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Conviction Reached in 2007 Murder of Oakland Post Editor

HeadlineJun 10, 2011

A conviction has been reached in the 2007 murders of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey and two other men. Bailey had been investigating possible links between a local Muslim bakery and several killings in the area when he was gunned down in broad daylight. On Thursday, the bakery’s leader, Yusuf Bey IV, was found guilty of ordering Bailey’s killing and that of two others slain later that year. Bailey is believed to be the first journalist killed over a domestic story in the United States since 1976. The solving of his murder was aided by a group of reporters who continued his investigation into the bakery.

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