As the fight to save Stanley “Tookie” Williams intensifies, not everyone is calling for clemency.
According to an article on Daveyd.com, a Los Angeles area radio station KFI 640 AM (owned by Clear Channel) recently launched a Kill Tookie Hour. Spearheaded by personalities John and Ken, hosts of The John and Ken Show, the Tookie Must Die/Kill Tookie hour begins at 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
It is scheduled to run until December 13, Williams’ scheduled execution date.
The hour ignited a firestorm of controversy in the LA area.
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“The core and the manner of the on-air remarks, which were extremely distasteful towards Williams and his plight, were extraordinarily disturbing and offensive,” commented Jasmyne Cannick of the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable. “I urge the Federal Communications Commission to examine this incident – particularly in light of other recent, similarly offensive attempts at “entertainment” by KFI 640 AM host John Zeigler, who tried to find humor in the death of attorney Johnny Cochran claiming he was going “straight to hell” for defending a killer (O.J. Simpson). – and to take any and all actions consistent with applicable FCC rules and regulations.”
She later added that if a station called for “the death of the president”, they’d be in ”a lot of trouble.
In addition to requests for FCC action, activists are also holding a protest, set to take place tomorrow at 11 a.m., at the Lucy Florence Coffee House, 3351 West 43rd Street, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA 90008
Source: Daveyd.com
