Kejuan Edward Bullard, 23

Kejuan Edward Bullard, 23, a young black man, was shot about 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, near the parking lot across BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse, located at 11101 183rd St. in Cerritos. Deputies patrolling the area heard gunshots and responded to the lot. Upon arrival, deputies found Bullard on the ground with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:08 a.m. the next day. Authorities said witnesses saw two black men running from the scene after the shooting; one man was carrying a handgun.

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[MIss MEe..is what he called me]

looked at your pictures stared deep into your eyes...
found myself stuck in a trance...
mesmorized
stuck on pause
I see you
beautiful
you tell a story with each pose
and I wonder what it took from your parents to compose...
such a masterpiece.
perfectly chizzled, smile that would bring sunshine to any cloudy day
there truly are no words that I could put together to explain... just how the spelling of your name...is a turn on.
KEJUAN...simply beautiful...Damn im missing you..love u baby..

[it really doesnt matter who I am]

I finally broke down to your cousin and I am accepting not ever being able to get over the fact that you are not here... We have came to the conclusion that getting over it and accepting is completely out of the question. Why is it that it had to happen... I mean of course we were raised in the church and like everyone else said you are not supposed to question God, but it is so hard not to ask that one question... WHY????.... WHY????... WHY???... Life does not even feel the same; can go to your mom's house, but can't call you to hold the dog for your little cousin... can call everybody, but can't call you... I mean what is REALLY going on... There are so many things that I wanted to say to you... So many things that I wanted to happen and you to be there... Life is just too crazy right now... Until the next time we talk... I LOVE U

[MISS MEe..is what he called me]

AS THE DAYS GO BY THE HARDER IS TO DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT YOUR GONE FOREVER..I LOVED YOU SO MUCH YOU WERE MY EVERYTHING, I WOULD GIVE MY LIFE JUST TO SEE YOU AGAIN, HEAR YOU TELL ME YOU LOVE ME AGAIN,FEEL YOUR TOUCH AGAIN, KISS YOUR LIPS AGAIN..BABY IM NEEDING YOU SO BAD RIGHT NOW, IM MISSING YOU AND EVERTHING WE HAD..IT WAS SO SPECIAL NO ONE COULD EVER BREAK THE BOND THAT WE HAD MANY TRIED AND FAILED..I HATE TO QUESTION GOD BUT I CANT HELP ASKING Y??? Y DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO YOU...I DONT KNOW HOW TO LIVE ANYMORE..I DONT KNOW HOW TO GO ON..I MISS OUR LATE NIGHT CONVERSATIONS...IT HURTS SO BAD...I LOVEYOU NO ONE CAN EVER TAKE YOUR PLACE IN MY HEART..

[it really doesnt matter who I am]

MAN... MAN... MAN... It is hard for me to accept the fact that you are really gone. You gave me so much joy witnessing the amount of love a father could have for his son. I truly respect and admire the choice you made to care primarily for my boo "NEW HEAD..." I respected your dreams and goals that you had for your son. My heart is saddened because a COWARD took you away from TWO of the people that will need you for the rest of their lives, your kids. I will never try to understand the unexplainable, I will just continue to live my life not understanding and not really believing that you are gone... You know what, I thought about you on FATHER'S Day, the days before, and the days after when my lil cousin cried in my arms because he wanted his daddy, I never knew the amount of love and respect that I had for you and BL until I looked at the kids sleeping and it really hit me that their dads are gone. Kejuan, I know I didnt have too many opportunities to tell you that I loved you, but I LOVE YOU (especially when I look at the lil one) and I see what a wonderful job you had done thus far... I promise you that I will do all I can to ensure that your son (my cousin) is well taken care of... until the next time we speak... remember that I LOVE YOU

[MISS MEe is what he called me]

Last night i dreamed of you, it was the first time in a long time, to be exact it was the first time since you passed away.. Its crazy because 2 weeks before u left me i dreamed of you every night up until that horrible day, It was like god was trying to warn me of the events that were getting ready to take place, I dreamed that i was at your funeral and woke up in tears and shared it with my cousin and we both prayed so hard for you, I heard that if you tell someone about the dream then it wont come true. Well I guess thats a lie because now your gone...But last night i dreamed of you and it was so real... I was so happy to see you we hugged and kissed you asked me if I was okay, and continued to let me know that you were good and not to worry that everything was goin to be fine..As the tears started to roll down my face you wiped them away and kissed my lips so gently and told me not to cry that you would never leave me again... We layed in bed and you held me so tight from behind...Then I heard you yell my name...... I instantly woke up looking behind me thinking that you were there...All i saw was the wall behind me I was so hurt because I wanted you to be there so bad... It was like loseing you all over again... But in a way I feel like that was you and god tying to tell me that you were okay and to stop worrying about you... But thats so hard to do... Like saying goodbye means that im goin to forget about you, and thats something i could never do...So see you later baby I love you and I hope that you visit me again soon in my Dreams because im missing you like crazy... R.I.P KEJUAN

[Miss N]

Love,
I miss you desperately. Every day I am hit with the finality that you are not coming home. When the police gave back your keys, I wanted to break down, wanted them to back on your key ring, wanted you to come back home. I look at your clothes in the closet, your things in the drawers and I cant bring myself to move anything that belongs to you. I'm leaving this place to try to move on, to try to start anew, but know that everywhere that I go I take you with me. You promised me that we will always be "us" and baby believe that "us" will always remain in my heart. No one can take your place. My heart holds no vacancy. I think of the plans that we have and I know that I still have to follow through for you. I wish with all my heart that you were still here, I'm inconsolable with you gone. We had an effect on each other's lives that was magnetic and dynamic and you made an impression on my life that will last forever. I love you with all my heart...As you lay on that hospital bed I know that you heard me giving my heart to you once more; its yours forever...
Love your baby, I wish you could come home to me again.

