Branden Bullard, 25

Branden "B.L." Bullard, 25, a black man, was shot in a gang-related shooting at 147 E. Florence Ave. in South Los Angeles at about 1 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. According to police, an unknown suspects fired several shots into a crowd of gang members that were partying inside a rented hall. Bullard was transported by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Five other people were taken to various hospitals, said Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department's media relations office. All five  were in stable condition, she added.

According to LAPD, Bullard's shooting has triggered a series of retaliation shootings in Watts that have left two other men dead and 13 wounded. Los Angeles Times story

Comments

[Keesha]

So people just need a life. Why are yall worried about what type of person B.L was he is gone and if a person can not be at rest when he is dead then that just don't make any since. Everyone in the world may have done something that they wasn't proud of. Just because he have done alot of stuff that wasn't right. Get over it he is dead let that man rest. Yall still got his name in yall mouth. Just let him rest. And let his family be at peace. Kathy, Keisha, and Kim keep yall heads up their are just people that like to run their mouth because their not a peace with their self.

[GETAREALLIFE]

This person was NO leader for anyone. He was a thug......pure and simple...When are those of you who think like this, going to get it?????Why don't you go to school so you can spell, and get a job, instead of hanging out on the street corner, and being such an animal, scarring people...Just kill each other off, and be done with it, because you are too stupid, to see, the possibility of having a future without violence.......The son's of these brothers, will end up the same way, because people are calling them "heros".....Give me a break, they were nothing but, trash, hoods, thugs, evil, and did nothing to make a future for their own children, just , more gangster BS....When are you black people going to understand the very ones,,,,you idolize,,,,,the rappers and singers, are making millions off the blood of your brothers and sisters......You who perpetuate, the hate have noone to blame but yourself...

[yo sister in law lena]

hii brother im just lookingat these comments n how ignorant some people can be if u dnt got nothing good to say about a person who is gone then dont say anything at all. anyway i knew branden personally n lived in his house nhelp raised his kids n branden was like a big brother to me gave me what i needed if i needed to borrow his car for a jo interview r even if i just need a place to rest my head i knew he had my back. in for that i have alot of love n respect for him. i hate how people comment on you brother n didnt even know u. u was the live of the party n u had a great heart n you did more then what they can even know to our community. i will 4ever love u n to the dude who pulled that trigger the fake dude who was on yo sake i hope u root in hell. cuz u took away a beautiful person because u enved his personality n the love n respect he got. i love you beezy always will. in imma always help out with your kids just like u helped me out..

[Ms.A1]

I miiss you and your brother so much its carzy because i would of never thought that you guys wold be gone but I thank God that he gave me a chance to see the both of you before he called you guys home I miss and love you guys so much sometime I just set and look at the flick have and just cry but i know that it wont happy me get throw no time so.

[gip tanky n beezy]

man i still cant believe you gone tanky u n beezy and i still aint 4 got about you tweeder i miss all yall see when i get there

[lil cuzzo]

miss u cousins u will never no how much u guys meant to me but now i guess u do now still till this day i cry at night thinking about u guys

[candy]

I love you mr. man, i miss you and your brother you two will always be in auntie heart. rest newphews

[unknown]

Man...still cant believe u gon' u n Tweeder miss yall so much! But yall r n a better place...GIP

[it really doesnt matter who I am]

I just wanted to drop by and let you know that we still miss your crazy self. I just wante dto know that you have done a wonderful job with your childen up until your passing and they are SOOOOOO Wonderful... Your oldest son is hilarious and so is the middle girl. Always remember that your family loves you.

[o.g R]

ma brotha tank not dead !!! gip b.l a fallen soldier , gussy and all other

[Young man who really loved him]

