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  • April 2008
    • Journalists Aim to Finish Slain Comrade's Investigation

      Journalists Aim to Finish Slain Comrade's Investigation

      (Newser) - Last summer's murder of a California journalist has prompted dozens of colleagues to join in finishing what he started, the Los Angeles Times reports. Chauncey Bailey was shot in August, police believe, over his investigation of an Oakland black Muslim bakery. "You have to let the community know you can't kill a story by killing a reporter," one member of the Chauncey Bailey Project said. More »

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      murder   crime   journalism   Oakland   Chauncey Bailey   Oakland Post   Committee to Protect Journalists

  • August 2007
    • Editor's Murder Shows Failure of Tolerance

      Editor's Murder Shows Failure of Tolerance

      (Newser) - The notoriously irreligious Christopher Hitchens decries the Oakland police's tolerance of Your Black Muslim Bakery, one of whose employees has been arrested for the murder of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey. In an op-ed for Slate Hitchens writes that the bakery is in fact a front for jihadism and that Bay Area law enforcement is guilty of "official apathy— amounting to collusion." More »

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      murder   racism   Muslim   jihad   Oakland   Christopher Hitchens   Chauncey Bailey   tolerance   Your Black Muslim Bakery

    • Teen Confesses to Killing Journalist

      Teen Confesses to Killing Journalist

      (Newser) - A 19-year-old man arrested last week in a police raid on an Oakland bakery has confessed to shooting journalist Chauncey Bailey, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Detectives say Devaughndre Broussard, a self-described "good soldier," targeted the Oakland Post editor because he had been investigating the bakery and the controversial group that operates it. More »

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      murder   journalist   Oakland   Chauncey Bailey   Nation of Islam   Your Black Muslim Bakery   Oakland Post   bakery

    • Cops Raid Bakery Linked to Editor's Assassination

      Cops Raid Bakery Linked to Editor's Assassination

      (Newser) - Police, SWAT teams, and bomb units descended on an Oakland bakery shop today that was linked to the murder of Chauncey Bailey. Bailey, an editor a the Oakland Post who was writing a story about Your Black Muslim Bakery, was gunned down yesterday on his way to work; the Oakland Tribune reports that police discovered the shotgun used in the murder during today's raid. More »

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      California   murder   editor   Oakland   raid   Chauncey Bailey   Your Black Muslim Bakery   bakery

    • Newspaper Editor Assassinated

      Newspaper Editor Assassinated

      (Newser) - The editor of an Oakland newspaper was shot dead in broad daylight today in what police say they believe was a contracted hit, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Chauncey Bailey was a fixture in the African-American community, known for aggressive coverage of issues and confrontational interviews with city officials. But the motives behind his killing remain unknown. More »

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      murder   assassination   journalist   black community   Oakland   Chauncey Bailey   hitman   Oakland Post

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