A big turnout of family and friends – with special recognition for David Nguyen.

San Francisco Sheriff’s Deputies saluting pictures of David Nguyen, a 28-year-old Alameda County Sheriff’s recruit who was killed on Interstate 580 in Oakland as he drove home to San Francisco after a day of training.

“Just seeing the community get together for a cause, for my brother, that keeps me going,” said David’s sister Barbara. She was there to speak along with a number of others, including the San Francisco Sheriff, to honor Nguyen Wednesday night where he was so close to graduating at City College of San Francisco.

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Alan Wong is a trustee at City College of San Francisco who served alongside Nguyen in the National Guard.

“With the support of David’s teachers, I’m moving forward with a proposal to have City College confer him an honorary degree in liberal arts and sciences to help him and his family complete his academic degree at City College,” said Wong.
Nguyen was just one unit away from a degree. His girlfriend Shanice Vaughn read a journal of his where he vowed to do better in school.

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“My solution is to enter City College with a completely different mindset. The mindset to learn, progress, and most of all not cheat myself out of an education again,” said Vaughn.

David’s family and friends are still struggling with his loss but were happy to share David’s memories on cold city evening, with his mother, who has been hit particularly hard.

Barbara says she will remember the good times.

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“He took care of me at a very young age and he would force me to do everything with him either working out, Boy Scouts, all these things. I didn’t really appreciate it when I was younger but when I look back on it now, man he was a great big brother,” says Nguyen.

Deputies tell us there is still a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of David’s killer. As of right now, no arrests have been made.

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SHERMAN OAKS (CBSLA) – There was a candlelight vigil on Wednesday evening during which a craftsman was senselessly gunned down in what was believed to be a misunderstanding that turned fatal.

Mondo Martinez was shot while sitting in his car in an upscale area of ​​Sherman Oaks. His family described him as a loving man who was full of life that was taken too soon.

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Investigators said gunman Ethan Wall, 39, an Army veteran, told them when he spotted Martinez in a car he thought he was shrouding the neighborhood to raid a house. He confronted him and shot him twice, detectives added.

“Getting someone to just take matters into their own hands and kill them is absolutely bizarre and crazy for me and something that is unforgivable,” said Mondo’s niece Elena Martinez tearfully.

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Relatives believe Martinez was in the area to visit his girlfriend. You don’t think he owned a gun.

Investigators said they found two guns at the scene, one used by the shooter and the other is still under investigation.

“I just want justice for my brother,” said Danny Martinez on Wednesday night. “He wasn’t a burglar.”

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Detectives arrested Wall for murder. He was released on bail.

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Crowds gathered outside Mission High School Thursday evening to denounce the police killing of black men and to honor the lives of two of the youngest victims.

Roger Allen, a 44-year-old San Francisco native, was shot and killed in the chest by a Daly City police officer on April 7 after authorities alleged a dispute over the officers’ firearm. It was actually a BB gun.

Days later, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was killed by police during a traffic obstruction in Minneapolis, just a few miles from the courthouse, where the ongoing trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd last year, is taking place.

The march also took place the day Chicago police released a video showing the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo as he stood up with his hands up, causing widespread horror and outrage.

“I think it is really important that we emerge as a community to keep everyone else in our grief and also to call for the defunding and abolition of the police, prisons and the prison industrial complex as a whole,” said Aditi Joshi, organizer at Defund SFPD Well said the group that hosted the night’s events.

Opening speeches by Joshi and others reminded protesters that this was a peaceful event and gave them information on what to do if they are arrested.

But another message was also made clear by the organizers of the night, calling for the police to be de-financed as a stop on the road to the complete abolition of the police.

The condition? These communities protect themselves, not law enforcement.

Chants of “We protect ourselves!” wavy through the crowd.

Joshi urged the Board of Supervisors, Mayor London Breed and other elected leaders to segregate money from law enforcement and divert it towards social services, housing and community health, among other things.

“Our budget reflects our values, and our city chooses to fund violence,” she said.

About a few hundred people marched down 18th Street, followed by shouts of support from passers-by raising their hands in solidarity, drivers honking their horns, and the now familiar chants of “no justice, no peace”.

They ended at the San Francisco Police Department mission station, where officers lined the building’s brick facade, stood behind guardrails, and put on helmets.

The crowd gathered in front of the train station. Most of the participants gathered in the middle of Valencia Street, where the chants continued and music played over a loudspeaker.

However, some stood closer to the guard rails and addressed their comments directly to officers.

One of these women was Talika Fletcher, Allen’s sister.

“You can go home. My brother is in a morgue right now, ”she said, and told the protesters to keep their distance to ensure their own safety.

As the night grew later, the crowd slowly dwindled.

The speakers called and reflected on their own experiences.

One of these speakers was Maria Cristina Gutierrez, who goes from Mama Cristina. As the founder of Mothers on the March, a local organization to fight police violence, she called for “unity” and “clarity” between all people fighting for a more peaceful future.

“I am sad, but not defeated,” she told the examiner before her remarks. “We are the givers of life. So we have a duty to fight for life. “

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