Some people never learn what is right or wrong, but change is the key to life. You live by a gun you die by a gun. I dont care who are or what set you clam what gose around comes back around. Brandon knew that so he take it upon his self protect everybody loved in the best way he knew, and some people hated at him for it, but thats there porblem. and most of all he got his repect weather they like it or not. but most of all when trying to change your life i guess your past creepes up and bite you I guess its to late, B.L was" a leader an also a roll-model other people fear him so, and yet he realize that people can change witch is good...... P.S and if your name is ringing in every other hood your a very powerful person, more like a godfather, this guy had pull you or I could never have weather you are an friend or foe. I look up to Brandon because he was real at everything he did wasn't scared to play football and be great he wasn't afraid of life an he danm!!!! show afraid to take care of his family....... if dont like kiss my you know what! everybody have there on opinion Brandon this mine. witch it very true in most cases I loved Brandon,and some hated him. And you only get so far when you hate. for examlpe The east cost they are a notorious gang, but Brandon B.L bullard thought they cool maybe he was wrong to trust them guys like that. All i'm saying sound or self with family not some snakes who would one day bit you when they said wasn't......damn Bezzy my heart can let you go im thinking you are still here witch you in your sons every time i look at them i think of....No Homo....LOL well i got to get back to the world an change some things that negative people are saying about you. i'll see you again stay up G and real G doing real thing we know you die for love so G safe and now your with the realist G ever who will never bit you cuzzo. G's up like Bezzy said you cant keep a Good Guy down.......LOVE ALWAYS LIL CUZZO

[i will miss you]

i cant belive you really gone my hero man you did so much stuff for me that nobody ever did when i needed something there you was giveing me wat i want i will miss you bezzy in every body well people will always remenber you as a hero so many people wanted to be like you but know that you in a better place keep looking down on us in god is with you at all time i will miss you so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! much

[Keisha]

BEEZY U WILL TRULY B MISSED WE WERE BOTH THOSE NICE ASS PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS HAD PEOPLE AROUND US JUST BECAUSE THEY LIKED THE CONVERSATIONS WE KEPT OR THE SMILE WE GAVE LIKE YOU SAID WE WERE SOME NICE AS PEOPLE.

[MRS B]

it got to get better ya'll please so the little ones can grow

[hassan]

watts up my ninja!!! your gone but not forgotten. my brother yusef couldnt attend your services but wants you to know that he miss you. g's up brodie. from the whole fam bam.

[It doesn't matter who I am]

I just want to say that after reading this blog, I see now that even the dead cannot rest in peace... I remember attending a funeral and one person simply said, WE ARE NOT GOD. WHO ARE WE TO SIT AND JUDGE THIS MAN'S LIFE... Branden was a beautiful person and regardless of what anyone says, no one will ever be able to take that away from him... He adored his children and his family and each one of them will have to grow up knowing that "ONE" person felt they had the power to take their father's life... Branden was concerned about the people he loved and wanted to make sure that these people were safe (something I respect), and because of that HE lost his life... That shows a lot about his character and for that I admire...

Branden Bullard... B-L... You will be missed

And to all of his children... Your Father was a hero...

[Liz]

I LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM BL AND HIS FAMILY, AND CAN SAY THAT HE WAS A VERY NICE PERSON. HE IS BEING JUDGED AS JUST ANOTHER GANGMEMBER WHO GOT WHAT HE DESERVED, BUT THAT IS SO FAR FROM WHAT HE WAS. HE WAS A FATHER, A SON, A BROTHER. I MAY HAVE NOT AGREED WITH ALL HIS CHOICES, BUT THIS MAN HAD REMARKABLE TALENT, AND A VERY BRILLIANT MIND. TO HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND ALL OF THE MOTHERS OF HIS CHILDREN, STAY STRONG AND RAISE THOSE KIDS TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, AND GOD WILL HANDLE THE REST. IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY HE WAS IN HIS FRONT YARD CHILLIN, LAUGHING, SMILING, AND SAYING WATSUP AS I WALKED PASS. YOU WILL BE FOREVER MISSED!!!!!

[MISS QUEEN]

TO A BIG HOMIE FROM A LIL HOME GURL I NEVA THOUGH I\THE DAY WOULD CUM WHEN MA GYRL WOULD CALL ME AT 3 IN THE MORNIG SAYN MAN BEEZY GONE N ME SAY QUIT PLAYN IM SLEEP BUT WHEN MA GRANNY CAME N TOLD ME I BROKE DOWN IN TEARS MAN ITS JUSS COLD MAN MA BIG HOMIE WENT DOWN LOOKN GOOD ITS LIKE HES ON VACTION IN HAWII WITH HIS FAMILY I LOVE U BEEZY GONE BUT NEVA FORGOTTEN

[DASHANIKA]

