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Journalist Chauncey Bailey was murdered in 2004 while investigating corruption at Your Black Muslim Bakery.
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Journalist Chauncey Bailey was murdered in 2004 while investigating corruption at Your Black Muslim Bakery.
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Your Black Muslim Bakery to cater Oakland Reporters without Borders event
Your Black Muslim Bakery (photo credit: Chauncey Bailey Project)
Oakland is proud to host a gathering of Reporters without Borders featuring the world’s top investigative journalists at their annual awards ceremony Saturday, December 15 at the Oakland Convention Center.
Reporters without Borders, the international consortium of journalists specializing in reporting from conflict zones and hostile environments, said they’re having Your Black Muslim Bakery cater the event because the bakery submitted the lowest bid and it has a menu that’s nutritious and vegan-friendly.
The international journalist advocacy organization said in a statement published on Poynter, “We’re excited to host the event in the U.S., where the freedom of the press is protected by the First Amendment. And we’re especially excited to host the event in the Bay Area where people can voice their opinion without any fear of censorship or repercussions. The Bay Area has been a haven for journalists, with its vibrant investigative reporting scene, and it continues to be a nurturing place to start as a reporter with a plethora of thriving newsroom jobs available. I could think of no better place to celebrate the success of traditional journalism today and no better local bakery for the event.”
A spokesman for Your Black Muslim Bakery wouldn’t return calls but asked for any journalists to leave their home and work addresses on the answering machine. We will continue to update this article as updates come in.
Remembering Oakland's Chauncey Bailey Who Exposed Dr. Yusef Bey and Your Black Muslim Bakery Scandal
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I was born and raised in the city of Oakland, California. I was proud of all of the black businesses and progression...
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Remembering Oakland Journalist Chauncey Bailey Who Died Exposing Your Black Muslim Bakery Scandal
Chauncey Bailey was killed on August 2, 2007 because he was exposing the misdeeds and horrific scandals that the Your Black Muslim Bakery owner Dr. Yusuf Bey embraced along with molestation and rape of his own followers and children.
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Video: Woman who pressed rape charges against Yusef Bey Sr. of Your Black Muslim Bakery speaks out
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Kowana Banks is a very strong woman who is no longer a victim of Yusef Bey. When Dr. Yusef Bey, Sr. (aka Joseph Stephens) of Your Black Muslim Bakery died back in 2003, she wanted to remain...
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A view from the inside: The story of Jane Doe #1
Ten years ago, the story of a woman identified only as Jane Doe #1 ignited an investigation that eventually led to the collapse of Your Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland. In this exclusive interview with the Center for Investigative Reporting, Kowana Banks steps forward for the first time to talk about the abuse she endured from the bakery’s leader, Yusuf Bey Sr.
Watch the powerful video and read the full story here.
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Justice served in Chauncey Bailey murder trial
Reporters Without Borders is relieved that justice has been served in the case of murdered journalist Chauncey Bailey. However, it won’t erase the lack of efficiency and fairness on the part of the local police handling his case. The organization now hopes that lessons will be drawn from this case and that journalists will be able to perform their job as they have a right to.
On June 9th 2011, an Alameda County jury convicted Yusuf Bey IV and his accomplice Antoine Mackey, both 25, of the murder of journalist Chauncey Bailey on August 2nd 2007. Mackey and Bey IV had pleaded not guilty to all charges. The jury started deliberating on May 23.
"It has been widely acknowledged that Bailey’s stories cost him his life, and even that the Oakland police had a responsibility for it”, Reporters Without Borders said. “However, the police, Bey and Mackey did not admit their responsibility. The threats against journalists on this case are not over. We urge the local authorities to guarantee a safe environment for the reporters working on corruption in the area”.
On April 27th, Alameda County deputy district attorney Christopher Lamiero, presented evidence from two years ago to a grand jury that indicted Bey IV, the former leader of Your Black Muslim Bakery, and Mackey for the death of Bailey. According to a former Bakery worker he interviewed, Bey IV said that Bailey was writing "slanderous" stories and "I did what I had to do". And on May 3rd, police recordings were presented in which Bey IV said several times that Bailey had "slandered" the business and his late father.
During the trial, which started on March 21st 2011, two main obstacles on freedom of information happened. A journalist for Bay Area News Group and friend and colleague of Bailey’s, Josh Richman, was threatened while investigating two civil real estate lawsuit cases that linked to one of Bey IV’s former accomplices in a 2005 vandalism case. In an interview with Reporters Without Borders, he declared : “Intimidation and violence is not going to stop the journalists community from doing their jobs” (read the full story). On May 19th, the local KTVU Channel 2 News published that it had obtained hundreds of pages of legal documents acknowledging that the police postponed the raid and agreed to cover-up for the media. KTVU had been prevented from publishing them before because of a gag order imposed by the command staff of the Oakland Police Department.
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From the very first meeting that led to the creation of the Chauncey Bailey Project, there were two goals . . . One was to continue Chauncey's work and to make sure that when a journalist is murdered because of their work justice is served. There is no doubt that the work of the project helped keep law enforcement focused on this case, and revealed facts and evidence that may have never been disclosed. Today's verdict is a reminder that journalists do make a difference and that their work is crucial to our democracy.
Robert Rosenthal, executive editor of the Chauncey Bailey Project and head of the Center for Investigative Reporting, responding to the news that former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV had been convicted of three counts of murder for ordering journalist Chauncey Bailey and two other men killed in summer 2007.