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Stanley Tookie Williams III [1] [2] (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005) was an American gangster who co-founded and led the Crips gang in Los Angeles. He and Raymond Washington formed an alliance in 1971 that established the Crips as Los Angeles' first major African-American street gang.
In Blue Rage, Black Redemption, Williams describes a “great debate” which took place in the school lunch area of George Washington High School, where members of the new alliance discussed possible names for their new group. Williams claimed he didn't care what the name was, as long as it had the word “Tookie” in front of it. [7]
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story is a 2004 American biographical crime drama television film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall, written by J.T. Allen, and starring Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young and CCH Pounder. [2] The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, and was later broadcast on the FX network on April ...
Barbara Cottman Becnel (born May 30, 1950) is an American author, journalist, and film producer. She was a close friend of Crips co-founder Stanley Williams (aka "Stan Tookie Williams"; a convicted murderer and former gang leader who would later become an anti-gang activist and writer), and editor of Williams's series of children's books, which spoke out against gang violence.
To stem violence between the Crips and Bloods, a peace treaty was recently negotiated, most notably in Watts, the treaty being largely based upon the ideals laid forth by original Crip co-founder Stanley Tookie Williams in his "Tookie Protocol For Peace".
Tookie Williams, the last remaining original Crips leader, served as the de facto leader during Washington's imprisonment. Williams had been injured in a drive-by shooting in 1976, and developed a growing addiction to PCP that caused his authority to wane until he was arrested for four counts of homicide shortly before Washington was murdered.
And exactly who nominated him for a nobel peace prize, anybody? Is this article about Tookie or his protocol for peace? If anything, it should probably be merged with the main Tookie Williams article. So this I recommend.
Stanley Tookie Williams: Black 51 M December 13, 2005 Los Angeles: 4 murder victims [d] 13 Clarence Ray Allen: Native American 76 M January 17, 2006 Glenn: 4 murder ...