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Newspaper editor shot to death in targeted killing on Oakland street
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 8/2/7
| Christopher Heredia and Henry K. Lee
Posted on 08/02/2007 10:13:15 AM PDT by SmithL
OAKLAND -- Chauncey Bailey, editor of the Oakland Post and a former reporter for the Oakland Tribune, was shot to death this morning on a downtown Oakland street in what police described as a targeted killing.
Bailey, 58, was shot just before 7:30 a.m. on 14th Street near Alice Street, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses said a lone gunman dressed in dark clothing approached Bailey, shot him several times and ran away.
Bailey, who lives in Oakland, was known for his assertive style of questioning city officials, said police spokesman Roland Holmgren.
Holmgren said investigators believe the shooting was an assassination-style hit.
"This is madness," said Holmgren, who knew Bailey personally. "He held our feet to the fire; he kept me on my toes."
The Oakland Post, circulation 49,500, is geared toward the East Bay's African American community. . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: California
KEYWORDS: assassination; california; chaunceybailey; legacymedia; lonegunman; oakland; oaklandpost
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:13:18 AM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Just damn....that is one block away from where I live...
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:15:01 AM PDT
by
GSWarrior
To: SmithL
"He held our feet to the fire; he kept me on my toes." Quite a spokesman. Friend of Dick Morris?
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:15:52 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Progressives like to keep doing the things that didn't work in the past.)
To: Milhous; abb
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:16:21 AM PDT
by
SmithL
(si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: ClearCase_guy
“He held our feet to the fire; he kept me on my toes.”
Quite a spokesman. Friend of Dick Morris?
*********
That would have been;
“He licked our feet by the fire; he licked me on my toes.”
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:17:50 AM PDT
by
toddlintown
(Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: SmithL
This wouldn’t have happened if they had SF’s new tough gun laws..........
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:19:08 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No wonder Mexico is so filthy. Everybody who does cleaning jobs is HERE!.......)
To: SmithL
"investigators believe the shooting was an assassination-style hit."Gee, yah think? Once again, the captain of the good ship Bleeding Obvious sails to the rescue... Do you suppose I can get odds on this guy's office and house catching fire in the next few hours?
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:19:37 AM PDT
by
jonascord
(Hurray! for the Bonny Blue Flag that bears the Single Star!)
To: SmithL
Bailey, who lives in Oakland, was known for his assertive style of questioning city officials If government officials ban guns, then only government officials will have guns.
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:21:55 AM PDT
by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: SmithL
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:25:33 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: GSWarrior
I’d be looking at the subject of his latest editorials.
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:26:34 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: SmithL
I reckon someone thought he was digging too deep.
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:46:10 AM PDT
by
VaBthang4
("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
I used to live on Oakland Street. Right next to the Fire Station. Whew. I am glad I moved.
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:47:22 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(I am not from Vermont. I lived there for four years and that was enough.)
To: GSWarrior
Trader Vic’s neighborhood ?
To: SmithL
Sounds like he was assassinated.
To: gunservative
Sounds like a quagmire...perhaps we should withdraw from Oakland?
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posted on
08/02/2007 10:57:34 AM PDT
by
twntaipan
(Who needs jihad when you have the dhimmicrats?)
To: Red Badger
What makes you think the shooter used a “legal” gun?
In fact, those men in black use alien weapons that don’t fit into any category- yet.
To: Nathan Zachary
Yes, you're right!.....
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posted on
08/02/2007 11:02:40 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No wonder Mexico is so filthy. Everybody who does cleaning jobs is HERE!.......)
To: SmithL
He ticked off the wrong people, that’s for sure. Or else he got behind on the vig.
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posted on
08/02/2007 11:05:11 AM PDT
by
joebuck
To: GSWarrior
Youve had quite a run of news in your hood lately havent you????
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posted on
08/02/2007 11:09:33 AM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Someone important make......The Call!)
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