Slideshow: Michael J. Wills Jr.
A Day Late in Oakland
Evidence Ignored: A Timeline
Chauncey Bailey
Timeline
The People
Chauncey Bailey: life and work
Bailey killing figure had troubled youth
Secret video raises questions about bakery leader’s role in Bailey killing
Unsolved 1986 slaying of baker linked to founder of Your Black Muslim Bakery
Women, Part II: Testimony reveals a life of abuse, toil for women of Your Black Muslim Bakery
Women, Part I: One police officer cracked abuse case against Yusuf Bey
Nedir Bey evades trouble over election finances
Special Investigations»
Longmire: I was the best man to investigate Chauncey Bailey slaying (0)
Sgt. Derwin Longmire’s defense of his work on the Chauncey Bailey homicide investigation is perhaps best captured in one short sentence: “I was the best man for the case, and I knew it.” That is what Longmire told state investigators who asked if his relationship with Yusuf Bey IV posed a conflict of interest for him in investigating Bailey’s 2007 killing, according to a document prepared by Longmire’s lawyer.
Oakland Police Department»
Longmire returning to duty after OPD declines to discipline officer (2)
Despite state investigators and other experts saying that a detective’s ties to Your Black Muslim Bakery’s young leader compromised his investigation of a journalist’s slaying, the Oakland Police Department will decline to discipline him, police sources say. Sgt. Derwin Longmire will return to work within days, according to three department sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Court proceedings»
Bakery members’ assault trial begins in Oakland (2)
As the assault trial of four men who were once members of the defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery began Thursday, some key questions emerged as lawyers gave opening statements: Is Dahood Bey — the man accused of planning and leading the attack and also charged with torture — the captain of a paramilitary organization and a thuggish enforcer? Or, is he a minister and landlord who rented a room to the wrong person? And can the case’s key witness — the victim, who has a criminal record, including assault of a Pittsburg police officer — be believed?
