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| Your Black Muslim Bakery raided in Oakland |
| 2007-08-03 |
| An Oakland bakery called Your Black Muslim Bakery was raided Friday morning and authorities say more than a dozen people were detained as the result of a yearlong police investigation into a number of crimes, including murder, robbery and kidnapping. It was not immediately known if the raids -- at the bakery and three other Oakland homes -- were related to the sidewalk assassination of Oakland reporter Chauncey Bailey. Sources say he was doing an investigative piece on the troubled splinter group not associated with the Black Muslims. Oakland Deputy Police Chief Howard Jordan would not comment if the raids connection to Bailey's slaying. "These raids were (launched) to seek evidence in several violent felonies including murder, robbery and kidnapping," Jordan said. A police source said the raids were in connection to three murders in the last six weeks in Oakland including Bailey's murder. Authorities said that four search warrants had been issued and the raid of the bakery at 59th and San Pablo in Oakland triggered the start of the law enforcement crackdown by officers from San Leandro, Fremont as well as Oakland related to an ongoing investigation stemming back "at least a year". The group has had a violent history. The founder -- Yusuf Bey -- fought accusations that he had raped or molested several girls who worked at Your Black Muslim Bakery between 1976 and 1995. When he died in 2003, he was awaiting trial on charges he sexually abused a girl who was 13 when she began working at the bakery. A violent succession battle ensued. Antar Bey, the son and Yusuf's designated heir, was gunned down as he talked on his cell phone at an Union 76 gas station in Oakland in October 2005. That slaying still remains under investigation. The group gained further attention in Nov. 2005 when several members were charged and pleaded no contest to trashing liquor cases at local convenience stores. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #11 I used to drop by there to pick up sandwiches pretty regularly on the way to weekend work, oh, two decades ago. They weren't bad as a bakery/deli. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2007-08-03 22:39 |
| #10 I have driven past that place many times. Went with a friend to a beauty supply place right next door once. I got some icy stares too. Maybe I should have looked at my watch and asked for directions to the nearest footbath. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2007-08-03 20:17 |
| #9 It is in the same region as where the Zebra Murders occured. There were connections to The Nation of Islam. The only good thing about the Black Muslim Bakery was the slogan on their trucks. In retrospect, especially so after the murder of Chauncey Bailey, it now seems a little eerie: "A Taste of the Hereafter" |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-03 20:10 |
| #8 I seem to recall a "Black Muslim" bakery was connected to the "Zebra Murders". Is this the same one? Is there any connection? If I can dig out the book I have on them, I'll take a look, but if anyone knows off the top of their head... |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2007-08-03 18:44 |
| #7 The guy that started the business was a LOOON and obviously a pedophile. Was he trying to emulate Allan? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-08-03 17:46 |
| #6 RB archives |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-08-03 16:31 |
| #5 I think I'll stick with Your Pasty Caucasian Doughnut Shoppe. But thanks anyways... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-08-03 14:53 |
| #4 LOL, Zen! A contender for Snark O' the Day! |
| Posted by: BA 2007-08-03 13:36 |
| #3 When he died in 2003, he was awaiting trial on charges he sexually abused a girl who was 13 when she began working at the bakery. Bah! An old hag the prophet would never have touched in the first place. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-03 12:45 |
| #2 Your Black Muslim Bakery Why not just hang a sign, "Criminal Bread without Works" Snarf. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-08-03 12:42 |
| #1 Hmmm... black Muslims breaking the law. Both CAIR and the NAACP are gonna be all sorts of pissed. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-08-03 12:21 |