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Criminal

Dec. 1, 2005

Crips Founder's Violent Lessons Speak to Many -- and for Many

Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - In a candid and revealing moment, Stanley "Tookie" Williams told a visitor at San Quentin prison that he helped found the notorious Crips street gang because he wanted to smash everyone, make a rep, get respect and dignity and make sure his name was known everywhere. He got his wish in more ways than he ever dreamed.

        
Forum Column

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
        
        In a candid and revealing moment, Stanley "Tookie" Williams told a visitor at San Quentin prison that he helped found the notorious Crips street gang because he wanted to smash everyone, make a rep, get respect and dignity and make s...

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