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Published Mar 24th, 2008
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  1. Brian Vogel on April 8th, 2008 at 8:10 pm:

    PLEASE look into the connection between YBMB and the murder of Mike Wills. This person was liked by everyone, and there were hundreds of people at his funeral, etc to pay their respects. Please investigate this further. There are alot of people that would like to see the people who did this be put behind bars. Keep up the good work. Thanks for your courage and tenacity…Please keep pursuing this organization.

  2. Jesse Dangerfield II on April 5th, 2008 at 7:55 pm:

    I was gifted to work with him on T.V and Radio as well he would bless me and grant us openning remarks each year when I hosted the Oakland, Ca Juneteenth festival at foothill Square mall. Mr. Bailey was a great mentor to me and influnece for many as i. When we worked at the late great Chuck Johnsons Soulbeat T.V. network for over 10 years, Cahuncey displayed a man called to work the best with what he was given. A true leader dealing with the news team he created and a grand reporter when interviwing be it live on the air .t.v. radio and our face to face with the talent I learn more then I expected from each of them. We shall miss the good gift his life was shared by thousands even millions. I rememebr we prayed for him one morning leading him to Jesus Christ. There where too people whom walked in the studio while we were on .t.v. live, with host Mr. Young Turner on the award winning show of the year Gospelbeat call in, it was into the second hour of the program when God allowed me to reconized this couple of african american desent they seemed to be on drugs Lord forgive me yet nobody wonted to here them so I walked away from the show and went out side and they cryed. Nobody will listen to us! They shouted I calmed them down the lady was so affriad he was hurt” The man stated, there is a man in his car on bancroft and 73rd in front of the gas station in need of help! This was in Oakland ,Ca God blessed us to go see as i informed my collueges and oh my God there Mr. Bailey was kneeled over and stuck in his car on the floor. Well Jesus is Lord and the holy spirit helps us to recover him and walk him back across the street into the soulbeat network building. After he said he was ok and thanks be to God. He did not wont to call 911 he explained to us what it was an he then excepted us sharing with him the sinners prayer and he repented according to the Holy Bibles teachings.John 3:16 After he rested Mr. Bailey joinned our live program and thanked us and shared what just happen no the viewer had no ideal previously and we were going to cover him of any shame. Yet again he stood up as a leeader and told the story as only Mr. Chauncey Bailey could. Mr. dangerfield I shall truly miss him. I was able to record thee entire home going servie of mr Chuck Johnson and Mr. Chauncey Bailey. I pray the Lord to heal each of us and allow us to go about doing good works that we may leave a past of Love and a body of works that out weigth the worngs we all are gulity of. God bless you for the family thanks for this moment in time. Rememeber to see him again is to know Jesus as Lord and savior. And thats the good news a relationship. take care please!

  3. Emmanuel Luciano on March 25th, 2008 at 11:02 pm:

    I have followed the Chauncey Bailey murder story, which exposes the dangers investigative journalists are facing. Coming from an African continent where stories of intimidation, threats and disappearance of investigative journalists are rife, I entirely support the Chauncey Bailey Project.

  4. Dwight Hines on March 25th, 2008 at 4:38 pm:

    Journalists and editors can never be free of external pressures. Yet, the physical threats and intimidations must not be allowed to go without notice and, when appropriate, actions in civil and criminal courts.

    I’ve been in countries, Cuba, Mexico, Vietnam, and others, where a free press is non-existent. The quality and longevity of life, as well as hope that things will be better in the future, are less than what human beings deserve and need to flourish.

    I support the Chauncey Bailey Project and hope that I may be of some service in crunching numbers that may show patterns of activities that increased the probability that Bailey was murdered.

    Dwight Hines
    IndyMedia
    St. Augustine, Florida

  5. Frank Hartzell on March 25th, 2008 at 10:37 am:

    I only knew of him by reading his stories. It’s sad that a great reporter and writer can be stolen from the reades by thugs. Mr. Bailey worked in the best spirit of the old Oakland Tribune. I remember visiting the tower when Maynard had it and feeling sad at how it had changed when I went back twenty five years later. I wish I had time to help with following the trail he started down, but blessings to all who do.