TO ALL OF YOU PLACING NEGATIVE REMARKS IN THIS BLOG ABOUT BRANDEN....U ARE MOST LIKELY THE ONES WHO DIDNT KNOW HIM. BRANDEN WAS LOVED BY A GREAT DEAL OF PEOPLE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BY THE AMOUNT OF COMMENTS IN THIS BLOG. I KNEW BRANDEN PERSONALLY AND I KNEW WHAT HE WAS ABOUT SOMETIMES WE DONT CHOSE THE LIFE WE LIVE SOMETIMES IT CHOSE US....BEEZY LOVED HIS FAMILY AND HIS FRIENDS AND WE LOVED HIM ...WE WILL ALWAYS KEEP HIM IN OUR HEARTS AND WE WILL NEVER LET THE MEDIA OR OUTSIDE PEOPLE DETER OUR FEELINGS AND LOVE THAT WE HAVE FOR HIM....WE LOVE YOU BRANDEN ALWAYS AND FOREVER

[This Is Nonsense]

This just breaks my heart! When i hear some bad actor talking about beefs between people of color and … for what?? What is wrong with your thinking?
You cannot live a gang life and expect to do anything but die!!!! You cannot live a gang life where you have to defend the stupidity of another member's action and put your life on the line to die!! What is wrong with your thinking!?!?!
This is so wrong on so many levels that I cannot begin to address the reasons here but suffice it to say, you are making yourselves hurt! You are needlessly hurting innocent family members by killing their loved ones and you are hurting your own family because the dirt you do will come back on you and they will soon be shedding tears over your death!!!
It is amazing to me that blacks and browns think they are so damned smart but still cannot add 1+1!!! If you watch what is being portrayed in the movies, death is the order of the day; if you listen to the music on the radio stations that the FCC refuses to legislate, pimping and killing is the order of the day; if you look at the videos, sexual perversion and dehumanizing your own is the order of the day!!
Aren't you tired of being portrayed as bestial creatures that have to be killed or kept on lockdown because you refuse to conduct yourselves as people with innate value and worth? I know I am tired of wishing and hoping and praying for the families of the dead on this blog but I will continue to do so, because there is that one chance that I may reach one of you in time to save your life.
I have been steering all young blacks and browns that I come in contact with, to engage their conscious mind to see and comprehend the truth of my words ... look around them … and see if what I am saying is a lie. Many have come away with the knowledge that they never saw themselves in that light before … they were too busy feeding their brain with PCP and suffering brain damage due to the amounts of alcohol they ingest on a daily basis.
Yes, alcohol does cause psychosis and the debilitating decisions that these young men make prove without a doubt that they are mentally challenged.
The young men that our organization works with have made the correct life-altering choices. They have pulled themselves up and away ... and don't believe the hype ... it can be done! You can distance yourself from the death that engulfs those who don't care about you and about life. They are proof positive that there is an out.
They have changed their manner of dress, speak, and associations because they don't want to break their family’s hearts by behaving like rabid dogs thirsting for a kill. But ... you have to make the choice ... you have to want to live because there is always another gang banger who will pull the trigger to end your life if you persist in living life on the bottom.
I thought by reading Sinister's blog that some of these bad actors would have changed their tune but they are still singing the same ole sorry song ... I'm bad ... I'm tough ... I’m willing to kill … I'm willing to die … that is the life of a gangsta! The ignorant hip hop artists who sing that mantra don’t have to return to the hood. They can afford to live up while using their lyrics to keep you down. They are sell-outs in the truest sense of the word! They are sacrificing their race for the dollar and putting you and your family in harm’s way!!
You think my words are harsh and that I’m being cruel to tell you that in your present state, you are excess weight dragging down your own people!? You think it's crude to say that if you can't adjust your life to one of productivity that lifts up instead of tearing down, that we are better off letting you crash and burn without breaking a sweat to save you!? We don't have to time to coddle the criminally minded and yes, we mean to rescue as many young blacks and browns as we can convince that this is not the life they want to live.
But for those who oppose us and continue to play Russian roulette with their lives … who don’t understand that death is final and the grave won’t save your spirit from judgment, we won't stand with you! We won't justify your deviant actions and equate your dangerous behavior as being something that you cannot change, regardless of how you were raised and where you live. Plenty of us, everyday, overcome and you are no different! You are no worse off than we were coming up and facing death and choosing life. And no, you cannot convince us that because daddy wasn't there and mommy was a crack addict that you are so overwhelmed and so misdirected and so full of anger that you have to kill!!! That is an excuse and a copout and you are cowardly if you are too full of fear to rise above it!!
We are on the brink of electing a Black man as president and you are murdering one another! Where is your pride?? Move on up and keep on pushing!!! We know it can be done ... WE COME FROM THE HOOD AND HAVE RISEN ABOVE THE MENTALITY THAT SAYS WE CAN'T DO BETTER BECAUSE OF OUR PAST!!!!

