The political patrons of Your Black Muslim Bakery Update: Chauncey Bailey Memorial Fund info
Update 9:00pm Eastern. You won’t believe who spoke at Chauncey Bailey’s funeral. Yes, Ron Dellums. The same Ron Dellums that supported the notorious Your Black Muslim Bakery that employed Bailey’s killer:
Earlier this year, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums sent a letter on behalf of the Bakery to the judge in the bankruptcy case, attesting to its historic role in providing healthy food and jobs to the community. Karen Stevenson, a spokeswoman for the mayor said Dellums, who only took office in January, merely signed a “standard letter of support” routinely granted to civic institutions, and that the mayor’s office would review its procedures. Dellums, who had a warm relationship with the slain journalist, approved a police crackdown against the Bakery earlier this year, Stevenson said. Speaking at Bailey’s funeral in Oakland on Wednesday, Dellums was visibly emotional when he appealed to the overflow crowd to help fight the violence engulfing his city. “This madness has to stop,” Dellums said, his voice cracking.
Too little, too late.
FYI:
The family asks that donations, in lieu of flowers, be sent to the Chauncey Bailey Memorial Fund, c/o Bank of America Creekside Branch, 1188 Galleria Blvd. Roseville, CA 95678. Account No. 2350941279.
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The SFChron’s Matier and Ross report on the political backers of Your Black Muslim Bakery. You’ll be thrilled to know that millions in federal tax dollars have been forked over to this thug enterprise (at least $1.2 million in federal redevelopment funds) and you won’t be surprised that the patrons include some usual far Left suspects–including Democrat Reps. Ron Dellums and Barbara Lee:
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland found themselves in the unwelcome spotlight this week over the letters of support they wrote on behalf of the notorious Your Black Muslim Bakery, but they aren’t the only politicos who have supported the group over the years.
At the height of its power back in 1996, the splinter Muslim group – whose members were implicated in last week’s slaying of newspaper editor Chauncey Bailey – got the city to approve an advance on a $1.2 million federal redevelopment loan to launch training program for health care jobs.
Within three months, the group had burned through $275,000 without turning out a single graduate.
They did, however, spend $650 a month to lease a Cadillac.
Another $44,000 supposedly went to consulting fees, $10,500 went for security and $7,500 for advertising on a local cable station, where then-leader Yusuf Bey had a weekly TV show.
When asked to explain what was going on, the Black Muslim Bakery cadre – in one of their typical tactics – marched in unison from the bakery to City Hall, then entered the council chambers like a precision drill team, lining up along the room’s back walls.
They then asked for another $70,000 to keep the project going.
And they got it, with the council voting 6-2 to grant the funds – minus the money for the Cadillac.
“The message was very clear – we are watching you,” said City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente, who cast one of the votes against the group’s request.
The school never opened.
And the loan – one of several the council made that year to help disadvantaged businesses – was never repaid.
The East Bay Express is featuring its 2002 reporting on the troublesome history of Oakland’s most prominent Black Muslims — and the political establishment that protects them. Here’s a snippet. Read the entire investigative series:
A close examination involving court and government records, police reports, and dozens of interviews has uncovered a trail of alleged violence, brutality, and fraud that stretches back almost a decade. Members and associates of the Bey “family” have terrorized countless Oakland residents, fomented racial hatred, and even allegedly threatened to kill apostate women who break with the organization or go public with their stories. Court records and police reports reveal the following:
• A group of up to six soldiers in the Black Muslim organization, led by a senior member of the Bey family, allegedly tortured two men for up to four hours — and were allegedly transporting him under armed escort when police arrived.
• When Oakland police tried to arrest the men involved in this incident, thirty Black Muslims mounted an organized assault on the officers — and the leader allegedly rallied his troops by calling for the death of white cops.
• While acting as managers of a North Oakland apartment complex, four Black Muslims allegedly beat a tenant unconscious during an argument about his daughter.
• Prominent family member Nedir Bey has been accused of stalking his estranged lover, threatening to hurt her or steal their children.
• Yusuf Bey has been accused of beating and raping a young girl, forcing her to lie about the children he fathered and allegedly threatening to kill her if she talked.
Yet after all these years of scandal and crime, members of the Bey family still somehow enjoyed a reputation as upright — if passionate — citizens right up to the moment of the elder Bey’s arrest. Yusuf Bey and his lieutenants received adulation in the press, enormous city subsidies, and, in some quarters, the respect accorded elder statesmen. No matter what they did, their phone calls got returned. Whether it took the form of active patronage or weary capitulation, almost every player in Oakland politics has accommodated the Bey family in one way or another.
