In the tumultuous year of 1973, New Orleans patrolman Philip Coleman Sr., a 26-year-old male with five years of dedicated service to the city's police department, met a tragic and untimely end. On January 7th, a day that would be etched in the city's memory, Coleman responded to a call of an officer in distress at Duncan Plaza. As he stepped out of his patrol car, a sniper's bullet found its mark, and Coleman fell, his life abruptly cut short.
The city was in the grip of a reign of terror
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