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Update: Suspect confesses to killing Chauncey Bailey

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[[[Devaughndre Broussard, 19, confessed to the killing after he was one of seven people arrested Friday during a raid on Your Black Muslim Bakery and several homes, The Oakland (Calif.) Tribune reported Saturday.]]]
Suspect confesses to killing editor
August 4, 2007, 10:28 PM
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 OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 4 (UPI) — A bakery handyman told police he killed Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey because he was angered by his news stories, it was reported Saturday.

Devaughndre Broussard, 19, confessed to the killing after he was one of seven people arrested Friday during a raid on Your Black Muslim Bakery and several homes, The Oakland (Calif.) Tribune reported Saturday.

Broussard, who is on probation for a robbery conviction, said he killed Bailey as he walked to work downtown Thursday in retaliation for stories Bailey had written about the bakery that cast it in a negative light, police said.

The shotgun used to kill Bailey was recovered in the raid, said Oakland Deputy Chief Howard Jordan. No one else is expected to be charged in the killing, police said.

Bailey had been looking into the troubled business affairs of the bakery, which filed for bankruptcy protection last fall, The Los Angeles Times reported.

Your Black Muslim Bakery was founded in the 1960s by Yusef Ali Bey Sr., a charismatic businessman and spiritual leader who died in 2003 amid accusations he had raped female employees. The group he established is not related to the Nation of Islam.

Copyright © 2007 by United Press International

 
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In Memory of Chauncey Bailey: We'll Miss You Chauncey! Bay Area Indymedia

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/02/18438525.php


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Prominent black journalist gunned down in Oakland

Turkish Press, MI - 20 hours ago
"Chauncey was an advocate for the low income ghettos and black communities," said Lynda Carson, an Oakland tenants' rights activist. ...

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=188165&s=&i=&t=Prominent_black_journalist_gunned_down_in_Oakland

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CTV.ca
American journalist's murder seen as work-related

INQ7.net, Philippines - 2 hours ago
"Chauncey was an advocate for the low income ghettos and black communities," said Lynda Carson, an Oakland tenants' rights activist. ...

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=80535

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American journalist's murder seen as work-related

Agence France-Presse
Last updated 08:08am (Mla time) 08/04/2007

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=80535


SAN FRANCISCO -- A prominent black journalist who was gunned down in Oakland, California may have been killed in relation to his work, his publication's lawyer said Friday.

Chauncey Bailey, 57, known for covering sensitive issues in the large San Francisco Bay area African-American community, was shot dead in broad daylight in a targeted killing Thursday, police said.

Witnesses told police a masked gunman approached Bailey on a downtown street and fired a shot to his back and another to his head before fleeing.

"The shooting does not appear to be random," Oakland Police spokesman Roland Holmgren told the media.

"Some of the stories that he was working on may contain information that could be a motive, but that is speculation at this point," said Walter Riley, attorney for the Oakland Post.

Riley called the killing "a significant blow to the newspaper and the community, and it seems to be related to his professional life."

"I've seen a lot of things as a civil rights organizer and activist in the south, but something like this is just stunning."

Journalists and black activists expressed shock and sadness Friday at the rare murder of a reporter in the United States.

Global journalists advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said it was stunned by the killing.

"The manner of Bailey's death was as shocking as its impact. It was a targeted killing carried out in broad daylight with nothing being taken from the victim," the group said in a statement.

"We hope an investigation will quickly establish the facts and bring those responsible to justice."

"African Americans have lost a champion and the world has lost an outstanding journalist," said the Bay Area Black Journalists Association on its website.

After spending over 20 years covering the African American community for the Oakland Tribune, Bailey had recently been named chief editor of the Post Newspapers, owners of the Oakland Post, one of the largest African American publications in the state.

He was known in the community as an outspoken critic of corruption.

"Chauncey was an advocate for the low income ghettos and black communities," said Lynda Carson, an Oakland tenants' rights activist. "He was always poking around and asking the right questions."

Another colleague remembered Bailey as an aggressive reporter whose pointed investigations ruffled feathers.

"He kept people on their toes," said Beverly Blythe, of Soul Beat TV. "He was curious and he did not mind pissing people off."

Congresswoman Barbara Lee remembered Bailey as a pillar of the community.

"It is my hope that the perpetrators of this horrible crime are brought to justice swiftly," said Lee in a statement.

