Chilling account of Chauncey Bailey killing {by Your Black Muslim Bakery }

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 7/31/9 | Jaxon Van Derbeken

[SmithL]

OAKLAND, CALIF. -- The leader of Your Black Muslim Bakery embraced the men who had just told him they carried out orders to kill Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey, telling them "I love y'all," according to the admitted gunman's chilling grand jury account released Thursday.

The April testimony of confessed killer Devaughndre Broussard led to the indictment of onetime bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV, 23, in the 2007 slaying of Bailey and the killings of two other men. Also indicted in the three slayings was bakery follower Antoine Mackey, also 23.

On Thursday, Bey and Mackey pleaded not guilty to murdering Bailey, 57, Odell Roberson Jr., 31, and Michael Wills, 36. The court also ordered the transcript of the grand jury hearing revealed.

For more than a year, Broussard, 21, was the sole defendant charged in the Bailey killing and the other slayings were unsolved. In his grand jury account, the onetime bakery handyman described how he joined the bakery and then planned and executed the Bailey killing with the help of Mackey, who drove that day.

Much of his testimony was similar to a previously reported account he gave to prosecutors in making the deal to cooperate in exchange for 25 years in prison.

Testimony details

He told the grand jury that Bey IV was angry at Bailey for having somehow contributed to the death of his father, bakery founder Yusuf Bey Sr., in 2003. Bey IV also wanted to stop Bailey from writing about the bakery's financial collapse. "You got to take Chauncey Bailey out before he write that article," Broussard testified that Bey had told him.

The night before the killing, Bey IV said: "When you get this done, we are going to have a laugh," and added later, "This is going to be big."

[GOP_Party_Animal]

"What do y'all want to do? I'm hungry. We going to IHOP."

Mmmm. Now I hungry too.

[Aaron0617]

Thanks for posting this update. Been trying to keep up with the trial.

[LizzyD]

These people are despicable, but I’ll tell you, they make good bread. Years ago I lived in Berkeley, and even then we felt uncomfortable buying from people who hated us...but once in a while it was just too hard to resist...

[Aaron0617]

Bailey, 57, Odell Roberson Jr., 31, and Michael Wills, 36

Bailey I knew about but didn't know about the other two deaths, Odell and Willis.

Apparently they killed Willis because he was white. For some reason Michael Willis lived in that neighborhood. And decided it was wise to walk around at 2am to get cigarettes.

*Oakland Devaughndre Broussard Says 36-Year-old Michael Wills Was Killed Because He Was White

[Major Matt Mason]

“they was conversating about the Zebra Killers and stuff like that and then he said they seen the white dude.”

This gives a good idea of the intelligence level of these thugs. Dumb as stumps.

[baltodog]

If dis’ don’t be no hate crime, den nuttin’ be no hate crime, an’ sh*t.