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| Two charged in Oakland liquor store destruction |
| 2005-11-30 |
| These are the two that have turned themselves in. More charges pending against others. I snipped all the stuff about the subsequent fire/kidnapping; cops not linking the two (yet). A man linked to a black Muslim group was among two men who turned themselves in to police Tuesday for their roles in vandalizing a pair of stores for selling alcohol to blacks, police said. Yusef Bey IV, 19, and Donald Cunningham, 73, turned themselves in to face charges including robbery, felony vandalism and terrorist threats, Oakland Deputy Police Chief Howard Jordan said. Police obtained warrants charging four others with similar crimes and expected to make arrests. Last week, Hamdan's store and the nearby San Pablo Liquor store were vandalized by about a dozen men who smashed liquor bottles and toppled food racks while demanding that both stores stop selling alcohol to black people, authorities said. The incident at San Pablo Liquor was caught on surveillance tape, and police said they believe the same men trashed the New York Market. Suspicion immediately fell on the Nation of Islam, group of black Muslims whose members often wear suits and bow ties. However, Jordan said the suspects are not members of the Nation of Islam. He held out the possibility that they belong to a separate black Muslim group based in Oakland. In 1993, Muslims affiliated with that separate group, which operates the Your Black Muslim Bakery store chain and whose members also wear suits and bow ties, were involved in a similar incident at a Richmond liquor store, police said. Bey has been linked to that group, police said. No name given for this other group. I'd be disposed to think of them as the armed wing of the Nation of Islam, or perhaps the "enforcer" division. And I'd look for connections to the group living outside of Charlottesville, VA that "Gates of Vienna" has reported on. Investigators were looking into the recent vandalism as hate crimes because the store owners are of Middle Eastern background and are Muslims, Jordan said Monday. "In both incidents, the suspects entered the store and questioned why a Muslim-owned store would sell alcoholic beverages when it is against the Muslim religion," police said in a statement Monday. CAIR's not gonna like Muslim on Muslim violence labeled as a hate crime... |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #3 tu3031 ché |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2005-11-30 17:03 |
| #2 This looks like a direct attack against Wino-Americans. I call that a hate crime. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-11-30 15:57 |
| #1 "Investigators were looking into the recent vandalism as hate crimes..." Yeah...riiight. Don't hold yer breath on that one. Don't work that way when the perps and the victims are the same "protected class". |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2005-11-30 10:58 |