{"article":{"id":142203,"heading":"1,000\u2019s attend memorial services for Stan Tookie Wiliams.","author":"A","created":"2005-12-22 05:24:38","modified":"2013-11-11 00:37:12","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:37:12","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Inside speakers included the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., Bruce Gordon of the NAACP, Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, recording artist Snoop Dogg, human rights advocate Bianca Jagger and closed with a speech by Tookie&rsquo;s son. <br>  <br> The services were intensely passionate, part solemn, part outrage.  But mostly it was a celebration of Williams life and his redemption. <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"The Bethel AME Church was packed to overflowing today, a large video screen was set up outside to handle the overflow crowd. Three blocks of Western Avenue was block off and filled with over a 1,000 people, many of whom waited in line for over four hours to pay their respects.  ","numcomment":352,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2005\/12\/1.jpgl3yftw.jpg","filesize":"31.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2005\/12\/142203.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2005\/12\/1.jpgl3yftw.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2005\/12\/1.jpgl3yftw.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":142204,"heading":"outside","article":"","author":"A","parent_id":142203,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2005-12-22 05:24:38","modified":"2006-01-29 17:30:41","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/12\/2a.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/12\/2a.jpg"}},{"id":142205,"heading":"inside","article":"","author":"A","parent_id":142203,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2005-12-22 05:24:38","modified":"2006-01-24 15:01:46","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/12\/3-inside.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/12\/3-inside.jpg"}},{"id":142206,"heading":"Standing room only","article":"","author":"A","parent_id":142203,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2005-12-22 05:24:38","modified":"2005-12-22 05:24:38","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/12\/4-standing-room-only.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/12\/4-standing-room-only.jpg"}},{"id":142207,"heading":"Rubber bullet guns!","article":"Outside there was some tension when hundreds of LAPD showed up in full riot gear.  There seemed to be no need for this excessive display by the LAPD.  The crowd was peaceful and orderly and crowd control was being well managed by the organizers of the event.","author":"A","parent_id":142203,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2005-12-22 05:24:38","modified":"2005-12-22 05:24:38","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/12\/5-riot-cops.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/12\/5-riot-cops.jpg"}},{"id":142208,"heading":"Tear gas gun!","article":"I saw no incidences that would merit the deployment of so many riot police to this event.","author":"A","parent_id":142203,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2005-12-22 05:24:38","modified":"2005-12-23 16:25:33","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/12\/6-riot-cops-2.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/12\/6-riot-cops-2.jpg"}}],"comments":[{"id":142290,"heading":"THEY CAN'T WIN","article":"Of course, if trouble happened then the police would be attacked for not providing enough security.","author":"TOM","parent_id":142203,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-12-23 14:20:55","modified":"2005-12-23 14:20:55","fileurl":""},{"id":142305,"heading":"Good job","article":"Thanks so much for the pictures.  Good job.  May Tookie rest in peace.  Maybe where he is may be better than it is on earth!\r\n","author":"PM","parent_id":142203,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-12-23 18:44:11","modified":"2005-12-23 18:44:11","fileurl":""},{"id":209155,"heading":"7 -285 = 278 asswipes on Tookie","article":"278 ( and climbing! ) porno posts and 7 valid posts on the possible miss execution of a person on shabby political 'evidence'.\r\nThis is a celebration of state murder.\r\nGood going Editors.","author":"Thank You LA Editors!","parent_id":142203,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-10-29 14:07:17","modified":"2007-10-29 14:07:17","fileurl":""}]}