We are you and if we can break away, so can you!!

[L.SIMPSON]

FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO TELL THIS FAMILY TO STAY STRONG.WE HAVE TO FOR THESE CHILDERN.AN I WANT TO SAY TO THOSE THAT ARE LEAVING COMMENTS FOR BRANDON.THAT THIS FAMILY STILL HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS LOST AFTER BRANDON IS PUT TO REST.YES BRANDON WAS A LEADER. A LEADER THAT WANTED TO STAND UP FOR WANT HE BELEIVE IN,WHICH WAS HIS HOME TOWN.WATTS. A COMMUNITY THAT MOST PEOPLE CALLED THE HOOD. A HOOD THAT MOST FOLKS WOULDN'T EVEN THINK OF COMING TO BECAUSE OF THE VOILENCE. NOW FOLKS MAY SPEAK OF HIM AS IF HE WAS THIS BAD PERSON,BUT WHAT EVERYONE FAILED TO REALIZE IS THAT BRANDON WAS A HUMAN JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. A MAN THAT LOVES TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING TO HIS FAMILY AN TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY,FRIENDS,AND HIS COMMUNITY WHICH HE GROW UP IN THE ''JORDAN DOWN''.THE ''JORDAN DOWNS'' HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOCATED OFF A STREET CALLED GRAPE STREET. NOW IF HE IS WRONG FOR LOVING HIS NEIGHBOR HOOD THAT HE WAS RASIED IN JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WELL I GUESS WE ARE ALL WRONG. BECAUSE WE LOVE WHERE WE COME FROM,WHICH IS THE HOOD.NOW BRANDON PLAYED A PART IN A LOT OF LIFES AN HE HAD A BIG HEART. THATS WHY EVERYONE LOVE HIM AN YES HE WAS KILLED AT A PARTY. THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT SEEN SOMETHING BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAY SOMEONE THAT SEE WHO DID THE SHOOTING.BUT TO THESE CHILDERN ON BOTH END GRAPE STREETS AN EAST COAST'S WE NEED TO STOP THIS. YOU ARE ONLY HURTING THESE FAMILIES MORE AN YOU ARE HURTING KILLING OUR KIDS OUR FUTURE. AN SOME OFFICER CARE BECAUSE THEY CAME FROM THE HOOD JUST LIKE WE DID.AN FOR OTHERS THEY DONT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT OUR BLACK OR HISPANIC COMMUNITY. ALL OF YOU ARE NOT MAKING THIS NO BETTER, YOUR JUST GIVING THEM WHAT THEY WANT. AN THAT IS TO KILL EACH OTHER UP SO THEY CAN TAKE OVER WHAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE WORK SO HARD FOR. OUR HISTORY ,OUR FAMILIES, OUR HOMES, OUR RIGHTS, AN WHERE WE CAME FROM.

[QB]

It is simple. He might of been all the things you say he was but the one fact that is true is that the life he lead got him killed by the people who live the very same life. It is horrible to lose some one close to you but the average person does not enroll themselves in acts of gang life, I do not care where you live. He chose his life or maybe it chose him but the life he lead got himself killed and the persons who shot him were doing the same thing they believed in. Gang life will get you killed or kill an innocent life. The glamorous life of ganglife is just a fantasy and gang members live in fantasy worlds because eventually even thier gang brothers turn on them for the power and money.

[baby loc]

pelican bay might control tha latino gangs, but they have no bearing on Crips and Bloods, C's and B's do their own thing, prison plays no part of it

[J B]

Im sure some other wanna be gang leader will fill in for a little while and then get whacked. Oh well, not my loss.

[reality]

No one enjoys violence, but we have to face reality. Gangs will always do this to whoever they need to or want to. It will never be stopped no matter what anyone does, its sad but the truth. Everyone might disagree with me, but come on how can this be stopped. To many drugs, guns, too much money at stake for the gangs to walk away from it. The big homies in Pelican Bay control the whole thing and as long as there are soldiers to run around willing to do their work this will always be the case. Like the saying goes someone has to do it.