It was April 2015. Devin’s hometown of Baltimore was on fire.
Thousands of people took to the streets to protest against the death of a young black man, Freddie Gray, who died of spinal injuries in police custody.
Years of neglect, racism and inequality exploded.
“It was like a movie, like I still can’t believe it happened,” Devin told Foreign Correspondent back then.
While the mainstream media struggled to put the events in perspective, Devin Allen was ahead of the pack. He knew the streets and had the trust of the people.
He’d grown up in West Baltimore, experienced police violence first-hand and lost 20 of his friends to drugs and guns by the time he was 25.
He began as an amateur photographer with a camera given to him by his grandmother.
Devin didn’t just know the story of young black men in the city, he’d lived it.
“You know they were just stick