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Never thought I’d meet such a person full of life. I remember clearly the day I met Devin it was my freshman year in PE of bell gardens high school. I had moved schools year after year so I was the new kid. Devin came up to me introducing himself “What’s up my names Devin what’s your name ?”. From that moment on we had a friendship a brotherhood I have never seen til this day. We did everything together, he was truly the brother I never had. My memories with Devin will be told to my children and their children. He taught me how to dress how to keep a have manners towards a woman. Not to be shy or timid against the world. I miss him everyday my older brother from another mother. Devin til we meet again I Love You Brother hope your enjoying your son way up hi. Rest In Power.

— Adrian De La Torre
Sept. 14, 2020 at 2:24 a.m. Devin Isaiah Luna, 23

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Rumor has it he was still an active gang member out looking for trouble. We all read how this person was a ‘this or that’ and they left to ‘escape’ blah blah but deep down we all know the truth. I’m not justifying this mans death, while tragic, it probably prevented other violence.
And I am all too familiar with this type of incident as my younger brother was a trouble maker that ran afoul with the law and they shot him and now he wears a colostomy bag. And when the media came to interview my family, guess what, both my mom and grandmother both painted him as a ‘father who loved his daughter trying to turn his life around’ when in reality he was causing a ruckus in our neighborhood and his lifestyle caught up with him. Like the old saying goes; if you walk like a duck, talk like like a duck, and look like a duck, then people are going to assume you’re a duck and treat you as such’. Young men, both black and brown, need to realize this lifestyle is for the birds. It literally leads to two options: Death or Prison.

— Rumor Mill
Sept. 11, 2020 at 12:59 p.m. Dijon Durand Kizzee, 29