This amazing little slice of real life shows the leader of Oakland’s “Your Black Muslim Bakery,” Yusuf Bey IV and two associates in a police department room, unaware that they are being secretly videotaped. I suggest they plead guilty.

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The video comes from the Center for Investigative Reporting, where there is more information on the story: Secret video raises questions about journalist Chauncey Bailey’s killing.

On August 2, 2007, journalist Chauncey Bailey was gunned down in Oakland, California. Bailey was investigating Your Black Muslim Bakery, a once prominent Oakland African-American organization. The next day, Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV was arrested during a raid for a separate kidnapping case. Police placed Bey and two associates involved in the case, his brother Joshua Bey and Tamon Halfin, in a San Leandro police department room, where they were secretly videotaped.

Bey IV has repeatedly told police he knew nothing about Bailey’s death. But, on the tape, Bey IV says he hid the gun used in the attack, and brags of playing “hella dumb” when investigators asked him about the killing.

Bey IV, 22, hasn’t been arrested or charged in connection with Bailey’s Aug. 2 slaying. Oakland Police have charged only one of his associates, Devaughndre Broussard, now 20, who claimed, at least initially, that he acted alone. The secret video raises fresh questions about Bey IV’s possible role in the crime and why police haven’t brought charges against others in the high-profile slaying, according to experts who viewed the tape at the request of the Chauncey Bailey Project.

(Hat tip: Cognito.)

Previously at LGF:
SWAT Teams Swarm Oakland Muslim Bakery
Update: Oakland Muslim Bakery Linked to Killings (Update: Suspect Confesses)
Black Muslim Bakery Bilked Oakland