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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.
Tiequon Cox stabbed Stanley Tookie Williams in 1988 while on death row. [3] This is depicted in the 2004 TV film Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story . On July 18, 2000, three inmates, regarded as some of San Quentin's most dangerous prisoners, almost escaped. [ 4 ]
Within a few years, much of the original Crip leadership were either imprisoned or dead. On February 23, 1973, Curtis "Buddha" Morrow, a close friend of Tookie Williams and a high-ranking Crip enforcer, was shot to death in South Central following a petty argument. Mac Thomas was murdered under mysterious circumstances in the mid-1970s.
4 murder victims [c] 9 Robert Lee Massie: White 59 M March 27, 2001 San Francisco: Boris G. Naumoff 10 Stephen Wayne Anderson: White 48 M January 29, 2002 San Bernardino: Elizabeth Lyman 11 Donald Jay Beardslee: White 61 M January 19, 2005 San Mateo: Stacey Benjamin and Patty Geddling Arnold Schwarzenegger: 12 Stanley Tookie Williams: Black 51 ...
Cochran defended 17-year-old Stanley Tookie Williams in a robbery trial in the early 1970s. [3] Williams was a known member of the Westside Crips street gang. [29] After less than 10 minutes of deliberation, a jury acquitted Williams of all charges.
The man's sister found him bound and beaten, with a sock stuffed into his mouth, the Sun-Times reported. She told police that his cellphone, wallet and car keys were stolen.
Williams murder suspect died in hospice care before case went to grand jury. The team had put together the grand jury presentment and even had a hearing date scheduled, but found out two weeks ...
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.