SNOOP DOGG is to attend Tookie Rally, the Rapper will support the protest against the December execution of convicted Crips founder.
Snoop Dogg will be among the thousands expected to rally Saturday outside of San Quentin State Prison to support convicted murderer-turned-children’s author and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Stanley “Tookie” Williams.
Snoop had attempted to visit Tookie in jail recently, but his application for entry to the prison was denied. “We were unable to provide him with a security clearance because of his arrest history,” said San Quentin spokesman Vernell Crittendon.
Williams, a co-founder of the Crips gang, was sentenced to death in 1981 for killing four people in two Los Angeles robberies. He is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 13.
During his years on death row, Williams has received international praise for his children’s books urging kids to stay out of gangs. Jamie Foxx starred as Williams in the award-winning FX film, “Redemption: The Stan ‘Tookie’ Williams
Story.” Snoop, a former Crip associate who spent time in prison for drug-related offenses, will join other supporters for Saturday’s rally scheduled for 10 a.m. outside San Quentin’s gate, according to Death Penalty Focus, the group organizing the event. More than a dozen other rallies around the state are scheduled in the next few weeks
supporting Williams, whose prison teachings have also earned him several Nobel Prize nominations.
The rallies include a documentary film screening about Williams in San Francisco, hosted by Danny Glover; a discussion led by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael; and a round-the-clock vigil outside the prison from Dec. 4 until the execution, when people from across the country are expected to demonstrate.