Gunman: Your Black Muslim Bakery leader said kill reporter and ‘we’ll have a laugh’

Devaughndre Broussard has admitted to killing Chauncey Bailey, an Oakland journalist who was digging deep into Your Black Muslim Bakery. (More at ChaunceyBaileyProject.org) His testimony in the spring led to the indictment of others involved with the bakery, including onetime leader Yusuf Bey IV, 23.

Broussard’s testimony was released last week. Here’s an excerpt from the San Francisco Chronicle:

He told the grand jury that Bey IV was angry at Bailey for having somehow contributed to the death of his father, bakery founder Yusuf Bey Sr., in 2003. Bey IV also wanted to stop Bailey from writing about the bakery’s financial collapse. “You got to take Chauncey Bailey out before he write that article,” Broussard testified that Bey had told him.

The night before the killing, Bey IV said: “When you get this done, we are going to have a laugh,” and added later, “This is going to be big.”

Broussard said that the next day, he and Mackey were supposed to have handheld radios, but they didn’t charge properly, so they could not be used to help orchestrate the attack. Instead, they used cell phones and the attack went off well, with him firing enough shots to make sure Bailey was dead, Broussard told the grand jury.

Broussard said he later met with Bey IV and told him it was a “done deal.” The bakery leader was grateful, he said. “He gave me a hug. He gave Mackey a hug. He go, ‘I love y’all.’ That’s what he said.”

Bey IV then got in a car, Broussard recounted, saying: “What do y’all want to do? I’m hungry. We going to IHOP.”

Read the rest here.