Shots Fired? Are we sure that is not a double on trial in Baghdad?
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| Shots fired at Tookie's memorial service |
| 2005-12-21 |
| 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. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #10 What a puss, Tookie, "I'm a gang leader and killed lots of peple, but mommie I'm scared of dying a painless death." What a joke. I know 5th graders with more guts than that piece of shit. And who the hell would rush to the defense of some bitch boy who started a crime organization that feeds off of the misery of its own community. Low lifes all. EP |
| Posted by: ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-12-21 17:57 |
| #9 Big Ed. Wonder who ever ended up with that speaker's podium Mauser of Saddam's? Can't tell for sure, but it looks like a Swedish Model 94 Cavalry Carbiner. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-21 15:18 |
| #8 This must have warmed Tookie's heart. Well, probably not as much as the fiery depths of Hell are doing at the moment, but you get the idea... |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-12-21 13:21 |
| #7 Writing childrens books and warning against joining gangs more than makes up for the innocent lives he took for a few measly dollars. Hell, they ought to name the state of California after him. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-12-21 13:06 |
| #6 *sniff* Tookie would have wanted it that way. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-12-21 12:02 |
| #5 Shots Fired? Are we sure that is not a double on trial in Baghdad? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-12-21 12:01 |
| #4 During the service, speakers ranged from Snoop Dogg and Bianca Jagger to the Reverend Jesse Jackson. Wow, I'm impressed. Kind of. Sorta. Well, maybe not. Okay, NO. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-12-21 12:00 |
| #3 Groups from different gangs had begun taunting each other. No one was hurt. How regrettable. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-21 11:14 |
| #2 How very... Palestinian. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-12-21 11:12 |
| #1 Sounds like more fun then T.O.'s birthday party... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-12-21 11:00 |