Article: Suspended Oakland investigator had more conversations with Bey IV than previously thought

OAKLAND -- Suspended police Sgt. Derwin Longmire had more undocumented contact with former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV and his family after the killing of journalist Chauncey Bailey than previously has been made public, recorded phone calls reveal.

They include jail telephone conversations between Longmire and Bey IV in early 2008 and apparent conversations and text messages the then-homicide detective had with Bey IV's common-law wife and sister about the Bailey case, according to phone recordings. None are mentioned in Longmire's case notes, according to copies of those documents.

The calls also show that Bey IV seemed to think of Longmire as the bakery's protector.

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