A break in this case: Grand jury testimony next week.
A five-hour taped statement made to prosecutors by Devaughndre Broussard, who is accused of killing Bailey, laid out the plot to assassinate the 57-year-old Oakland Post editor in grisly detail. The statement was disclosed by reporters last week.
In the statement, Broussard, 21, said he and another man, Antoine Mackey, were told to kill Bailey by Yusuf Bey IV, the former leader of Your Black Muslim Bakery, a now-defunct business that sold baked goods and espoused Nation of Islam-style religious principles.
Broussard said he and Mackey stalked Bailey as he walked to his office in downtown Oakland. Then Broussard killed Bailey with three blasts from a sawed-off shotgun that Bey had given him, he said.
According to Broussard, Bey ordered the hit because Bailey was reporting on the bakery's financial ills. Bailey, who reported for the Detroit News and the Oakland Tribune before becoming the editor of the Post, was "killed because he was about to write an article," Broussard said in his statement.
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This is terrible, now reporters may fear for their lives.
The murder of Chauncey Bailey was totally shocking and stunning when it occurred. Bailey was much admired. I was on the West Coast when it happened. Kudos to the Chauncey Bailey Project.
TGCN, now reporters know Justice is done, this group of hoodlums is behind bars. Being a reporter in Oakland is downright scary, I know. That's why Bailey went after this story. He showed a lot of guts. He will be remembered for his courage. Your Black Muslim Bakery people were the scary ones. No More!
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