Posted on 12/21/2005 7:02:13 AM PST by Pikamax
Shots heard after the Stanley "Tookie" Williams memorial service
LOS ANGELES Just after the four-hour service for executed murderer, and Crips gang co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams, mourners dropped to the ground as gunshots went off about a block away.
Security guards told the crowd things were under control. Groups from different gangs had begun taunting each other. No one was hurt.
During the service, speakers ranged from Snoop Dogg and Bianca Jagger to the Reverend Jesse Jackson. Some told the crowd Williams had done good work in prison, writing children's books warning against joining gangs. Others denounced capital punishment.
The 51-year-old Williams was executed December 13th for the 1979 shotgun murders of a convenience store clerk and three motel owners.
I just love a happy ending.
Whenever I want an interpretation of world events, I turn to Bianca Jagger.
The best book written was written last week when California executed him. Those gang menbers and potential gang members will understand that better than all the other words he may have written.
No kidding, this part really got me Others denounced capital punishment. Yeah...CP is bad, but drive by shootings are good....
What's the deal with the Crips and Bloods these days anyway? Aren't they somewhat of a declining force since the 80's and eclipsed by even more ruthless hispanic outfits like MS13?
Yup - ol' Tookie sure made an impact on the youth.
She was Mick Jagger's wife once upon a time. She's always showing up at these kinds of things.
Bianca Jagger - famous for nothing.
Sigh.....
If Jesse Jackson was a speaker there, I am surprised Cindy Sheehan wasn't there rubbing up against his leg and getting her picture in the paper smoozing with him.
Just a typical Cripts send off. (Or should that be Crypts, as in crypto-human ?)
I wonder who the lady is standing behind Cindy?,"Hurry up Cin, then take my picture rubbing him"
The reverend likes dat.
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