"And that Chauncey's untimely death will bring our community together and strengthen our collective hand in rooting out this type of violence."

Copyright 2007 Agence France-Presse. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Prominent black journalist gunned down in Oakland

Published: Friday August 3, 2007

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Prominent_black_journalist_gunned_d_08032007.html

A noted journalist and advocate of the African American community in Oakland, California was gunned down in broad daylight in a targeted killing, police said Friday.

Witnesses told police a masked gunman approached Chauncey Bailey, 57, on a downtown street Thursday and fired a shot to his back and another to his head before fleeing.

"The shooting does not appear to be random," Oakland Police spokesman Roland Holmgren told the media.

Bailey had recently been named the editor at the Oakland Post, one of the largest African American publications in the state.

He had long been known in the community as an outspoken critic of corruption.

"Chauncey was an advocate for the low income ghettos and black communities," said Lynda Carson, an Oakland tenants' rights activist. "He was always poking around and asking the right questions."

Some former colleagues believe the sensitivity of Bailey's reporting may be connected to his assassination-style killing.

"Some of the stories that he was working on may contain information that could be a motive, but that is speculation at this point," said Walter Riley, attorney for the Oakland Post.

"I've seen a lot of things as a civil rights organizer and activist in the south, but something like this is just stunning."

Riley called the killing "a significant blow to the newspaper and the community, and it seems to be related to his professional life."

Another colleague remembered Bailey as an aggressive reporter whose pointed investigations ruffled feathers.

"He kept people on their toes," said Beverly Blythe, of Soul Beat TV. "He was curious and he did not mind pissing people off."

Congresswoman Barbara Lee remembered Bailey as a pillar of the community.

"It is my hope that the perpetrators of this horrible crime are brought to justice swiftly," said Lee in a statement.

"And that Chauncey's untimely death will bring our community together and strengthen our collective hand in rooting out this type of violence."

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France 24
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"Chauncey était un défenseur des habitants des ghettos et des quartiers noirs", a affirmé Lynda Carson, une militante des droits des locataires à Oakland. ...

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Translated version below from above France 24 link: English

03/08/07 22h40 GMT+1

Dispatch AFP

Assassinated American journalist: possible bond with its work


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The journalist killed by balls in full street Thursday in California (western) could have been victim of a payment of accounts related to his work, affirmed Friday lawyer of his employer.

“Some of the articles on which it worked could contain information concealing of the mobiles” for the assassination of Chauncey Bailey, writer in chief of the newspaper Oakland Post, one of the largest newspapers of the black community in the United States, underlined the defender of the weekly magazine, Walter Riley.

“But they are only speculations in the current state” of the investigation, affirmed lawyer. “I saw many things in my career of defender of the civic rights and of militant in the South (of the United States) but such (crime) is amazing”, it added.

Bailey, 57 years, was killed by balls Thursday at dawn by a masked man, whereas it went to its work to the center of Oakland, a town of 415.000 inhabitants in the east of bay of San Francisco, according to witnesses.

The police force remained discrete on its investigation, a spokesman, Roland Holmgren, being satisfied to affirm that Bailey did not seem “not to be aimed by chance”.

Bailey had been recently named with the head of the drafting of this publication, after having worked during 12 years with the daily newspaper Oakland Tribune. He was known like an activist within the black community and virulent criticizes corruption.

“Chauncey was a defender of the inhabitants of the ghettos and districts black”, affirmed Lynda Carson, militant rights of the tenants to Oakland. “It excavated everywhere and always raised the good questions”, according to it.

For Mr. Riley, the assassination of the journalist constitutes “a hard blow for the newspaper and the community, and it seems to be related to its professional life”.

Another colleague of the victim affirmed that Bailey was a follower of offensive journalism. “It did not release people. It was curious and it was not afraid to irritate”, remembered Beverly Blythe, of the local chain Soul Beat TV.

Representing local with the room of the Representatives, Barbara Lee, as for it homage to Bailey returned. “I hope that the culprits of this horrible crime will be submitted in justice”, it has says in an official statement.

“If the professional mobile is not established for the moment, it appears plausible. We hope that the investigation will make it possible to establish the truth quickly and to punish the culprits”, declared for its part the association of defense of the Reporters journalists without borders.

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France 24
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"Chauncey était un défenseur des habitants des ghettos et des quartiers noirs", a affirmé Lynda Carson, une militante des droits des locataires à Oakland. ...
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