" This was a serious statement from one of John's good friends, an African American ex-gang member from Detroit who, as John said, "would die for me now, just like I'd die for him.

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Best of all, I made a handful of friends whom I'd die for today.

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"It's one of my rights - one I'd die for, " it quoted Terry Childers as saying.

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