[MISS..MEe is what he called me]

HEY IM SITTING HERE THINKING OF U AND HOW MUCH I MISS YOU...LOL I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT TIME WE WENT TO THE CLUB IT WAS A NIGHT FOR THE MEMORY BOOKS..YOU WERE ACTING UP THAT NIGHT THEN BLAMED IT ON ME IT WAS CUTE..love u 4everrrrrrrrrrrrr

[it really doesnt matter who I am]

I still can not believe that you are gone. I go to your mom's house and it takes everything in me not to ask where you are. Your son makes it hard for me to cope because he continues to say that he really loves his daddy. I feel this is the only way for me to communicate with you so you may get tired of me writing. I never got the chance to tell you, but I really love you cousin for all the love you have shown me, for the advice you had given me in regards to your cousin (lol) and for just letting me be me. I still havent forgot the time you had my boo drinking (yeah I know the truth, it was him). You are truly one of a kind and I know in my heart you are in a better place. You have my word, I will do all I can to help your mom with the little one without her stressing herself out. We miss the hell out of your goofy self and YOU WILL NEVER EVER BE FORGOTTEN... Oh and tell BL I still wanna know what he meant by giving me a pass.... UNTIL THEN... CUZZO... So until we meet again, I will take care of your son, your cousin, and your mom for you and your big brother...

[MISS..MEe is wht he called me]

THE DAY HE LEFT IT WAS LIKE HE WAS SAYING GOODBYE TO ME..HE HUGGED ME SO TIGHT AND WHISPERED IN MY EAR THAT HE LOVED ME AND ALWAYS WILL..THEN KISSED ME GOODBYE..AND SAID ILL SEE YOU LATER...BUT LATER NEVER CAME ALL I GOT WAS A PHONE CALL..KEJUAN IS SHOT AND ITS NOT LOOKING GOOD...INSTANTLY I FELT LIKE I COULDNT BREATHE MY BODY WAS GOING INTO PANIC ...HE WAS MY WORLD MY HEART MY SMILE MY EVERYTHING...NOW THAT HE IS GONE I DONT KNOW HOW TO GO ON...HE WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PERSON AND LOVED BY SO MANY, HE TRULY WAS A ANGEL MY ANGEL..SO PEOPLE PLEASE DONT JUDGE THIS WONDERFUL MAN THAT U DIDNT KNOW..TRUST IF U DID YOU WOULD LOVE HIM TO..I LOVE U BABY AND MISSIN U LIKE CRAZY R.I.P. AND ILL SEE WHEN I GET THERE..KISS OUR SPECIAL GIRL FOR ME WHOS UP IN HEAVEN WITH YOU..

[Shandrea Henderson]

First I would like to say that I am keeping this family in prayer. I grew up with Miss N. Gurl, keep your head up. Justice will be served. My heart goes out to you. And if you need anything let me know. I can't say I know how you fell cause I don't but, remember ALL the GOOD TIMES you shared together. love ya
"Shan"

[kakay]

Mrs, Cathy, I'm deeply sadden about your double loss. I didn't know your sons (Mr. B.L or Mr. Kejaun) personally. You and I lived just doors away from one another. I know you're a strong woman, you has been To hell and back. To the family, you all stay strong and look out for Mrs. Cathy. This is the time we need each other the most. My God Bless us and keep us as well. I'm praying for both sides of the family. GOD BLEES YOU ALL.

[it really doesnt matter who I am]

To Michael Ryston and Every other ignorant person who has something negative to say about Kejuan (my cousin)... Who are you to say that he deserves to die... He was a wonderful individual individual who in fact tried to do thethings in life that would allow him to provide a better life for his children... Talented, Kind-hearted, and Loving are just a few ways he could be described. It broke my heart hearing what happened and I pray that GOD has mercy on your soul for your negativity...

Miss N... you continue to be strong and I know he appreciated your love for your monkey... You continue to take "HIM" with you and I pray that God gives you the strength... I don't know what you are going through and I pray I never have to experience it, but I know you were a rare treasure in his life.

My heart is hurting and I will not try to get through this. I will just continue to prayto GOD for the strength to get through that particular day..

Kathy.. I LOVE YOU COUSIN

[SLIMGOODIE]

iI FEEL SO SORRY WHAT HAPPEN TO THE TWO BROTHER I NEW EACH ONE OF THEM AND I THINK ALL THE KILLING JUST NEEDS TO STOP CAUSE WE ARE LOSING ALOT OF GOOD PEOPLE AND WE DONT HAVE ENOUGH BLCK HERE RIGHT NOW AND WE REALLY NEED TO STOP THE KILLING I SEND MY LOVE TO THE FAMILY WE NEED TO STOP THE SHOOTING AND VIOLENCE OF ARE BLACK PEOPLES ITS TIME TO UNITED AS ONE .

