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Shots heard after the Stanley "Tookie" Williams memorial service
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| 12/21/05
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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.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: stanleywilliams
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:02:14 AM PST
by
Pikamax
To: Pikamax
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. Groups from different gangs had begun taunting each other. No one was hurt." Fitting epitath.
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:03:49 AM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Pikamax
Was it a 21 gun salute with automatic weapons?
To: Jeff Head
You can't make it up. I hope someone has a video.
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:04:40 AM PST
by
bkepley
To: Pikamax
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:04:55 AM PST
by
FilthyHands
(Live so that you may live forever. (viva ut vivas))
To: conservativecorner
Sounds like an Arafat moment to me.
To: Pikamax
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:06:28 AM PST
by
Howlin
(Defeatism may have its partisan uses, but it is not justified by the facts. - GWB, 12/18/05)
To: Jeff Head
Is it true Tookie was a known to have sexually assaulted other inmates? Radio guy Phil Hendrie said last night this was the case. Others say Tookie didn't really write the books he is given "credit" for, and I think it is a known fact that no one actually read these books anyway. So yes, he really is a hero! Ha ha.
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:07:59 AM PST
by
TNCMAXQ
To: Howlin
Who cares? Tookie has had his 15 minutes....
Next!
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:08:13 AM PST
by
lOKKI
(You can ignore reality until it bites you in the ass.)
To: Pikamax
I guess it was some of those 'children's books' going off.
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:08:28 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: Pikamax
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:08:31 AM PST
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
(Is your problem ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
To: Jeff Head
Thought you would be interested. This is a fitting epitath to a merciless, remoseless murderer.
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:09:13 AM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: lOKKI
It's just so.........so.......stereotypical.
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:09:17 AM PST
by
Howlin
(Defeatism may have its partisan uses, but it is not justified by the facts. - GWB, 12/18/05)
To: doug from upland
Thought you would be interested. This is a fitting epitath to a merciless, remoseless murderer.
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:09:30 AM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: lOKKI
Next is right! I nominate Mumia.
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:11:52 AM PST
by
VA_Gentleman
(Bush's fault pings are tiresome.)
To: Pikamax
Not possible. Tookie was a man of peace. It's inconceiveable that any of his mourners would be violent.
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:12:00 AM PST
by
YourAdHere
(Viking kitties taste like chicken.)
To: Jeff Head
Fitting indeed, Jeff. I heard a new person say that he heard shots, but then everything went back to normal. Unfortunately, the shots there are what is normal.
To: YourAdHere
Where's that /sarcasm tag?
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:13:39 AM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Pikamax
Shots heard after the Stanley "Tookie" Williams memorial service.Well, now, imagine that!
With the nice wholesome crowd this sort of thing attracts, imagine gunfire!
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:14:38 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Over it is not, until over it is." -- Yoda Berra)
To: Pikamax
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posted on
12/21/2005 7:15:29 AM PST
by
maggief
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