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Narrator: OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA -- "OAKTOWN," THE "BIG O."
IT'S THE OTHER CITY BY THE BAY --
SAN FRANCISCO'S GRITTY COUSIN,
FAMOUS FOR ITS DIVERSITY, ITS WEATHER, AND ITS URBAN SWAGGER.
Krum: OAKLAND IS AN INCREDIBLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY,
WHICH I THINK GIVES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIQUE, WORLDLY FLAVOR
THAN SOMEWHERE ELSE.
Narrator: BUT IN 2007, THREE BLASTS OF A SHOTGUN...
[ GUNSHOTS ]
...WOULD MAKE EVERYONE ACUTELY AWARE
OF THE OTHER THING OAKLAND HAS IN SPADES.
PEOPLE WERE HORRIFIED.
ONE OF THE WORST THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN.
Narrator: THE IMPACT FROM THE CRIME
WOULD REVERBERATE BEYOND OAKLAND'S STREETS
AND BE FELT ON A GLOBAL SCALE.
Butler: IT HAPPENS IN IRAQ.
IT HAPPENS IN MEXICO AND COLOMBIA, IN RUSSIA.
GET ON THE GROUND NOW!
YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT WAS AN ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.
Narrator: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...
[ SIREN WAILS ]
...BEYOND THE HEADLINES...
EVERY CITY HAS A DARK SIDE.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
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AUGUST 2, 2007. 7:30 A.M.
FROM REDWOOD HEIGHTS TO CHINATOWN,
THE STREETS OF OAKLAND
ARE BEGINNING TO BRISTLE WITH ACTIVITY,
BUT DOWNTOWN,
GUNFIRE BRINGS THE RUSH-HOUR MAYHEM TO A STANDSTILL.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
WE RECEIVED CALLS INDICATING THAT SOMEONE HAD BEEN SHOT
AT THE CORNER OF ALICE AND 14th STREET.
Narrator: WITHIN MINUTES,
A TEAM OF OFFICERS ARRIVES ON THE SCENE.
LED BY POLICE SERGEANT DERWIN LONGMIRE,
THEY PUSH THEIR WAY THROUGH A GATHERING SEA OF BYSTANDERS...
SIR, WE HAVE A CRIME SCENE HERE.
STEP BACK, PLEASE. COME ON.
Narrator: ...AND DISCOVER AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN
SPRAWLED ACROSS THE SIDEWALK IN A POOL OF BLOOD.
Longmire: SOMEONE COME UP ON HIM AND SHOT HIM
AND USED A SHOTGUN TO DO SO, FIRING MULTIPLE TIMES AT HIM.
Narrator: ONE LOOK AT THE VICTIM
TELLS OFFICERS THERE'S NO NEED TO CALL EMTs.
GET ON THE HORN AND LET THEM KNOW WE HAVE A 187.
BASICALLY, THE MAN'S HEAD GOT BLOWN OFF.
Peele: POLICE TOOK THE NEWSPAPER AND PUT IT OVER THE FACE
'CAUSE THE FACE WAS HORRIBLE.
ABSOLUTELY JUST INCREDIBLE.
Narrator: AT FIRST GLANCE, THE CRIME
SEEMS LIKE ANOTHER BRUTAL REMINDER
OF HOW DANGEROUS LIFE IN OAKLAND CAN BE.
EVERY DAY, WE HAVE SHOOTINGS IN OAKLAND, IT SEEMS,
AND CERTAINLY EVERY WEEK, WE HAVE MURDERS IN OAKLAND,
TOPPING 100 A YEAR.
Narrator: BUT AS THE INVESTIGATION UNFOLDS,
IT BECOMES CLEAR THIS ***
ISN'T YOUR STANDARD-ISSUE STREET CRIME.
IT'S A COLD-BLOODED CONSPIRACY,
AND THE VICTIM AND KILLER
ARE TWO OF OAKLAND'S MOST BELOVED RESIDENTS.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
STRUNG OUT ON THE EAST BAY,
IN THE SHADOW OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SKYLINE,
AND DOWNWIND OF THE PATCHOULI-SOAKED HIPPIES
OF BERKELEY,
OAKLAND IS THE UNVARNISHED MULTICULTURAL CAPITAL
OF THE BAY AREA'S WORKING CLASS.
