Posted on 03/28/2011 2:58:06 PM PDT by SmithL
OAKLAND -- Yusuf Bey IV ordered the death of the relative of a man who had killed his older brother, Devaughndre Broussard told jurors Monday morning.
Bey IV, the former leader of Your Black Muslim Bakery, wanted the relative, Odell Roberson, dead in what Broussard called "an eye for an eye" philosophy practiced at the bakery.
"He said, 'Take him out when you get the chance,'" Broussard told the jury at the triple-murder trial of Bey IV and his co-defendant, Antoine Mackey.
Broussard, who has pleaded guilty to two murders and agreed to testify in exchange for a 25-year prison sentence, told a grand jury that he killed Roberson and the journalist Chauncey Bailey on Bey IV's orders.
Bey IV is charged with ordering Roberson, Bailey and another man, Michael Wills, killed in summer 2007. Mackey is charged with killing Wills and helping Broussard kill Roberson and Bailey, also on Bey IV's order.
Bey IV and Mackey, both 25, have pleaded not guilty in the triple-murder case. Their court-appointed lawyers have called Broussard a liar and promised an aggressive cross examination.
As Broussard's second day on the stand began, he seemed far calmer than he did Thursday, when he stumbled through testimony and said he lacked the words to answer prosecutor Melissa Krum's questions.
Bey IV's older brother, Antar Bey, was shot dead at a North Oakland gas station in October 2005. A man named Alfonza Phillips was later convicted. Broussard told jurors Monday that Bey IV's first intended victim was Phillips' father, Alfonza Phillips Sr.
"He wanted me, when I got the opportunity, to kill him," Broussard said.
Bey IV pointed out Phillip Sr. when he, Broussard and others attended the younger Phillips' court appearances.
But the elder Phillips proved elusive when Broussard, and eventually, Mackey, staked out his house and tried to learn his schedule, Broussard testified.
In early July 2007, Broussard said he and Bey IV were at the bakery when Roberson -- the younger Phillips' uncle -- wandered past.
Bey IV said, "'You know who he is?" Broussard said, adding he didn't have an answer.
"He's related to the dude who killed my brother," he quoted Bey IV as saying.
Broussard told jurors he replied, "And he's still walking around?"
Bey IV responded, "'That's why we need more brothers like you," Broussard said.
Then Bey IV told him to track Roberson's movements around the San Pablo Avenue neighborhood where the bakery was located.
Broussard described Roberson as "a dope fiend. He was a dude out and about. He would have liked to get down with the bakery but he got that (drug) habit."
Bey IV sometimes gave Roberson food, Broussard said, calling the bakery leader "a kind dude. He was generous."
But Bey IV quickly wanted Roberson killed because he was an easier target to locate that Phillips Sr., Broussard said as jurors watched.
Broussard and Bey IV were alone in the bakery when the Bey IV ordered the hit, Broussard said. "I took it in stride, like OK."
Near the end of the morning testimony, Broussard began to describe the night he killed Roberson. When he said Mackey left the bakery compound with him and carried an SKS assault rifle with a folding stock, he looked directly at Mackey, who was seated at the defense table wearing a white shirt with brown stripes.
Mackey matched his stare intently.
Broussard's testimony is expected to continue Monday afternoon.
Hey! “Devaughndre” is my middle name!
Brave new world is'nt it. When we throw out the Ten Commandments, guess what comes in?
Not Shariah. That’s just a front for gangsta activity. “I’m a Muslim. I kill people but I won’t eat pork because it is immoral”
They sound like really nice folks.
Islam is peace.
uh huh... right
“Products of Shariah law. Don’t you know it’s OK to kill without a Judge and Jury?”
Products of old times. That’s what did people did /do when there’s no law and order.
What a bunch of animals.
Your Black Muslim Bakery
I suppose I can’t get a bagel with a “schmear” here.
You too?
In St. Louis there have been two groups, the Beys and the Els, for decades. I won’t hire anyone for a temp job who uses those names, although the women who work for me keep trying me.
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