  6. Paul R. Conant on March 25th, 2008 at 6:50 am:

    Murder and intimidation of journalists have become an alarmingly common practice among those who prosper under cover of darkness.

    Normally, the preferred method of control in the United States is to reach into the newsroom and edge the threat into a marginal job. But violence is also an option, as the Bailey case shows.

    The press must fight to preserve its integrity. One way to do that is to keep the heat on this case.

  7. Reid Magney on March 25th, 2008 at 6:20 am:

    It’s important for journalists to support this project. Thank you to everyone who’s able to give of their time and talent.

  8. Jeff Woodard on October 26th, 2007 at 6:19 pm:

    I saw Mr. Bailey once at a Bay Area Black Media Coalition Conference several years ago. I was invited by my brother Terry Woodard, a dispatcher for the Oakland Fire Department. That conference and those who were there including Chauncey helped me to re-direct my focus in life. We understand now, that the sirens are going off in light of this recent tragedy. Now I pray that all of us are inspired to continue to preserve the black media, continue the struggle with every fiber of our being, speaking truth to power and began th heal our collective community using our wealth of social capital and love. I think this is what Chauncey would want us to do.

  9. Karen Howze on September 26th, 2007 at 6:25 pm:

    There can be few words to desrcibe the loss that Chauncey’s trafic death brings to all of us and to the world of journalism. We met when he was an SPMJ student, worked together when he was a reporter for local black media before SPMJ and after and crossed paths many years later when he worked in my home town. Although our paths had not crossed in more years than I care to count, there was and always will be a memory of this man as one who was dedicated to his community, his profession and expressed that commitment with great enthusiasm throughout the years. He is missed.

  10. Beni Dakar on August 27th, 2007 at 6:18 pm:

    Dear Mr. Bailey,

    I offer your beloved family, friends, and fellow journalists and co-workers my sincere sympathy for you being taken away from them so soon and unexpectedly.

    I also mourn for you – I am certain that you had so much more planned to accomplish on this good earth.

    Rest in peace!

    With deepest sympathy,

    Beni Dakar

  11. Alice Bonner on August 14th, 2007 at 6:18 pm:

    Chauncey proudly flashed a photo of his attractive young son well before I came within speaking distance of his desk in the Oakland Tribune newsroom four years ago. My sadness is primarily for that young man in the loss of his father.

    But it also pains me to realize that two black journalists who were my friends have been shot down while doing their jobs, and both were killed(30 years apart) in “religion”-related strife connected to the checkered saga of the Black Muslims/Nation of Islam.

    So, when Chauncey Bailey’s name is added to the hundreds of journalists honored on the Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial, he will share a unique connection to Maurice Williams who was shot down at D.C. government headquarters in the 1977 Hanafi Muslim siege. Could there be some meaning in this coincidence, or just another entry on the mournful side of black Americans’ history?

  12. Sharon D. Toomer on August 8th, 2007 at 6:18 pm:

    The murder of veteran journalist Chauncey Bailey while he was investigating a news story is an offense to all of us who provide the important service of gathering and reporting news and information. The entire (mainstream included) field of journalism as well as the general public (who are beneficiaries of the service we provide) should be alarmed and outraged that a journalist was killed in the line of duty.

  13. Randye Bullock on August 7th, 2007 at 6:16 pm:

    Mr. Bailey made quite an impact on young black journalists here in Detroit. He was instrumental in providing insight and engaging debate about many civil issues of the time. I am sorry his life was cut short. God Bless his family. Hopefully his colleagues across the country will speak out against such violence and intolerance.

  14. Dedria H. Barker on August 7th, 2007 at 6:16 pm:

    I was a young wanna-be reporter at the SPMJ in 1983 when I met Chauncey Bailey. Maybe I just observed him; as I said I was a young, wanna-be and he already was. Still, it shocked me out of the hot doldrums of New York City to see this news. It is a blow for all journalism but especially for the Maynard Institute family.

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