[candy]

Hi my name is candy, and I would like to say thank you too everyone for all the kind comments. Kejaun, Kejaun I love you, I can remember when you and BL was little boys , you guys would run all through grand momma dolly house, just running and playing. Kathy would be gone outside and I would say someone better get them, shaking my head wanted to beat yall down. I miss you newphew both of you guys. For those are here with the neg.. comments, I do fogive you. Jesus loves you. Let me say this for the killers of both of my newphews, I forgive you both and I hope that god have compassion for you both when you are judged for these two murders. The bible says vegence is mines say the lord. Please believe god can't not and will not lie. Now too the people that loved kejaun, my message too you is, please don't get angery when people enter this site and say what they feel. Listen when its not their son, daughter, wife , husband or family member it don't touch home. Just pray for them, because one day ,death will knock at there door. Let not your heart be trouble believe in the LORD JESUS, justice will be served. GOD is always on time.

[Ne ne]

It's sad to see people who are claiming to be positive, and claiming to be helping the community, on this blog bickering with one another. If you are doing so much for the community than do it. There is no need to defend yourself, because you are doing it from your heart. This blog is for people who want to speak out about my brother. If you want to argue, exchange numbers and do it on your own time. It's very hurtful to read post from people who didnt even know my brother, but feel they have to comment on him. There are so many post on this blog about people who have been killed and yet they have 3 comments, and those 3 comments where people arguing about the name of the street that person was killed on. If you want to do something helpful, right a kind word to the family. No one wants to read your drama. Turn the other cheek. Jesus did it.

[Mark]

BLAKMELDAGOD, I am a white male who is appalled at the slaughter going on in the black and latino communities.

It makes no difference if I am just off of the farm, as its quite evident that many people in those communities are dysfunctional and have come to accept the violence as natural and refuse to come to terms its their own children committing those horrific crimes.

The reason we may seem callous about some of the victims on this blog are because we refuse to accept insanity, do know right from wrong and shake our heads in sadness when good people are gunned down for no reason. Then people like yourself try to rationalize it.

[AARON]

BLAKMELDAGOD ..................

I was hoping that we could have an honest discussion on this forum without someones ignorance taking over and compelling them to play the race card. I guess you couldn't help yourself.

My experience is that when people have nothing intelligent left to say......they play that card.

Lame.....just lame.

[Miss T]

I agree 100 % w Miss N (Kejuan's g/f)
Only God can judge and No one deserves to die. "Let him who is w/o blame cast the first stone."
Will keep you and the family in my prayers.
God Bless

[BLAKMELDAGOD]

I DIDNT KNOW THIS KAT PERSONALLY, BUT I FEEL THE FAMILIES PAIN BECAUSE THIS EFFECT MY FAMILY INDIRECTLY.I LOST MY OLDEST BROTHER TO GANG VOILENCE AND THE SAME WAS SAID ABOUT HIM. TO SOME HE WAS A SAINT AND TO OTHERS HE WAS A WASTE OF FLESH BUT THE FACT REMAINS HE WAS MY BROTHER AND MY MOTHER'S SON. I HAVE SINCE DEVOTED MY LIFE TO ENSURING MY KIDS DO NOT ENDURE THE PERILS I HAD TO GROWING UP IN THE HUB AND THE DUB! I COME HERE TO READ HOMICIDE REPORTS AND SEE HOW MY PEOPLE ARE PORTRAYED IN THIS LIMITED MEDIA FORUM. I HAVE NOTICED A TREND OF UNIDENTIFIED AND I AM ASSUMING THEY ARE CAUCASIANS MALES WHO HAVE NEVER VENTURED OFF THE FAMILY FARM COMING ON HERE AND ADDING INSULT TO GRIEF. ALL I CAN SAY IS GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS ONLY VALIDATES THEIR PURPOSE FOR BEING HERE. EMBRACE YOUR LOVE ONES AND THOSE THAT ARE IN PAIN OVER THEIR LOSS. AND PRAY FOR THE IGNORANT PERSON OR PERSONS THAT FEEL IT IS THEIR JOB TO JUDGE. AND BIG UPS TO ANYONE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CRAZY SYSTEM REGARDLESS OF WHAT MONIKER YOU USE, BECAUSE WE AS A PEOPLE WERE PERSECUTE BY PEOPLE UNDER THE MONIKER OF CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS! LETS LOVE US.

[UNIQUE-O]

first and formost may brother bullard rest in paradise. may justice be done.
OK MY FOLKS, NAMES ARE JUST NAMES, AND IF IDENTIFYING by what ever name the community knows you by will help build some form of progressive postive coalition in said community or block, then so be it. call your self chucho, call yourself nug, call yourself by your gobRNMENT NAME, I WOULD NEVER HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THATt. thats jus a name. thats the smallest factor of it all. when i know you i will respect you for your actions above it all.

