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Article: Bey IV tried to strong-arm follower, recordings reveal
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 25, 2009
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OAKLAND -- Yusuf Bey IV tried several times last year to persuade
one of his former followers from Your Black Muslim Bakery not to
testify against him in a kidnapping and torture case, recorded
telephone calls reveal.
Bey IV spoke with Kalil Raheem from jail in early 2008 as
authorities were pressuring Raheem to testify against him.
Sometimes cajoling, sometimes making veiled threats, Bey IV
repeatedly asked Raheem not to cooperate with prosecutors even if it
meant that Raheem would be locked up, according to recordings of the
calls that The Chauncey Bailey Project obtained.
"They are going to send me to jail," Raheem said to Bey IV on the
Feb. 10, 2008. Raheem was promised probation on ...