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Chauncey Bailey

Chauncey Wendell Bailey Jr., 57, was editor of the Oakland Post when he was gunned down as he walked to work downtown on Aug. 2, 2007. Police believe that the leadership or associates of Your Black Muslim Bakery were involved, because Bailey was probing the troubled organization’s finances and related matters. Devaughndre Broussard, a 19-year-old [...]

Highlights gathered from documents, recordings

Highlights gathered from documents and recordings obtained by The Chauncey Bailey Project.

Key players

Profiles of people involved in the Chauncey Bailey case.

Secret video raises questions about bakery leader’s role in Bailey killing

Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV kept the gun used to kill journalist Chauncey Bailey in his closet after the attack and bragged of playing “hella dumb” when investigators asked him about the shooting, according to a secretly recorded police video.

Documents and recordings

Documents and recordings obtained by The Chauncey Bailey Project raise questions about the thoroughness of the Oakland Police Department’s investigation of the murder of journalist Chauncey Bailey.

Devaughndre Broussard

Devaughndre Broussard is awaiting trial in the Aug. 2, 2007, murder of Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey. The 19-year-old handyman for the Your Black Muslim Bakery told police he killed Bailey because he was angry the journalist was working on stories about the bakery’s finances. Her recanted his confession two weeks later. Broussard was arrested [...]

Yusuf Bey IV

Yusuf Ali Bey IV is the spiritual leader and CEO of Your Black Muslim Bakery, once a multi-million-dollar business, religious and political empire in Oakland but now bankrupt. Bey IV, 21, rose to the head of the organization in October 2005. He is the third CEO in a bloody succession since the 2003 death of [...]