I MAD I GOTTA take the focus from someones lost son,brother father. but its funny that the poster NUG got something positive in his life, doing something good for his community tryin to save lives like brother bullards and some people are blind to that based on a few letters. Brother NUG aint golrifying anything. hes putting himself out there like a beacon. he is lookin for more vets/men/elders who are willing to step up and be a positive force. he is tellin us about him. sharing how he is part of the solution to problems that claim our countless young men.

im sure the he is an exemplary model for the children in his community . he might not have been one day, but he just speaking from his heart, from who he is now. doing from his heart for what he was then. building what was destroyed.
can yall understand that? so if you have nothing positive to add either to a conversation or a community then just stay out of the discussion. dont come on a page, trying to speak on what you know lil of. learn to be respectful better. how you know how these men lived?
and then to not even recognize good will in your fellow brother? that is juvenile and as infantile as is to assume that someone is making a bad example by the name they use. thats jus what the man been known by for years.

do you get it now. its just a name. maybe when people venture out from behind their monitor and into the world and meet different people, they will see that being in mutual respectability will matter first. and not if I call you aaron, a-dog or whatever who ever calls you. do you get thaT? what matters is how we treat eachother.
if you know these man, then maybe you can speak on him. maybe hey treated you wrong some time. till then all you should have room to offer are condolences or an open mind. and to assume pride is a factor? wowow. AINT NO ONE TRYING TO SHUT YOU DOWN OR CHASE YOU PARANoid people away. thats not what its about. jus dont judge someone until you have met them. however they be known or called. even without having met NUG i can respect the path hes on. hes doing good. and you know what. even not knowing Kejuan Bullard i can offer condolences and not make assumptions about him. why cant some of you?
o ya, cuz some letters.

[AARON]

DALEDO.........

Just because I didn't mention in what capacity I am involved, doesn't mean I am not involved. You and others just made that assumption...and you know what happens when people assume things.....

Believe me daddy-o.........I am one son-of-a-gun who is making more of a difference than you will ever know.

Why do you and OG NUG keep assuming that I don't have respect for him and what he is doing? Is one considered "disrespectful" for voicing their opinion? If you can't stand the heat, maybe you all should stay out of the kitchen.

Meanwhile.......................the killiing continues.................time to think outside of the box????????....??????????

[Daledo]

Aaron, please.

Let me get this straight. A man who is NOT making a difference is giving advice to a man who IS making a difference? And he is giving advice on HOW to go about making a difference?

If you're not going to get involved the least you could do is respect somebody who is. Maybe he could use his original name and maybe he couldn't. But if I had to bet one way or the other, my money would be on the man who is actually in the arena, making a difference.

when he is giving advice

[aaron]

OG NUG.....

I guess you are missing the point of my post. If you will read my post again, I am not second guessing or minimizing your efforts to help children make the correct choice not to join a gang. I am only pointing out that your identifying yourself as a "retired gang member" sends the wrong signal to the children.

In this case, your pride is getting in the way of your judgement and decision making process.

I can see that you are still a hothead because you switched to CAPITAL LETTERS in an attempt to shout me down.........no way dude, I don't scare that easy.

In closing, I don't need to come to the park to see what good you are doing. I will take you at your word. I hope that you continue your efforts to assist kids in your area to make the right decisions on avoiding gangs.

Hopefully, someone whose opinion you trust will enlighten you on what I am trying to explain to you.

[OG Nug]

aaron you live in a small world pal because i raised 3 son to be straight and i work daily in south central saving lives pal because i am one of the tire ones you need to check my real background pal because if you got to guts to come on here with BS comments and live in a small world then i pray for you i hang with GOD pal and my ORGANIZATION IS CALLED C.U.R.E CHECK ME OUT PAL AND STOP RUNNING YOUR MOUTH YOU AIN'T IN NO BODY HOOD SAVING NOTHING, OUR ARE DYING DAILY AND YOU CHALLENGE ME TO STEP YOUR NEED TO FIND OUT WHOM YOU CHALLENGE TO STEP UP YOU COME ON THIS KID PAGE TO BRING NEGATIVE COMMENTS MAN WAKE UP THIS KIDS AND ALL THE KIDS WHOM DIED IN THESE STREET DIDN'T HAVE TO IF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WOULD STEP UP AND MY PARENTS LOVE ME FOR I AM HELPING RAISE A VILLAGE PAL CAN YOU HELP NAW NOT YOU PAL SO STAY HOME.
AS I SAID I CHALLENGE YOU TO COME TO WHERE I WORK AND I BET YOU A DOLLAR TO PENNY YOU WILL BE SHOCK AT THE WORK WE DO AS I SIAD NO KILLINGS NOR SHOOTING IN THE WEST ATHENS AREA PAL
HELEN KELLER PARK

[missn]

KeJuan was my boyfriend, and I honestly cannot believe some of the things that people have said on this board as if they knew him personally. You cannot have known this man and then say that he deserved to die. He was a loving boyfriend, father, and son. He was incredibly smart and was on the Dean's list while he attended Humboldt State University. He was extremely devoted to his son and his family. The death of his big brother shook him to his soul. I usually refrain from commenting on him on the internet but I just want to say to those saying that he deserved to die, "Let him who is without blame cast the first stone." No one deserves to have their life taken from them and no one can judge but God. I held his hand as he lay there fighting for his life; I was pushed out the room as the "code blue" rang in the ER. I kissed his forehead as he lay in his casket, and my heart breaks again when I read ignorance such as yours on the internet. If you have nothing positive to say about his death, don't comment on his life, because you just hurt the people who loved him.

