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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.
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.
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.
Blue Bloods bid farewell to Treat Williams' recurring character on Friday.Williams -- who died on June 12, 2023 at age 71 as the result of a traffic collision -- played Lenny Ross, the best friend ...
The latest episode of the CBS drama served as a tribute to Williams, who died in June 2023 after a motorcycle accident, while revealing the fate of his character through a touching storyline ...
Treat Williams, a star of stage, television, and film, has died in a motorcycle accident, his family said Monday evening in a statement. Actor Treat Williams dies at 71 after motorcycle accident ...
The film deals with the life of Stanley Tookie Williams (Foxx), the co-founding member of the Crips street gang. [3] Along with showing his life in the streets and his time in San Quentin State Prison, it shows the work Williams did while incarcerated to help decrease gang violence in the world. The film was shot in 2003 while Williams was ...
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 ]