In the late 1960s, juvenile crime increased in South Central as older gangs disbanded to join the Black Power Movement, most notably as part of the Black Panther Party, initially to protect black people from police brutality and corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department. Main article: Debate over the origins of the Crips gang

Tookie was sent to Los Padrinos and then to Central Juvenile Hall for the first time after the formation of the Crips, charged with a robbery at Clifton's restaurant which he denied participating in.

Williams was expelled from George Washington Preparatory High School and denied entry by several other high schools in the South Central area because he was 'intimidating'. Williams was also occasionally paid to participate in these street fights as a young man.īy the time Williams was a teenager he had gained a reputation in South Central's West Side as a vicious street fighter. Williams said that he was often paid a couple dollars after dogfights to take care of the injured dogs. Older hustlers would bet on children to fight”. I have witnessed cockfights, cricket fights, fish fights, and pay-per-view street fights among individuals between six and fifty years of age. He recalled that, as a child, he would make some money from 'the hustlers': “These hustlers would bet on just about anything-even who could spit, urinate, or throw a rock the farthest. Īs Williams' mother worked several jobs to support them, Williams was a latchkey kid and often engaged in mischief on the streets. In 1959, Williams moved with his mother, Louisiana Williams, to Los Angeles, California and settled in the city's South Central region. His father abandoned the family when Williams was one year old. Williams was born on December 29, 1953, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The highly publicized trial of Williams and extensive appeals for clemency sparked debate on the status of the death penalty in California. Convicted of the murders in 1981 and sentenced to death, he spent over two decades on death row until he was executed by lethal injection in 2005. Williams' activities with the Crips ended in 1979 when he was arrested for the murder of four people during two robberies. During the 1970s, Williams was the de facto leader of the Crips and the prominent crime boss in South Los Angeles. He and Raymond Washington formed an alliance in 1971 that established the Crips as Los Angeles' first major African-American street gang.

Stanley Tookie Williams III (Decem– December 13, 2005) was an American gangster who co-founded and led the Crips gang in Los Angeles.

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