[AARON]

OG NUG...

No idle mind here. Just calling it like I see it. In spite of your opinion that continuing to identify yourself as an "original gangster" is harmless, I offer up the following:

You put yourself out there to these young and impressionable children as a positive "role model." While I can appreciate all that you have done for them and continue to do, they could benefit even more if you would totally "renounce" your ties to the gang lifestyle. When you identify yourself as an "OG", what you are telling them is that you are simply "retired." You maintain the gang moniker because you still "associate" with gang members, even though you are not actively participating. That sends a message that gangsters aren't all that bad, and it is ok just to hang out with them. If you take some time to read through the homicide blog, you will discover that many victims (who are not gang members) are killed by just being near gang members on the street.

Don't take my word for it though, why don't you ask some unbiased / uninvolved people for their opinion. In any case, identifying yourself as such sends the message that you are proud to have participated in the gangsta lifestyle. True, you are actively making an honest attempt in changing lives, but clinging to this lifestyle by identifying yourself as a retired associate doesn't quite send the message that you were totally, unequivicolly wrong to ever have been a gang member.

Last time I checked, all of the coaches, mentors, teachers, and others that help kids in the area where I live do not identify themselves as retired gang members. No one around here is killing anyone either because they live on a different side of the street. Maybe you should try just calling yourself by the name your mother gave you, which, I am certain would make her proud.

[Reality Check]

To the family and friends, sorry for your loss!!\

To the youngsters (REAL MEN DON’T KILL) who think this kind of thing ... shooting and killing and gangbangin' and murdering over drugs and murdering over turf and murdering over sets ... is cool, here is a question for your sorry butts: Do you know that you're headed to hell?

Have you thought about what will happen when someone comes to you and takes your life and you are unprepared to leave here???

You cannot escape the wrath of GOD and there is no running from HIM as you have run from the scene of your crime. There is no hiding place that will save you from GOD when HE comes calling to make you answer for your actions!!

You believe that you have gotten away with something ... you believe you have avenged your "turf" have placed yourself in a dangerous position with GOD who sees all and avenges all!

If you haven't thought about the afterlife, … if you have convinced yourself that this is all there is to life, living hopeless in the hood, selling drugs to citizens of the hood, giving beat downs to members of the hood, murdering and killing people in the hood, … then you are in for a rude awakening when you come face to face with the Creator because you have been duped, but that will not save you.

Your mama won’t be standing with you! Your homies won't be standing with you! You will be alone, in the presence of the ALMIGHTY and HIS PRESENCE will be so powerful that you will not dare say that you had a right to take anyone's life!! The very sight of HIM will threaten you to silence!!

You say that you don’t believe in GOD and that if GOD exists, how come things are as they are? How come you are three generations deep into the gang life and living impoverished without a father or some man to guide your steps? How come GOD doesn’t remove the prejudices that create the situations that make you do the things you do to survive? How come GOD this and how come GOD that?

None of those excuses are even close to justifying your lifestyle of murder and excuses won't save you! None of what you think, feel or do will stand before GOD when HE comes calling for you to pay for your actions … AND YOU WILL PAY. God says not to fear him one who can kill the body but fear HIM who can destroy both the body and the soul in hell.

Hell is where you are headed if continue in this life to live as you do. That is the harsh reality and no amount of denying it, laughing about it or telling yourself sweet little lies in a moment of false bravado will change that. YOU YOUNGSTERS HAD BETTER WAKE UP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE BECAUSE GOD’S PATIENCE WON’T ALWAYS ENDURE AND WHEN HE HAS SAID ENOUGH, YOUR BAD BUTTS WILL BECOME LOST SOULS WHO WILL PAY FOR ALL ETERNITY!!!

Your want to use the expression, keep it real so much like you understand life? Here’s a reality check, youngsters ~ HELL IS REAL!!

A Real Soldier

[them]

michael ryston,

I would not call you part of the problem but your original response was immature and vindictive. A man has died, and while he may have made decisions that eventually lead to his death, here and now is not the time to announce those kinds of negative thoughts. Give the man some respect.

I also knew Tweeter (and BL). I'm not a gang banger but it is easy to see why these two were so loved in the community. They both had absolutely magnetic personalities and showed genuine leadership. You see, while these two young men are nothing but statistics to those that did not know them, they were also human beings with potential. They were absolutely ADORED by everyone around them and their death has left a huge hole in the community.

I don't agree with everything that they stood for. But I understand it and the fact that they loved and cared for their extended family. They lived life the best way they knew how and I am sad to see them gone.

[Gary]

No matter how unsettling it may be, we are going to have to face the fact that those we want to mourn and have compassion for have created the chaos on our streets.

I find it interesting that we want to say that those who extracted a deadly revenge are someone's father, son, brother or whatever, yet they never have in their mind that the lives they take were also a father, son or brother.

We sit in utter silence while the Homicide Log gets longer and longer each year. We want to debate who is politically correct when we post on this site, yet the killing goes on. When do we realize that our silence becomes the loud public voice of a father and mother's scream of anguish when they see their children dead on our streets.

