The Chauncey Bailey Project

Former bakery member turns on fellow members in court

maryfricker — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:02 +0000

A former follower of Your Black Muslim Baker leader Yusuf Bey IV who once faced contempt of court charges for refusing to testify against Bey IV said in court Thursday that he no longer "gives a damn" about the fallen institution and its jailed leader.

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Woman tells of being beaten, threatened

maryfricker — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:35:35 +0000

The victim in a kidnapping and torture case linked to Your Black Muslim Bakery ended two days of emotional testimony Tuesday, telling jurors she was beaten and threatened with being burned alive.

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Former Oakland police officer testifies department backed off Your Black Muslim Bakery confrontations

maryfricker — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:25:10 +0000

Oakland Police had an unwritten policy of avoiding confrontation with members of Your Black Muslim Bakery, a retired officer testified Thursday, including once retreating from its San Pablo Avenue complex despite reports of a woman being held there against her will.

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Defense: Lewis being framed in torture-kidnapping case

maryfricker — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:43:18 +0000

Richard Lewis, the first member of Your Black Muslim Bakery to be tried in the 2007 kidnapping of two women and the torture of one of them, is being framed by other defendants "who are out to save their own skin," his lawyer told a jury Tuesday. Those men, Yusuf Bey V and Joshua Bey, "are snitches," the lawyer said.

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Your Black Muslim Bakery was ideological center, prosecutor asserts

maryfricker — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:09:50 +0000

Your Black Muslim Bakery was more than a bakery. Its employees were more than employees. They were people who "found a belief system there." Those were the riffs a prosecutor continually hit Monday during opening arguments in the trial of Richard Lewis, who is charged with taking part in the kidnapping of two women and the torture of one of them in 2007.

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Jury selection to continue in bakery member’s torture-murder case

maryfricker — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:02:22 +0000

The inner workings of the former Your Black Muslim Bakery under the leadership of Yusuf Bey IV will be examined as one of his closest followers, Richard Lewis, stands trial on kidnapping and torture charges. Jury selection began last week and is scheduled to continue Monday.

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Journalists to receive courage award for work on Chauncey Bailey Project

maryfricker — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:48:26 +0000

Four journalists from The Chauncey Bailey Project, an investigative campaign launched after the Oakland journalist's 2007 killing to pursue both Bailey's work and his killers, will be honored in March with the McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage.

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Convicted killer of Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Antar Bey asks for new trial

maryfricker — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:32:38 +0000

The man convicted of killing the then-leader of Your Black Muslim Bakery in 2005, Antar Bey, deserves a new trial because jurors weren't allowed to hear about an internal power struggle at the bakery that might've turned brother against brother, his attorney told an appeals court Tuesday.

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No convictions in assault and torture case involving Your Black Muslim Bakery members

maryfricker — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:35:15 +0000

A jury Monday deadlocked on assault charges against Dahood Bey, Basheer Muhammad and Ajuwon Muhammad who once were members of Your Black Muslim Bakery and acquitted Jibral Muhammad, ending a two-week trial with no convictions.

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Project reporters receive journalism awards

maryfricker — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:15:10 +0000

Mary Fricker, Thomas Peele and G.W. Schulz, members of The Chauncey Bailey Project, are being honored by the Society of Professional Journalists Northern California Chapter.

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