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While contemplating "Tookie" Williams fate last week, I came across some other related stories that, on the surface, appear disconnected. But a feeling persists in me that they are related - that they speak to what sort of culture America has become. Darkness.
Tomorrow is the 1 year anniversary of Gary Webb's "suicide" in Carmichael California, a suburb east of Sacramento and where I call home. I use the quotes around suicide because they say he died from 2 gun shot wounds to the head. Gary Webb wrote a series of articles in 1996 while working at the San Jose Mercury News. The articles detailed how the CIA was involved with massive cocaine smuggling during the Iran-Contra days. The cocaine was shipped to America's inner city communities at cut rate prices causing the explosion of a drug epidemic and GANG power and expansion.
The Washington Post claimed to debunk Webb and the San Jose Mercury News and began raising doubts about Gary's reporting. He was eventually demoted and later quit. Even though he was later vindicated by two CIA internal investigations documenting even worse crimes by the Agency than were reported on, he was never able to get a significant reporting position again. He was considered tainted by the MSM!
"Tookie" Williams was well placed as co founder of the Crips gang to take full advantage of the flood of CIA-Contra cocaine.
Brent Wilkes, un indicted co-conspirator #1 in the "Duke" Cunningham bribery scandal, was involved with the Iran-Contra finance operation and the cocaine operation through the "World Finance Corp", a shady Agency tool for laundering drug profits.
Brent Wilkes was very generous with donations to powerful Republicans, including Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who rewarded Wilkes with 2 State board appointments.
So,
Gary Webb broke the story of CIA involvement in smuggling massive amounts of cocaine into our inner cities causing a huge increase in gang recruiting and violence.
"Tookie" Williams was head of the Crips gang which was a major distributor of that cocaine. Brent Wilkes was involved in the Iran-Contra conspiracy including the cocaine smuggling.
1). Gary Webb committed suicide 1 year ago tomorrow by shooting himself in the head "TWICE".
2). "Tookie" Williams will be executed tonight at 12:01 AM. Governor Schwarzenegger announced today he will not commute his sentence.
3). Brent Wilkes remains on 2 California state boards and has yet to be indicted in the bribery scandal.
Darkeness...
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