This criminality has gone on so long that we think that the murder of our children is a natural cause of death. Yes, you say we should have respect for the dead. Ok, then it is ok for us to keep murdering our future and then excuse it when the suspect becomes a victim! What about the blood of the innocent?

Let's be real. We have even compartmentalized our emotions about death. As long as it is not black on black or brown on brown we seem to accept it a little better. It is not my observation, just read the posts on this log.

How is it that we can allow babies and children to die and then say they are in a better place? That sounds great, theologically. But what about those who are left trying to make sense out of this madness. There is no excuse for murder.

Every death we experience in our communities further erodes any sense of safety. There is a heavy price we are paying behaviorally, emotionally and mentally. Our exceptance of this barbaric behavior, at any cost, is stripping the thread of our sense of community. How many persons in our community are using drugs to dull the pain of trauma? How many children and families are in a constant state of alarm?

I do not want another gang program. I want us to be accountable and responsible for the safety of our own communities, children and families.

I want us to work with our families who are in trouble. We see it through delinquency, truancy, drug use/sales and in gang affiliation.

We do not need another afterschool program. Let us find alternative educational programs for our children to attain a quality education. There is not an educational gap, it is a learning gap.

I want us to work with law enforcement and the justice system to find the best corrective action to remove those who choose to not respect the lives of the citizens.

Let us get real and be serious about our communities. if not, I guess I will be reading along with you next week. And the week after. And the week after.

Fr. Gary

[michael ryston]

TIFFANY FROM CPT.....

I am far from being part of the problem. People with your mindset seem to be fueling the growth of gang violence in Los Angeles county.

This person chose to be a gangster, or "street terrorist." The reason people become gang members is because they are criminals who want to be a part of a criminal enterprise, albeit most of them are not that organised.

This person was targeted for execution by a rival gang. It is estimated that there have been 17 killings between the two gangs in recent years.

Why would you feel bad for a person that chose to be a part of a gang whose purpose is to generate money by dealing drugs, and expanding their drug empire by assassinating rivals?

Since you reside in Compton, you are probably used to this type of activity. The reason why it continues to grow is because of your attitude toward the gang bangers themselves.....they are the enemy..they are not your friends. If they are your friends, and you feel bad for them when they kill each other, THEN IT IS YOU WHO ARE THE PROBLEM.

My familly became established in Compton in the late 1930's...they left in 1970 when the gang members started to take over. I am not, nor will I ever be THE PROBLEM.

[Jay]

Hi Tiffany from Compton,

The comment you made to Michael Ryston is exactly what it is, A COMMENT. I think its okay to hear the different opinions. Not that your comment was bad, but its about expression. You also said that he goes from page to page with these comments. It sounds like you do too (how would you know that). I just want my people to wake-up (BLACKS). You have some people saying negative things about this person and some talking really good and both might pertains. I watch a lot of the homicide shows and ours black people are the lowest. COME ON, ITS NOT COOL!! Just understand that we don't have to be this way. And just because we're black we don't have to be loud. It's really funny how there are more people dying than bugs.

P.S. When I first heard about this, I just started praying for the mom over and over and over, two sons Mmmm!

[aqeela Sherrills]

I'm speechless. Cathy, we just talk a few days before i came back to Brasil at the barbershop. So hurt......it's just not fair.

[Johnetta Blalock]

With Deepest Sympathy!
Praying for the family.
Johnetta Blalock

[michelle]

it really should not matter if he gang bang our not he ws human and did not deserve to b killed grow up no i did nt no him but its just tha fact he was blacc and did not deserve that.

[Ne ne]

To all those that loved my brothers, here is a scripture that will keep you in this hard time:

The lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. Psalm 34:18

It’s a bitter pill to swallow to try and accept the death of another brother when we were barely getting over the first death. It almost seems unreal to me. I won’t ask why. I will not question god. Those who know the lord, knows that he does nothing in vain. Even in this time of grief, we still have to give God the glory. People need to wake up! Life is merely a blink. Instead of us loving each other, and praying for each other, we are killing one another. How can you say you love the lord, when you are killing his children? The world is not going to get any better unless we come together and put an end to this violence. We have to come together as a people, not just as a race. We have to love all people. God didn’t create different races, he created one: the human race. Man and Woman. I don’t want to get another phone call saying I lost anyone else. Let’s stop killing each other. Go to church! Go to School! Do something people don’t expect you to do. Seek God above all else, because he is the only one who has power.

To those Negative people: I understand you are full of hatred, for something that went wrong in your life, something you deemed unfair. I understand that you are seeking to hurt others with your words, and create conflict, to substitute the fact that you are lonely, and have no one that would even care to put up with you. Take a break from breaking hearts and really think about your reasons for saying such hurtful things. Did you even know my brothers? These were two men who were well loved, and not by just their family, but by those they encountered on their day to day grind. I take it you wouldn’t know anything about that. I could curse you out, call you names, and tell you that your existence here is non-important, meager at best. I could, maybe I should, but that will make me just like you (Michael). It’s sad that you had to dig through his background and get stats, to prove him to be a bad person. The funny thing is, not matter what you do, you can not stop the love, and that is the only reason, other than god, that I am not telling you off. I learned one thing since my brothers passed away, and it’s that ignorance is contagious. So I ask Negative people, especially the Paco’s and Michaels in the world, do us all a favor and disappear, I would really hate to catch it.

