Posted on 12/13/2005 6:24:20 PM PST by TFFKAMM
These photographs and videos were taken outside the gates of San Quentin Prison on the evening of December 12, 2005 during a vigil marking the execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, which happened shortly after midnight.
Before arriving at San Quentin, I had been under the naive impression that the crowd in front would be evenly split between anti-death penalty protesters and pro-death penalty protesters. I was sorely mistaken. I quickly learned that the crowd was 99% anti-death penalty. And a substantial proportion of them were avowed socialists, since several radical groups showed up en masse….
Full collection of photos & videos here - NOT WORK-FRIENDLY!
The Left does have its heroes.
Way to document this circus! Did the Took Kooks know which side you were on when you were taking the pics? Or did you scam them into thinking you were one of them?
Interesting. Thanks.
Thank you!
I heard the crowd numbered all of about 100.
http://www.internationalsocialist.org/what_we_stand_for.html
The International Socialist Organization (ISO) is committed to building an organization that participates in the struggles for justice and liberation today--and, ultimately, for a future socialist society.
The ISO has branches across the country whose members are involved in helping to build a number of struggles: the movement to stop war and occupation, fights against racism and anti-immigrant scapegoating, the struggle for women's rights like the right to choose abortion, opposing anti-gay bigotry, and standing up for workers' rights.
When people complain about the death penalty, they ignore the side benfits, like these demonstrations.
I can't get the video to play. Can you advise?
As Zappa said:
"Californias got the most of them,
boy they got a host of them,
They got the FLAKES"
I did a right-click on the link, then save-as. Play it off your hard drive.
I also heard today that the prison where Tookie Jr is incarcerated was in lockdown because of a threat of reprisal from the Crips for killing their leader? I thought that this scum repented? If he did, why didn't he make a final statement asking for forgiveness and requesting that the violence be stopped with his death? Repentence, my foot. Put that in your pipe Mr Mike Farrel and smoke it!!!
LoL! Great coverage!
you need uick time player installed.
he didn't repent. that's B.S.
Nobody is sure of "Zombie"'s real identity, or even his/her gender. S/he operates under very deep cover, due to the threat of retaliation by the "peace-loving" folks s/he shows doing things like beating up Christian evangelists.
Whatever his/her identity, "Zombie" is one brave individual.
What a bunch of moonbats. These people are sickening.
Good work! Your write-up is hilarious.
Joan Biaz and Nancy Pelosi obviously share a plastic surgeon.
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excellent work! Very interesting to see the "peaceful" and "accepting" ISO crowd.
Good Job! Keep getting the word out that these leftists do not have the "common" man and woman's interests at heart. They just want to destroy.
See my post #19
Where's police brutality when you need it?
Sounds about right. I was at one of these at San Quentin about a decade ago as these folks protested the execution of a rapist/murderer of young boys.
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BSAVE TOOKIE,A$2000,L$1FFF
There.
(Sorry, couldn't resist :-)
Great coverage -- well done Zombie!
> due to the threat of retaliation by the "peace-loving" folks
> s/he shows doing things like beating up Christian
> evangelists.
"Four legs good, two legs bad." -- George Orwell, _Animal Farm_
"Kill the Pig. Slit its throat. Spill its blood. Bash 'em in." William Goulding, _Lord of the Flies_
"Zeig Heil! Zeig Heil! Zeig Heil!" Nazi Party, Nurnburg
"Racist, Sexist, Anti-Gay, Right-wing Bigots, Go Away!" Anonymous, _Tookie's Last Stand_
Q: What do these four, famous chants have in common?
A: The collective "wisdom" of the masses
It's spooky how the lowest-common-denominator in any argument invariably resorts to mindless, rhythmic chants.
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