Evanosky: WHAT I FIND MOST EXCITING ABOUT OAKLAND
IS ITS DIVERSITY,
AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT TO THE STREET I LIVE ON --
I LIVE ON A VERY SMALL ONE-BLOCK STREET.
AND THERE ARE AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THERE ARE WHITES. THERE ARE HISPANICS.
AND THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE
FROM FOUR DIFFERENT ASIAN COUNTRIES --
JUST ON THIS ONE BLOCK.
Narrator: AND WHILE SAN FRANCISCO'S BEATNIKS
AND HAIGHT-ASHBURY HIPPIES
GET CREDIT FOR STARTING THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION
OF THE 1960s,
OAKLAND WAS WHERE THE REAL RADICALS LIVED.
HELLS ANGELS' MOST INFAMOUS CLUBHOUSE WAS BASED IN OAKTOWN,
AND THE CITY WAS THE BIRTHPLACE
OF THE MILITANT BLACK PANTHER MOVEMENT.
Butler: THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OAKLAND
WHO BELIEVED THE BLACK PANTHERS
WERE ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT EVER HAPPENED,
BECAUSE YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THE TIMES --
THAT THIS HAPPENED IN THE MID-'60s
WHEN THE CIVIL-RIGHTS MOVEMENT WAS VERY, VERY STRONG,
AND PEOPLE WERE TIRED OF BEING BEAT DOWN.
THE PANTHERS SAY, "OKAY,
WE'RE GONNA HELP STRAIGHTEN THINGS OUT."
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
Narrator: UNFORTUNATELY, NOTHING COULD STRAIGHTEN OUT
OAKLAND'S DECLINING ECONOMIC PROSPECTS.
FOR DECADES, THE CITY'S BEST-PAYING GIGS
WERE CENTERED AROUND THE OAKLAND SHIPYARD,
BUT BY THE 1990s, THOSE JOBS HAD SET SAIL FOR OTHER PORTS.
SLOWLY, BUT SURELY, OAKLAND FOUND ITSELF DROWNING
IN A RISING TIDE OF UNEMPLOYMENT, HIGH CRIME,
AND URBAN DECAY.
Joyner: THE EMPIRICAL NUMBERS THEMSELVES
PROVE THAT WE ARE VERY VIOLENT AS A CITY --
MORE SO THAN OTHER CITIES IN CALIFORNIA,
AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
Narrator: AS THE NEW MILLENNIUM DAWNED,
SO DID EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE THE CITY.
TAX BREAKS AND OTHER INCENTIVES BROUGHT A NEW WAVE
OF ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESSES TO TOWN,
AND THE CASH THAT FLOWED INTO THE CITY
HELPED TRANSFORM ONCE-BLIGHTED DISTRICTS
INTO THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS.
Krum: WE HAVE FANTASTIC RESTAURANTS IN OAKLAND
AND LOTS OF ART STUDIOS AND VARIOUS CULTURAL WAYS
TO FEED WHATEVER INTEREST YOU MAY HAVE.
Narrator: BUT DESPITE PROGRESS IN SOME POCKETS,
IN 2007, OAKLAND WAS STILL SUFFERING FROM A CRIME RATE
THAT COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS ASTRONOMICAL.
IN FACT, CRIME IN OAKLAND WAS SUCH A PROBLEM
THAT ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 2nd,
WHEN POLICE FOUND A MAN GUNNED DOWN ON A SIDEWALK,
OFFICERS' INITIAL THOUGHTS WERE THAT THIS WAS JUST ANOTHER
OF THE CITY'S MANY GANG-RELATED HOMICIDES.
THERE ARE GANGS IN OAKLAND --
NORTEñOS AND SUREñOS AND BORDER BROTHERS.
Narrator: BUT ON CLOSER EXAMINATION,
THE CRIME SCENE DIDN'T QUITE FIT THE PROFILE OF A GANG SHOOTING.
FOR STARTERS, THERE WAS THE TIME OF DAY.
IT HAPPENED BETWEEN 7:00 AND 7:30 IN THE MORNING
IN ABSOLUTE BROAD DAYLIGHT.
Narrator: THERE WAS ANOTHER REASON
POLICE BELIEVED THE CRIME WASN'T GANG-RELATED.
THE VICTIM WAS DRESSED MORE LIKE A WHITE-COLLAR BUSINESS TYPE
THAN SOME STREET CRIMINAL.
THERE HE WAS IN HIS SUIT AND TIE, WALKING TO WORK --
GUNNED DOWN.
