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Posted on 12/13/2005 3:07:05 PM PST by SmithL
San Francisco -- The argument over whether convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams was a man of peace or a death-row con artist raged on after his execution Tuesday, with supporters announcing they would give him a funeral "befitting a statesman."
The 51-year-old founder of the bloody Crips gang died by injection at San Quentin Prison just after midnight for the murders of four people in two 1979 holdups, professing his innocence to the very end, even when an admission of guilt might have helped save his life.
His last, best hope was an act of mercy by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But the governor was unconvinced by Williams' supporters — several Hollywood stars among them — who argued that he had redeemed himself behind bars with memoirs, children's books and lectures against the dangers of gang life.
After the execution, Williams' supporters vowed to continue his work to discourage youngsters from following in his footsteps, and promised another book from writings he left behind.
"If they think they succeeded by killing him in getting people to forget about him, they have done just the opposite," said Barbara Becnel, his collaborator and most vocal supporter.
Williams declined to make a final statement as he went to his death.
He seemed frustrated by the time it took officials to insert the intravenous lines into the former bodybuilder's muscular arms. At one point, Williams uttered something to the nurse and offered to help, said Steve Ornoski, the warden. About 15 minutes after the process began, he appeared to ask: "You doing that right?"
Williams refused a sedative, said Becnel, one of the witnesses. She said he was "brave and strong and he was everything we believed him to be."
Other witnesses included Rudy Langlais, executive producer of "Redemption: The Stanley Tookie Williams Story,"
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
"After Williams blasted a football-sized hole in Albert Owens' back as he lay face-down on the floor of the 7-Eleven where he worked, the gang leader laughed about the "gurgling" noises the 26-year-old divorced father of two made as he died, according to trial testimony.
"And after Williams gunned down Yen-I Yang, 76, his wife, Tsai-Shai, 63, and their daughter, Yee-Chen Lin, 43, when he robbed their family-run motel, he bragged of killing "Buddha-heads," according to his pals' testimony."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/story/369269p-314207c.html
Deluded and deranged comes to mind here.
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If he deserves a statesman's funeral, how about Mussolini's?
I was thinking that a "Yard-A-Pult" might be more fitting.
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IIRC, Mussolini had a nice state funeral. That would work.
What is really scary is that, after all the pandering at Rosa Parks passing, a full blown state funeral might actually be in the mind of some of our more unstable leaders and may not be as absurd as I first thought.
Let it rage; nothing will change the fact that Tookie is now worm dookie.
May he rot in hell.
BTW - Were there any riots as Tookie's supporter claimed there would be? I havent't heard of anyone outside of a handful of celebs, lefties and anti-death penalty guys even utter a peep in his defence.
Williams' supporters can give him any funeral they can afford.
No tax payer money will be spent for the corpse of an executed murderer, except what the state normally would pay in the case that nobody claims the body.
A formal statesman's funeral would be an insult to decency.
Here is the funeral that the fiend Tookie gave his innocent victims (Warning: Graphic Forensic Photos):
http://www.homestead.com/prosites-prs/tookiewilliamsvictims.html
I thought they were going to drag his body in the Kawaanza Parade....
If he was innocent, then why does he need redemption?
Yeah. Benito Mussolini's.
supporters announcing they would give him a funeral "befitting a statesman."
They should just leave him face down in the dirt, that's how he would do it.
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