Article: Chauncey Bailey Project questions veracity police investigation

OAKLAND

On Sunday, the Chauncey Bailey Project will report that Yusuf Bey IV, the former head of the now-defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery, played a larger role in the Aug. 2, 2007, killing of Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey than previously known. The project also will report that Sgt. Derwin Longmire, the lead investigator in Bailey's killing, never documented in his case notes key evidence linking Bey IV to deeper involvement in the crime.

That evidence raises questions about Bey IV role in Bailey's killing and about why Devaughndre Broussard, the 21-year-old who worked as a janitor at the bakery, is the only person charged in the case.

Four months ago, the project reported on a ...

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