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Two Guilty in Black
Journalist’s Murder
Group leader
ordered killing
An Oakland jury on Thursday
found aCalifomiaeommunity group
leader and another man guilty of
murder in the daytime slaying of the
first American journalist killed on
U.S. soil for reporting a story in more
than a decade.
Former Your Black Muslim Bak­
ery leader Yusuf Bey IV was also
convicted in the killings of two other
men in a month-long spree of vio­
lence that culminated with the fatal
August 2007 shooting of 57-year-
old Chauncey Bailey while he
walked to the newspaper where he
was investigating the financial woes
of Bey's group.
Ju ro rs found c o -d e fe n d a n t
Founded some 40 years ago by
Bey's father, the bakery, which pro
moted self-empowerment, became
an institution in Oakland's black
community while running a secu­
rity service, school and other busi­
nesses. In recent years, the organi­
zation was tainted by connections
to criminal activity.
Prosecutors argued that Bey felt
he was above the law and was so
desperate to protect the legacy of
his family's once-influential bakery
that he ordered Bailey murdered.
The Oakland Post editor had been
Oakland Post Editor
working on a story about the
Chauncey Bailey
organization's finances as it de­
Antoine Mackey guilty in the mur­ scended toward bankruptcy.
der of 36-year-old Michael Wills,
Bey and Mackey, both 25, could
but deadlocked on murder charges get life in prison without the possi­
against him in the death of 31 -year- bility of parole when they are sen­
old Odell Roberson Jr.
tenced.
Civil Rights Review of
Portland Police Begins
The U. S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division has opened an
investigation of the Portland Police
Bureau.
The decision was announced last
Wednesday at City Hall with Assis­
tant Attorney General for the Civil
Rights Division Thomas E. Perez,
whoexplained the investigation will
look into whether the Portland po­
lice are engaged in a “pattern or
practice” of civil rights violations
relating to officer’s use of force,
particularly against people with
mental illness.
“Effective, accountable policing
is critical for any healthy commu­
nity, and we are here today because
we all share the goal of ensuring that
HHI '
the PPB is the best law enforcement
agency that it can be,” Perez said.
Local and state mental health
providers have been crippled by a
lack of funding, staffing cuts, and a
failing economy, according to the
Portland Police Association.
“As a result, local police often
have become the frontline in deal­
ing with the mentally ill,” the group
representing police officers said.
The union joined city leaders like
Mayor Sam Adams and other advo­
cates for social justice in welcoming
the investigation, saying it was not
an indictment of Portland Police
officers, but rather an investigation
into the systems that are at work in
a difficult situation.
Malcolm X Daughter
Admits to Theft
The youngest daughter of black
civil rights leader Malcolm X admit­
ted on Thursday to stealing the
identity of a longtime family friend
and using it to make more than
$55,000 in illegal credit card pur­
chases.
Malikah Shabazz, 46, pleaded
guilty to identity theft in New York
and will also make restitution to the
credit card companies. Queens Dis­
trict Attorney Richard Brown said.
She is due to be sentenced on
July 28. Judge Fernando Camacho
indicated he will impose five years'
probation provided she makes full
restitution. Brown's office said.
Shabazz, a North Carolina resi­
dent, was charged in March with
opening several credit cards in the
name of Queens resident Khaula
Bakr, the widow of a bodyguard
who was with Malcolm X when he
was assassinated in Harlem in 1965.
A cco rd in g to a u th o ritie s,
Shabazz told Bakr she needed her
personal information for paperwork
involving a child care matter and
then used it to steal from the ac­
counts.
Dr. Billy R. Flowers (above center) and his skilled staff are ready to help those in need.
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Part 22. Chiropractic and Health
A way of Life...not just a passing diagnosis.
Follow ing a thorough
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true, why do I often suffer pain?
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and prim arily include a detailed Chiropractic evaluation, you have
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