Lafayette, Louisiana. He had stopped the vehicle with juveniles inside on Louisiana 94 after it left a nightclub between Lafayette and Breaux Bridge. The 17-year-old driver had just been released from prison for a murder he committed only two years earlier. The juvenile was sentenced to death for Trooper Cleveland's murder and was the last prisoner to be executed by the electric chair in Louisiana. Trooper Cleveland had served with the Louisiana State Police for 1-1/2 years.
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In tribute
You barely got started.
Trooper Cleveland gave the Louisiana State Police 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Louisiana. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Cleveland.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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