Narrator: BUT WHO WAS THIS MAN, AND WHY HAD HE BEEN TARGETED?
AS CRIME-SCENE TECHS BEGAN PROCESSING THE SCENE,
DETECTIVES STARTED QUESTIONING EYEWITNESSES.
AS SOON AS I TURN AROUND -- "CLICK, CLICK, CLICK."
JUST SHOT HIM.
ACCORDING TO SEVERAL OF THEM,
THE VICTIM HAD BEEN WALKING DOWN THE STREET,
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER MORNING COMMUTER.
Peele: HE STOPPED FOR COFFEE.
BOUGHT A CUP OF COFFEE FOR A HOMELESS MAN.
HEY, MR. C., HOW YOU DOING?
ALL RIGHT.
OH, THANK YOU.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
AND THEN HE WALKED UP THE SIDEWALK.
Narrator: SECONDS LATER,
A MASKED STRANGER WIELDING A SHOTGUN
RAN UP TO THE MAN AND OPENED FIRE.
SHOOTS HIM WITH A SLUG RIGHT ACROSS THE TOP OF HIS TORSO,
KIND OF IN HIS SHOULDER.
Narrator: WHEN THE VICTIM FELL TO THE GROUND,
THE SHOOTER HOVERED OVER HIM AND UNLOADED A SECOND SHOT...
[ GUNSHOT ]
...AT POINT-BLANK RANGE.
HE EJECTED ANOTHER SHELL
AND PUT A LOAD OF BUCKSHOT IN THE GUN,
AND HE SHOT HIM IN THE FACE.
AND HE BLEW ABOUT HALF HIS FACE OFF.
Krum: THERE ARE TWO SHOTGUN SHELLS AT THE SCENE,
AND THE ONLY OTHER PIECE WAS HIS GLASSES,
AS THEY FLEW OFF HIS HEAD UPON IMPACT.
Narrator: WITNESSES CLAIM THE MASKED GUNMAN
THEN RAN BACK ACROSS THE STREET,
JUMPED INTO A WHITE VAN, AND SPED AWAY.
INVESTIGATORS ASKED THEM IF THEY COULD DESCRIBE THE SHOOTER,
BUT MOST HAD A HARD TIME RECALLING ANY SPECIFICS.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN REMEMBER
THAT STOOD OUT ABOUT THIS GUY?
HE WAS TALL, SLIM, UH, DRESSED ALL IN BLACK.
HE LOOKED TO BE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENTLEMAN,
BUT HE HAD A SKI MASK UP TO HIS EYES.
THEY WERE VERY GENERIC IN THEIR DESCRIPTION
OR ABILITY TO IDENTIFY ANYONE.
Narrator: BASED ON THE FACT
THAT THE SHOOTER'S FACE HAD BEEN CONCEALED,
POLICE WONDERED IF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AN ARMED ROBBERY
GONE AWRY.
MAYBE SOMEONE TRIED TO ROB HIM, OR WHATEVER,
AND HE GOT KILLED.
Narrator: BUT WHAT POLICE FOUND NEXT ARGUED OTHERWISE.
THE VICTIM STILL HAD CASH ON HIM,
AND HIS WALLET WAS STILL IN HIS BACK POCKET.
DETECTIVE, YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THIS.
I LEARNED THAT THE VICTIM WAS MR. CHAUNCEY BAILEY.
THE NAME CHAUNCEY BAILEY WAS KNOWN NOT ONLY TO INVESTIGATORS,
BUT TO NEARLY EVERYONE IN OAKLAND.
THE SON OF A FACTORY WORKER,
CHAUNCEY GREW UP ON OAKLAND'S EAST SIDE.
SADDLED WITH A CHILDHOOD SPEECH IMPEDIMENT,
CHAUNCEY TURNED TO THE WRITTEN WORD
AS MEANS OF SELF-EXPRESSION.
Cooley: EVEN BACK THEN,
SOMETIMES YOU'D ACTUALLY SEE HIM WRITING ON A LITTLE PAD.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LITTLE REPORTER LIVING IN OUR HOUSE
A LOT SOONER THAN WE ALL THOUGHT.
Narrator: CHAUNCEY EVENTUALLY EARNED A DEGREE IN JOURNALISM.
