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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]
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.
Raymond Lee Washington (August 14, 1953 – August 9, 1979) was an American gangster, known as the founder of the Crips gang in Los Angeles. [1] Washington formed the Crips as a minor street gang in the late 1960s in South Los Angeles, becoming a prominent local crime boss.
Rafael Perea, the public safety training center coordinator at Tarrant County College, is training an alternative for Texas. "You see the children there, you hear the screaming, you get information.
A Texas substitute teacher is being investigated after allegedly urging ICE officers to come to his school. “I have many students who don’t even speak English and they are in 10th-11th grade.
Keith Daniel Williams: Murder: 1996: Lethal injection: Fried pork chops, a baked potato with butter, asparagus, salad with blue cheese dressing, apple pie, and whole milk. [85] Stanley Tookie Williams III: Murder: 2005: Lethal injection: Declined a special meal, [86] but had some oatmeal and milk before his execution. [87
Eligible families would have received $120 per child for the three summer months.