Here is a Scripture for thought:
"If My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14

To: Branden and Ke, I will miss you for the rest of my life
Save a place for me! oh and i got ya'll on the cool aid

[shonda]

people say what they want to say .but i went to school with him and yes. he was a good person .so tweeder yes you will be miss luv.ya

[LISA]

MY THOGHTS AND PRAYERS GOES OUT TO THA CATHY AND HER FAM-BAM, TO TELL ALL THA TRUTH, THAT B.L. AND TWEET IZ IN A BETTER PLACE , THAN US, THEY DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NOTHING NO MORE, CAUSE GOD GOT THEM WITH HIM AND EVERYBODY UP THERE IS REJOYCING....RIP TO THA BROTHA'S FROM GRAPE.....

[BIG L...]

TO B.L. AND TWEET, MY GOD I HATE WHAT HAPPEN TO YALL. THIS WORLD IS FULL OF MADNESS,JEALOUSY AND HATE. THE DIFFERENCE BTWEEN YALL AND US IN THIS WICCED WORLD IS "YALL IS IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE, THAN WE ARE...BELIEVE THAT....MAY GOD BLESS MRS. CATHY AND HER FAM-BAM.........

[OG Nug]

Hey Aaron
for the lack of your idle minded informatiom, i personally run a non-profit here in the West Athens aera parnter and we have not had gang wars in 2 years i have built a youth football league in this community, educational programs also i give back because i owe my people as a whole my non-profit name is C.U.R.E Common Unity Reaching Everyone we are based near Helen Keller Park, so the title of my name do make me still a gangster parnter it makes me the man that God made me, my intervention work has been a blessing and if was strong as myself parnter you'll step up but you surf these pages to talk because you do not have what it takes Aaron. so check your information before you ever speak on me parnter. because i am one that is truely giving back to the community that i once waged banging in, so i now give books instead of Guns, i have given my Hood a new vision young man, because there is a way to End all this but we need the people whom really are about change. so Aaron please remembe that a name is just that i am myself no matter what some one calls me you better believe so with that parntergod bless you and come out to Helen Kellr Park this Saturday and you will see the work that i do .
Chelawa
Nug

[Young Bubb]

Damn "TWEETER" I just saw u the other day in the hood man. Its seem like just last week we buried "BEZY", now you. It caint be daddy-o. We gone miss ya'll up there homie just look out for the rest of us who still has to live life down her. Caint wait to see you again my boy much love. p.s. Let GOD now to shed so light on the East Side we need it to. OH hug BEZY & GUSSY and all the rest on the homies up there Love Ya'll Wa. Ten Tray OUT ONE LAST TIME """ G I P TWEEDER """ 2008

[Tiffany from Compton]

This message is for "Michael Ryston" I see you go from page to page with your negativity, we have enough of that, THAT (negativity) is the reason there was a need for the "Homicide Report" in the first place!
Did you know Mr. Bullard personally? If you do why did you feel such a need to inform us on his lifestyle and why he deserved to die! Because that is what your comment insinuated. And if you didn't know him, shame on you for contributing to the ignorance! Have some respect, no matter what you or I may feel about he his is someone's son, brother, father maybe...I don't know him. But you don't should have some decency because his family and friends that are at a loss are the one's that will read these comments not him.

Please be a part of the solution and not the problem
God his family so what if they was from GSW or anywhere else that doesn't change the fact that they too (him and BL) have a family that love them!

[aaron]

Hey OG NUG.....

In case you did'nt know...you are still part of the problem. Even though you claim that you are no longer a gangster, you still glorify it by maintaining your "moniker."

If you really want to step up to the plate and set a good example for the younger generation, then cease to identify yourself as a "ORIGINAL GANGSTER". TRY JUST BEING YOURSELF.

[michael ryston]

For those of you who were unaware, this guy lived by the sword, and has now died by the sword. He was a high ranking crip gang member wanted in another state for drug trafficking.

The world will not miss him........and we are all better off

[cheryl]

my prayers go out to the family of this young man as a mother losing my loving 18yr old son 3 days before his 19th birthday i know the feeling and is not a good feeling at all u are totally lost i visit this site often and it hurts to know another mother has had their child ripped from them by the hands of another what will it take to stop all this madness i have 5 other sons and god how my heart has missed a beat a many days because nothing is going on to stop this some of our kids make the news and some of them don't and i am glad my son's killers were caught right after killing him as he lay dying on the operating table at california hospital they will soon start trial but it really does not bring me any solace because i just want my son to come walking thru my door again oh lord what i would'nt do for one more day with him. peace and love to this young man's family let's all pray that whoever took his life that they be caught before they do this to anyone else you know you have to realize that whoever did this they have killed before and they will be caught you cant do this and keep getting away with it. my prayers are with you family

[Queen De]

YOU BIOTH WILL BE MISSED MAY YOU AND BRANDEN ENJOY EACHOTHER COMPANY FOREVER

[DUCHESS]