HE WORKED AT A NUMBER OF MAJOR NEWSPAPERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
CHAMPIONING THE PLIGHT OF THE WORKING POOR.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES IN THE INNER CITY
THAT DON'T GET COVERED BY THE "MAINSTREAM" MEDIA,
BUT CHAUNCEY WOULD GO AND COVER THOSE STORIES,
AND HE WOULD GIVE VOICE
TO PEOPLE THAT USUALLY WERE VOICELESS.
Narrator: THAT EMPATHY, COMBINED WITH A LOVE FOR HIS HOMETOWN,
ULTIMATELY LED CHAUNCEY BACK TO OAKLAND
AND A JOB AT THE PRESTIGIOUS OAKLAND TRIBUNE.
Peele: WHEN HE WORKED FOR THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE,
HE COVERED AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
Narrator: CHAUNCEY'S WORK IN OAKLAND'S BLACK COMMUNITY
WASN'T RESTRICTED TO THE PRINTED PAGE.
HE ALSO PRODUCED A LOCAL CABLE SHOW CALLED "SOUL BEAT,"
WHICH PROFILED
PROMINENT AFRICAN-AMERICAN-OWNED BUSINESSES --
BUSINESSES LIKE DR. YUSUF BEY'S BAKERY,
KNOWN SIMPLY AS YOUR BLACK MUSLIM BAKERY.
Krum: THIS WAS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN-OWNED BUSINESS,
WHICH, DESPITE THE VERY LARGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION,
WE HAVE DISPROPORTIONATELY LOW NUMBERS
OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN-OWNED STORES.
I WANT TO EMPOWER BLACK MEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
TO ME, THAT IS PARAMOUNT.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO DR. BEY,
THE GOAL OF YOUR BLACK MUSLIM BAKERY
WAS NOT JUST TO SELL BAKED GOODS
TO THE LOCAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,
BUT TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
TO DISENFRANCHISED YOUNG MAN.
FOLLOW LEADERSHIP THAT'S UNCOMFORTABLE,
THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR MIND.
FOLLOW LEADERSHIP THAT TEACHES THINGS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE
BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE SOMETHING YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
DR. BEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE SAW EXAMPLES
THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO ALWAYS HAVE YOUR HAND OUT --
THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR
AND BECOME SUCCESSFUL YOURSELF.
THE COMMUNITY SAW YOUR BLACK MUSLIM BAKERY
AS A PLACE THAT WAS EMPOWERING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
Butler: CHAUNCEY MADE A VIDEO THERE
OF PEOPLE COMING DOWN TO THE BAKERY,
AND HE WAS TELLING HIS FRIENDS,
"THIS IS A BLACK BUSINESS. COME HERE AND SUPPORT IT."
Narrator: BETWEEN HIS WORK AT THE TRIBUNE
AND HIS WORK PLUGGING BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES
LIKE DR. BEY'S BAKERY,
CHAUNCEY BAILEY HAD BECOME ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE FACES
IN ALL OF OAKLAND.
BUT, AS THE BLOODY CRIME SCENE ON THE CORNER OF ALICE AND 14th
WOULD ATTEST,
NOT EVERYONE IN OAKLAND WAS A FAN OF CHAUNCEY BAILEY'S WORK,
AND WHEN THE REASONS BEHIND HIS *** WERE FINALLY REVEALED,
IT WOULD LEAVE THE ENTIRE CITY OF OAKLAND IN A STATE OF SHOCK.
Narrator: IN A CITY WHERE GUN VIOLENCE
SEEMS TO ROLL ACROSS TOWN LIKE BAD WEATHER,
IT'S EASY TO SEE HOW FOLKS IN OAKLAND
HAVE GROWN NUMB TO TALES OF ***
ON THE STREETS OF THEIR CITY.
BUT IN AUGUST OF 2007,
ONE CRIME STOPPED THE CITY DEAD IN ITS TRACKS --
THE BRUTAL SLAYING
OF LOCAL JOURNALIST AND HOMETOWN BOY WONDER CHAUNCEY BAILEY.
PEOPLE WERE HORRIFIED AT THE BRAZEN NATURE OF THE CRIME.
THE POLICE NEEDED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
WHAT WAS HE DOING?
WHO KILLED HIM?
WHY?
Narrator: WITNESS STATEMENTS COLLECTED AT THE SCENE
SUGGESTED CHAUNCEY HAD BEEN THE VICTIM
OF SOME SHOTGUN-TOTING THIEF.
