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DESCRIPTION:On August 2nd, journalist Chauncey Bailey was hunted and gunned down in the 
 morning hours while on his way to work as the newly appointed editor of the 
 African newspaper the Oakland Post. The day following Bailey's murder, the 
 Oakland police department carried out a raid of Your Black Muslim Bakery ( 
 YBMB ) with police SWAT teams from surrounding cities. YBMB is a religious 
 and economic organization that has operated in Oakland for the past 40 
 years. The police raided YBMB and several residences then declared that 
 they'd found the killer, 19 year old Devaughndre Broussard. They reported 
 that Broussard had confessed to killing Bailey because he "was angry that 
 Bailey was researching the bakery's financial records."\n\nFour days later, 
 following seven more killings in Oakland, Mayor Ron Dellums announced that 
 the California Highway Patrol would join the Oakland police in patrolling 
 Oakland's "toughest" neighborhoods and unveiled a new "public safety" plan. 
 Then, on August 8th, Devaughndre Broussard told KTVU News that Oakland 
 police had beaten and coerced him into making a confession to the killing. 
 The media had already reported that the police had taken Brousssard from 
 North Oakland to the Eastmont police station prior to booking him. 
 \n\nWhile events surrounding the murder of Chauncey Bailey are unclear, 
 what's certain is that the city of Oakland is using this high profile 
 murder to escalate a counterinsurgency war against the African community 
 and undermine African community organization. With Your Black Muslim Bakery 
 under siege, the city and the media have demonized independent black 
 organizing efforts, citing YBMB's "anti-police" stance as evidence of its 
 "extremism" and taking for granted a social system that undermines economic 
 life for the African community. The raid fits with the city's agenda to 
 clear out neighborhoods and make room for white development while attacking 
 organizations that resist its policies. \n\nLet's take responsibility for 
 understanding the war on the African community, from the recent July 3rd 
 Oakland Police Department shooting of Leronte Studesville all the way back 
 to the U.S. government's war on the Black Panthers via the FBI's COINTELPRO 
 program. Let's no longer be comfortable to go about our individual lives 
 and get involved in organization that will change the status quo!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/18/18441474.php
SUMMARY:March Against Police Containment of Oakland's African Community
LOCATION:Meet at Oakland Police Department, 7th St. and Broadway in Oakland. From 
 the there, we will march to City Hall at 14th and Broadway for a 5:30 rally 
 and press conference at Frank Ogawa Plaza before the Oakland City Council 
 meeting. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/18/18441474.php
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