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Stanley “Tookie” Williams Executed: Views from the Memorial Service/Funeral Part II

Friends of Stanley Tookie Williams, Barbara Becnel (R) and Shirley Neal pump their fists at Williams’ funeral in Los Angeles December 20, 2005. The 51-year-old Williams co-founded the Crips gang and was convicted for murder, but advocated against gang life after he was sent to prison. He was put to death by lethal injection December 13 after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to commute his sentence.

Tookie’s casket with Jesse Jackson.

Hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg reads a poem about Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams during funeral services Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, in South Los Angeles. A large crowd gathered at Bethel A.M.E. Church for the funeral of Williams who was executed last week for the murders of four people.

Inspirational speaker Tony Robbins speaks at the funeral of Stanley Tookie Williams in Los Angeles.

Mourners bow their heads in prayer for Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams

Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, embraces journalist Barbara Becnel during the funeral service

Statesman-Like Service to Take Place on Tuesday

RICHMOND, CA – The memorial service for peacemaker Stanley Tookie Williams will take place Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 12 noon. The service will take place at Bethel A.M.E. located at 7900 South Western Avenue in Los Angeles. The service will be open to the public, but seating is limited. Overflow viewing will take place outside of the church on jumbotron screens.

Among the participants will be Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., Bruce Gordon of the NAACP, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, recording artist Snoop Dogg, human rights advocate Bianca Jagger, and Williams’ long time advocate and friend Barbara Becnel.

The Stanley “Tookie” Williams Memorial Service will not be carried live but will be made available via on-demand webcast from FinalCall.com News in conjunction with SaveTookie.org.

The Video has not been posted yet.

Stay tuned…..

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