Same old, same old: The East Bay Express reported five years ago on the MSM’s burying of the stories of rampant corruption and crime tied to the bakery:
In March 1994, Black Muslim leader Nedir Bey allegedly tortured a man for several hours, beating him with a police flashlight and jamming the barrel of a gun inside his mouth. When Oakland police arrived to investigate the incident, Bey’s associates mounted an organized attack in which mob leader Basheer Muhammad allegedly rallied his troops by shouting that white officers would soon die. How did the Oakland Tribune play the story? By burying it on page A-13. And what did the San Francisco Chronicle write? Nothing.
In May 1994, mayoral candidate Yusuf Bey organized a massive hate rally that featured disgraced Nation of Islam spokesman Khalid Muhammad ranting about the “no-good, hook-nosed Jews sucking our blood.” Yusuf Bey heaped praise upon his guest speaker and scolded Jews who objected to Muhammad’s appearance. How did the East Bay Express respond? By running a profile of Bey later that summer that treated him as a thoughtful statesman, speaking of his “life devoted to the development of economic self-reliance for Oakland’s African-American community.”
After years of horrific allegations of torture, beatings, and anti-Semitism on the part of the Bey “family,” what does state Senator Don Perata think of Yusuf Bey? “The leadership you provide should be an inspiration to all concerned over the city’s future,” Perata wrote Bey in August. You can read the senator’s words for yourself; his framed, handwritten letter sits atop the pie case in the lobby of Bey’s bakery.
When it comes to indulging the racism and alleged crimes of Yusuf Bey and some of his associates, there’s plenty of blame to go around. For two decades, ugly stories about the Beys have circulated throughout the city of Oakland, but no one in a position of power has spoken up about it. Instead, white and black leaders alike have embraced Bey as a pillar of the African-American community. Whether due to cowardice, ignorance, or Machiavellian realpolitik, government officials and media outlets have chosen inaction and silence — a choice with terrible ramifications for some Oakland residents.
Tragically prescient. Remember: This was written and published five years before the execution-style murder of Chauncey Bailey, whose funeral will be held today.
Those who actively supported this crime syndicate and those who passively looked the other way for so long have blood on their hands.
They should be held to account.
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And now Bey is writhing in agony as he rots in hell. I just wish I could see his face now.
Can anyone say “Rico Law Prosecution?”
Where the hell are the feds?
Can you believe Jerry Brown was mayor of this town? He was uplifted to state office just in time. When he was fighting crime in Oakland (snicker)did we hear about these thuggish muslims terrorizing the people of Oakland? Not that I read about. Of the remaining political characters, especially Dellums, none of their antics surprises.
Watch your step – that’s my jaw on the floor….
Unbelievable and inconceivable that such rampant hatred and illegality goes un-noticed by the MSM – presumably under the guise of fear of casting an African American in a bad light, and suffering the wrath of such scum.
Dellums is a joke. If it were not for the housing shortage in SF, Oakland would be a Detroit today. Does antone remember the Dchool Boards attempt to turn ebonics into a language? Hillary would then be the only candidate to give speeches in the official language.
I wonder how all these reporters that bury stories like this sleep at night? How do they justify their actions and the fact that they enabled these kinds of horrors. You are right…they all have blood on their hands.
Obviously, the real problem is from the owners at ‘Your White Christian Bakery’ around the corner. Rosie did warn us.
Seriously though, the problem has nothing to do with skin color, but a lot to do with violent gangsters, crooked politicians, and big bucks.
Sopranos. Except without the olive skin & mediterranean surnames.
Sopranoali
There is a popular bumper sticker in this Congressional District which says:”Barbara Lee speaks for me.”
Lee will be getting a letter from me asking for a full account of what her plan is to address the fiscal mismanagement by Bey and Company.
Will share the reply.
So, let’s see whether the money is followed to
Congressional Rep Lee
Senator’s Boxer and Feinstein
Oakland City Council
Oakland Mayor’s Office (several mayors)
Oakland PD
Federal Housing Authority
State Housing Authority
Local Housing Authority
Nation of Islam (National Office)
I put the government agencies and offices on top because this has been a “state” subsidized criminal enterprise.
The question is:
Who got paid? (And not just at the “Bakery”.)
“The message was very clear – we are watching you,” said City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente, who cast one of the votes against the group’s request.”
Watching and turning the other direction apparently. Good Lord….
“Seriously though, the problem has nothing to do with skin color,…”
Agreed – the PROBLEM has nothing to do with skin color, if you’re talking about the problem of the underlying crimes.
However, the reaction to that problem, or more accurately, the lack of one, in the form of burying news stories, politicians heaping praise on these scumbags, etc… DOES have to do with skin color and related factors.
Remember all the crowds that lined up during John Gotti’s trials? The throngs of people lining up to support the “Teflon Don”?
