WHY WOULD HE ROB A LIQUOR STORE?
WHY WOULD LEON LETT SELL WEED WHEN HE'S IN THE NFL AND GETTING PAID ETC. ETC. ETC.
SOMETIMES THERE IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE. I'M NOT SAYING TOOKIE COMMITTED THESE MURDERS, BUT IT IS SURELY PLAUSIBLE.
AS FOR GRANTING HIM CLEMENCY, I TRULY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK. AT FIRST I WAS SURELY GOING TO SIGN THE PETITION AND WRITE ARNOLD, BUT SOMETHING MAKES ME QUESTION HIS SINCERITY IN STOPPING/PREVENTING GANG VIOLENCE. I DO LEAN TOWARDS GRANTING HIM CLEMENCY THOUGH. WHETHER HE IS SINCERE OR NOT, SOME AT RISK YOUTH DO LOOK UP TO HIM, AND I THINK HE WOULD BE MORE USEFUL ALIVE THAN DEAD. IF HE DOES GET CLEMENCY, WHICH I DOUBT HE WILL (LAST TIME CLEMENCY WAS GRANTED WAS IN '67) HE WILL SURELY FIGHT TO PROVE HIS INNOCENCE, AND THAT WILL BE A WHOLE OTHER CASE. MY ONLY FEAR IS THAT HE IS USING THIS NOBLE PEACE PRIZE ORDEAL TO GAIN CLEMENCY, STAY ALIVE, FIGHT HIS CASE AND WALK A FREE MAN WITH NO TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO GO ANY FURTHER TO PREVENT GANG VIOLENCE. SO I GUESS THE ANSWER I NEED TO DECIDE FOR MYSELF, IS WHETHER OR NOT I THINK ALL HIS BOOKS AND TALKS OF ANTI-VIOLENCE ARE GENUINE OR IF HE IS JUST USING HIS INFLUENCE AS A WAY TO KEEP HIMSELF ALIVE AND FIGHT HIS INNOCENCE FURTHER.