Reply #168: Questions about "Tookie's" anti-gang work with youth.

[Silverhair]

The Tookie groupies have made many claims for him that have not stood up on close examination.

His children's books have been nonsellers. 332 copies according to BookScan.

His Nobel nominations were made to protest the DP. And almost anybody can a Nobel nomination. I am a seminary graduate (One of the largest in the world) and in a few months I will be teaching (Volunteer - unpaid) college courses in Bible. I could make a nomination. A Nobel nomination means exactly nothing.

His redemption is subject to question. He refuses to give evidence or information about the Crips or about crimes that he knows about. He says that his values don't allow him to snitch. Well those are criminal values, not redemption values.

So let's take a look at that so-called work with youth. He is in a maximum security prison. The most he can do is the occasional interview with a friendly interviewer, and record and occasional tape. He definately doesn't go out and talk to kids. So it is appropriate to ask: "What work with kids?" I don't think there is any.