Those were idiots. The protests used by these people were for the specific purpose of creating an atmosphere of fear and intimidation. And the politicians and media backed down like the cowardly butt-kissers they are.
They didn’t want crowds of African American Muslims ( and non-Muslims ) protesting in front of City Hall or the newspaper offices out of fear of how it would portray them.
Only problem with that statement is the fact that the majority of these “gangsters” happen to be a certain skin color, so yes it is relevant.
My local paper, the Sacbee, has chosen to never publish the race of a criminal any more because they got accused of racism. Why? It was the fact that the overwhelming majority of criminals happen to be black and hispanic in the articles the Sacbee published. They have not chosen “political correctness” over reporting the facts now.
I bet their bagels are terrible.
I wonder what would happen if you walked in and asked for a loaf of white bread?
Either a ‘soup nazi’ moment or a 30 minute diatribe on the evils of the infidels.
As more details are revealed, the more troubling this story becomes. Are all the democraps that run Oakland (and/or California) criminals??? It’s beginning to read like they accept criminal activity from their supporters as if it has no consequence.
Is this for real? When I looked at the picture I thought it must be some type of Photoshop doctoring…!
What is interesting is Blacks embracing Islam when the Muslims enslaved them long before Whitey.
Score 10 for Turbodog. Slave mentalities die hard.
Zorro #15- Local politics in the Bay Area is inherently corrupt. The amount of state and federal dinero flowing through these municipalities is *mind boggling*. Boxer and Feinstein, Pelosi and Lee, and a host of other players are “manning” the spigot$.
The key is “SUPPORTERS”. As long as the campaign contributions/graft keeps coming in, all is well in neverland.
This is exactly what happens when the race-baiters get involved. If someone had suggested throwing these crooks in jail, out would come the usual suspects claiming that it was all racially motivated. Geraldo would show up and claim we are afraid of brown bread. If local politicians are terrified (and in this case maybe they were threatened) then the Feds need to be called in and RICO applied.
Oakland has a long history of radical black violence. This is not a new kind of occurrence, it’s a continuing legacy.
I don’t know if it’s been mentioned here before, but the Black Panther Party was started in the ’60′s in Oakland.
Oakland is the town in which David Horowitz’s friend, Betty Van Patter, was working for the Black Panthers. The preceding link is an old column by Horowitz in which he outlines some of the Panthers’ violent activities.
This link is from NRO:
Her murder was the event that was the tipping point that led to Horowitz’ subsequent denunciation of the Left.
It’s interesting, I think, that they are arrested after killing a member of the media, after getting away with murder, torture, and intimidation for more than a decade.
I kind of like the lesson. If you want to have the thugs arrested, kill someone that’s complicit in their public fellating, and frame the thugs.
Two birds, one stone.
The East Bay Express????………Wow
They must’ve changed editors, cause when I lived in Oakland, that paper was nothing but a liberal mouthpiece.
LMAO!!!!!!…
Good gawd.
*So* glad I moved out of that s**thole when I did.
It’s sad though, because as long as the black majority citizenry allow these political thugs to continue, I just don’t anything ever changing in that town.
It will remain a decaying, second-class city.
Muslim Mafiosi is more like it.
Damn straight! Since the $1.2 million “redevelopment loan” was a FEDERAL loan, where the hell is the U.S. Justice Department in all of this? Clearly, those federal funds were used in furtherance of a criminal enterprise. What federal department did that loan come from? What are their procedures for asking for accountability from their loan recipients?
I am utterly stunned that federal, state, and local governments have been threatened into paying off these racist thugs for all these years. For God’s sake, where is the Anti Defamation League? The feds gave these guys $1.2 million so they could go gangster on the Jews. It is absolutely unbelievable.
Remember learning in school about Elie Wiesel saying “Never again”? Well, it’s happening again, and we’re all paying for it with our tax dollars.
Seriously, Michelle, who do we call to get the Justice Department looking at this?
Buisness as usual in Oakland. I don’t even like driving through that city on the freeways.
I caught just a tad bit of a story on FOX someone defending Lee and Blaming the media for using this against her. Go figure…..
The San Francisco Comical published a story critical of the Black Muslims? Whoo hoo! Too bad it’s five years too late.
I hope he got boo’d…
On August 8th, 2007 at 10:11 pm, ajmontana said:
I caught just a tad bit of a story on FOX someone defending Lee and Blaming the media for using this against her. Go figure…..
I saw most of that too – some San Francisco area politician….actually stated something to the effect of, you can’t blame the Politicians because, how were they to know all this was going on?
Are you kidding me? Look at Michelle’s original post including the text of all the previous mishaps committed by the members of this group!!!!
If I remember, it was on O’Reilly – and he didn’t even catch THAT hypocracy.
How could these people NOT know what was up with this group – and still support them?
Someone’s feet need to be held to the fire.