Well, considering he executed 4 people without batting an eye, at the age of what? 26? He was a gang member starting at least in 1969. You don't just wake up one morning and say, at 26, 'i'm going to commit a couple armed robbery and shoot 4 people in cold blood'.
These weren't his first murders, and they sure as heck weren't his first violent acts (or his last)...they were just the ones he got caught doing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tookie_Williams
"Court records show that as Darryl and Sims walked to the counter area to take money from the register, Williams walked behind Owens, pulled the sawed-off shotgun from under his jacket and told Owens to “shut up and keep walking.” While pointing the shotgun at Owens’ back, Williams directed him to a back storage room and ordered him to lie down. Coward said that he next heard the sound of a round being chambered into the shotgun. He then heard a shot and glass breaking, followed by two more shots. Records show that Williams shot out a security monitor and then killed Owens, shooting him twice in the back at point blank range as he lay prone on the storage room floor."
"Back in L.A., Williams, Darryl, Coward, and Sims then fled in the two cars and returned home to Los Angeles. They had netted approximately $120 in the robbery. Once back in Los Angeles, Sims asked Williams why he had shot Owens. Williams said that he “didn’t want to leave any witnesses.” Williams also said he killed Owens “because he was white and he was killing all white people.” Coward testified that Williams had bragged about the shooting, stating, “You should have heard the way he sounded when I shot him,” as he made gurgling or growling noises and laughed about Owens’ death."
It strikes me that, in all these years, he never voiced any regret for executing a man who simply had the misfortune of being a store Tookie wanted to rob. All these years, and not one 'You know, I was young, and I was wrong, he still haunts me."
"According to court transcripts at approximately 5:00 am on March 11, 1979, Stanley Williams entered the Brookhaven Motel at 10411 South Vermont Avenue. After entering the hotel lobby area, Williams broke down the door that led to the private office. Inside the private office, Williams shot and killed 76 year old Yen-Yi Yang. Williams then shot and killed YangÂ’s wife, sixty-three year old Tsai-Shai Yang. Lastly, Williams killed YangÂ’s daughter, 43 year old Yee-Chen Lin, after which he emptied the cash register and fled the scene."
"Robert Yang, son of Yen-Yi and Tsai-Shai, was asleep with his wife in their bedroom at the Brookhaven Motel when he was awakened by the sound of somebody breaking down the door to the motelÂ’s office. This sound was immediately followed by the sound of a female scream, followed by gunshots. When Robert entered the motel office he found that his mother, his sister, and his father had all been shot, and noticed that the cash register was open and money was missing. It was later determined that the robbery of the Brookhaven Motel robbery/murders had netted Stanley Williams approximately one hundred dollars. Paramedics transported Yee-Chen Lin to Centinela Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 7:36 am."
"Witnesses testified that Williams referred to the victims in conversations with friends as "Buddha-heads", a derogatory term for Asians."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tookie_Williams
http://crime.about.com/od/deathrow/a/tookie15.htm
These are just a few of Tookie's activities AFTER being convicted
- On June 30, 1981, just two months after being sentenced, Williams was involved in a violent fight with another inmate. Williams was observed kneeling over the other inmate and striking him in the head with his closed fists. When Williams was ordered to cease fighting, he ignored the order. Only after repeated orders to stop, did Williams stop his violence. (P. Exh. 6).
- On January 26, 1982, Williams was ordered to lineup for his return to his cell. Williams refused the order and became hostile. The guard then explained the line-up procedure to Williams. Williams responded by saying "you'll get yours boy, I can do anything now because I know what the gunmen will doÂ…one of these days I'll trick you boy." (P. Exh. 7).
- On January 28, 1982, Williams had two separate instances where he threw chemical substances at guards. In one of these instances, Williams threw a chemical substance in the eyes and on the face of a guard. As a result of that assault, the guard suffered from chemical burns to these areas and had to be taken to the hospital where he received emergency care. (P. Exh. 8).
- On February 16, 1984, a guard saw Williams bending over another inmate and striking him with his closed fists. In an effort to stop the attack, the guard blew his whistle and drew his weapon. Williams, however, continued to fight. Only after a guard fired a warning shot, did Williams stop fighting. (P. Exh. 10).
- On June 8, 1984, Williams was observed participating in inappropriate behavior with a female visitor. When the guard advised the female of the prison policies, Williams became verbally hostile and stated, "you are looking around too much and that's not your job. I have dusted many officers on the street, one more would not make any difference." (P. Exh. 11).
- On October 10, 1988, Williams was involved in a fight that led to him being stabbed. Prison officials subsequently learned that this stabbing was done in retaliation for a September 22, 1988, stabbing of another inmate ordered by Crips leader Stanley Williams. (P. Exh. 13).
http://crime.about.com/od/deathrow/a/tookie15.htm
Again, 4 innocent people executed in cold blood. Yet, in all these years between then and now, not one 'I was wrong'. Not one 'Their faces still haunt me'. Not one word to the family, 'I was an animal, and I'm sorry.' Tookie talked a lot about gang violence leading to being where he was, yeah. But he NEVER said one word about the 4 lives he snuffed out. Not one apology. Not one whisper. Redemption? Hardly.
And what's more, Tookie was supposed to be rewarded because, late in life, he decided 'Killing and violence is wrong'....Well, no crap, Tookie. Most of the rest of us learned that as little kids. It took you being placed on deathrow to figure that out? Sorry, no sale.
