Tookie, RIP (Revolution In Progress)

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Scattering thoughts, as in scattering ashes...

Tookie Williams went to his death with all the dignity and serenity that is possible in an execution process that is meant to terrify and degrade. There are many possible reasons for his inner strength. To deny his tormenters any satisfaction could be one. But I think he believed that if he had to die, it was a meaningful martyrdom that sent a lasting message to the world.
His legend and his life lessons will continue to be studied, debated, embraced. His courage will be remembered. History may well absolve him.

Mine is a minority view today perhaps, because many people feel conflicted by the horrible things they hear about Tookie's past, by what he himself called the "Crips baggage" for which he was executed. Here are my answers to a few key questions. A fuller account will be possible when a publisher somewhere commissions a serious writer to investigate the whole story. >>cont

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