TO THE PARENTS OF THIS YOUNG MAN AS WELL AS HIS SIBLINGS MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO YOU I HOPE THAT YOU GET THRU THIS TRUST IN GOD HE WILL EVENTUALLY HEAL YOUR HEART MIND AND SOUL THIS HAS REALLY AFFECTED ME THIS TIME IT MAKES ME WANT TO LEAVE CALIFORNIA FOR THINGS LIKE THIS BUT GUESS WHAT IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER I JUST HOPE THAT WE AS PEOPLE NOT JUST ONE RACE CAN COME TOGETHER AND BE HAPPY AND GET ALONG WITH ONE ANOTHER THE WORLD IS BIG ENOUGH THIS HAS REALLY IMPACTED HIS FRIENDS FAMILY AND OTHERS I KNEW HIM VERY WELL HE WENT TO SCHOOL WITH MY KIDS AS WELL AS B.L MY HEART REALLY HURTS BECAUSE OF THIS I AM TRULY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSSES. MAY THIS FAMILY FIND COMFORT AND PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kesh]

I WILL MISS YOU MY FRIEND TWEET THA BUM WITH THE LL COOL J LIPS

[Wine]

Yall need to do what yall do best in Watts, PEACE TREATY!

Throw in the Towel yall, please, real quick

[greta sailes]

To Cathy Miller and family my deepest sympathy goes out 2 u and your family you have all my family prayers and please be strong i haven't seen you in years but i still know that you are a sweet person and you dont deserve this. May God Bless You at ALL TIMES OF NEED.

Regards Half Pint

[Danny]

Stay strong Ricky and know that your Husker family is praying for you.

[ruben]

To the family,

I know this is one of the hardest things that you might have to deal with. I ask that you guys be strong and have faith in God and he'll show you the way. To the sister and his brothers, I ask that you guys be the strongest and help your mother through this time of sorrow.

love always,
friend of the family

[ANGEL]

In Cerritos too?? I guess no neighborhood is safe from crime??? Why can't we enjoy a nice setting without crime occurring??? Well . . . as they say, "If you live by the sword, you die by the sword".

When will all this madness end???

[Tami]

I did not know this young man, but I was at the skating rink when this incident occurred. The sad part is that we were all out to have a good time, you know Spring Break, the weather was nice and we all wanted to get our roll on. I was inside when this occurred and none of us knew what was going on. We just saw that some young men ran outside and that no one else was entering. We did not know anything until we were exiting, about an hour and a half after the shooting. My condolences go out to the family. It is very sad and disturbing that another young life had to be taken so soon.

[OG Nug]

My Prayers goes out to this Family, this has to stop brothers look around you we are notthe enemy it on walls daily but we continue to bring pain to our people i was once a gang banger a i understand the rage one have's but i hadto realize 37 years later i can really say that i can apologize to the Black communities that i wage war in, and help fix it, come OG's we teach better than this or are ya'll teaching because for this family to suffer like this and we call our self Black Men let come together and end all this we where the problem now we must be the solution, we started all this let's step up and end this killing.

[OG Nug]

my prayers goes out to this family i know their father through the streets but neither less this war has to stop, we must look around us we as Black men have been killing each other for over thirty years, i was once a banger i am now 48years old, yes i have realize that all this killing is for nothing, most whom will read this will also realize that we are not the enemy and never have been. our young black must realize they can not win every battle, because the lives lost over these thirty years where lives of somebody whom would of and could of been a lawyer, doctor a school teacher, we can not bring these brothers back but we Can prevent others from getting there!!!! i have ask originals from every black Street Gang to holler at me i work for CURE we need to end this killing fast and quick it can be done, to the family again i personally send my love to you all .
OG NUG

[Peter Young]

Isn't the tragic toll, demonstrated in graphic terms by this L.A. Times blog, becoming a wearying blight with no end in sight? Then why haven't those who are our reputed political leaders done anything meaninfgul to bring it to a stop or at least to reduce it to a more tolerable (barely, admittedly) level? Is the horrendous lack of action because most of these wasted lives were those of people of color? I dearly hope not, but I fear that it is so. Listen, you who have power, do something, try something, get off your rear ends. This must stop, NOW.

[shadzofbrn]

was he from grape?

[DS]

MAFIA I LOVE U , IT AINT NOTHIN LIKE IM GO SEE U ON THE OTHER SIDE

[dash]

man this is my boy ....my friend i will miss you tweet i cant wait to see you again tell beezy i said its still fam

[yayo]

G.I.P my peoples Tweeter......

[DUCHESS]

MY GOD THIS HAS TO STOP THIS IS THE FAMILY OF A YOUNG MAN WHO'S BROTHER WAS JUST RECENTLY KILLED SEE WHAT THIS HAS DONE TO THIS FAMILY IT IS AWFUL I PRAY THAT GOD TOUCH AND HEAL THIS FAMILY THIS IS ANOTHER TRAGIC LOSS AMONG OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKS STOP KILLING EACH OTHER PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EDUCATE YOURSELVES LOVE YOURSELVES THANK GOD YOU EVEN HAVE A SELF I COULD NOT IMAGINE A LIFE WITHOUT MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AND WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE THAT AWAY ONLY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!