[ GUNSHOT ]
BUT WHEN A SEARCH OF CHAUNCEY'S PERSON
REVEALED HIS WALLET AND HIS CASH HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED,
POLICE WONDERED IF CHAUNCEY HAD BEEN AN ACCIDENTAL TARGET.
HE HADN'T REALLY MADE ANY ENEMIES,
AND SO, MY FIRST THOUGHT
WAS HE JUST HAPPENED TO BE A RANDOM VICTIM.
Narrator: HOWEVER, ONE EYEWITNESS WAS POSITIVE
CHAUNCEY WAS THE KILLER'S INTENDED VICTIM.
HEY, DETECTIVE. SHE SAW SOMETHING.
YOU MAY WANT TO TALK TO HER.
SHE HAS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, YOU'RE THE DRIVER OF THE BUS?
YES, SIR, I AM.
JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOOTING,
A CITY BUS DRIVER WAS IDLING AT A STOP
NEXT TO A DOWNTOWN APARTMENT BUILDING
WHEN A MASKED GUNMAN APPROACHED HER BUS.
A MAN CAME RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET, WEARING ALL BLACK,
AND HE HAD A GUN.
Longmire: WHEN SHE WITNESSED HIM,
SHE CLOSED THE DOOR.
AS THE YOUNG MAN APPROACHED THE BUS,
HE LOOKED ON TO THE FRONT THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR
AND THEN RAN ALONG THE SIDEWALK, LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS
AS HE RAN TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE BUS.
IT APPEARED TO HER
THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR.
Narrator: WAS THE GUNMAN
SCOPING OUT THE BUS IN SEARCH OF CHAUNCEY?
IT CERTAINLY SEEMED THAT WAY,
ESPECIALLY ONCE INVESTIGATORS
LEARNED THAT EARLIER THAT MORNING,
A STRANGE MAN HAD BEEN SPOTTED
HANGING OUT IN FRONT OF CHAUNCEY'S APARTMENT BUILDING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY, "HANGING AROUND OUTSIDE,"
WHAT WAS HIS MOOD?
WHAT WAS HIS ACTIONS?
WELL, HE WAS JUST KIND OF PACING AROUND,
AND HE SEEMED KIND OF PISSED OFF,
LIKE HE WAS WAITING ON SOMEBODY.
Longmire: MY SENSE WAS THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS VERY PERSONAL.
IT WAS VERY DELIBERATE.
Narrator: BUT WHO IN OAKLAND WOULD WANT
TO STALK AND ULTIMATELY KILL CHAUNCEY BAILEY?
NO SOONER HAD POLICE POSED THAT QUESTION
THAN INVESTIGATORS AT THE SCENE
GOT A TIP FROM SOMEONE CLOSE TO CHAUNCEY --
HIS BOSS, NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER PAUL COBB.
LOOK, THERE'S SOME STUFF I THINK YOU NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT CHAUNCEY BAILEY.
AND MR. COBB PROCEEDED TO TELL ME
ABOUT A NUMBER OF THEORIES THAT HE HAD
AS TO WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO MR. BAILEY.
HE WAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE REPORTER.
WHEN HE GOT HIS TEETH IN A STORY, THERE WAS NO LETTING GO.
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO HE PISSED OFF.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO PAUL COBB,
CHAUNCEY'S TENACIOUS COVERAGE OF HOT-BUTTON RACIAL TOPICS
HAD EARNED HIM MORE THAN A FEW ENEMIES
IN OAKLAND'S BLACK COMMUNITY.
HE WAS A HARSH CRITIC OF SOME PEOPLE WITHIN HIS OWN COMMUNITY
ABOUT HOW THINGS WERE BEING DONE.
HE DIDN'T MINCE WORDS, AND HE DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE FRIENDS.
Narrator: WAS IT POSSIBLE CHAUNCEY'S HARD-NOSED REPORTING
HAD COST HIM HIS LIFE?
WHEN INVESTIGATORS DUG INTO SOME
OF CHAUNCEY'S PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND,
THEY DISCOVERED HIS DAYS AS AN INCENDIARY PUBLIC VOICE
WERE LARGELY A THING OF THE PAST.
HIS TV SHOW HAD BEEN CANCELED A FEW MONTHS EARLIER,
AND SQUABBLES WITH MANAGEMENT AT THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE
HAD LED TO HIS RECENT TERMINATION,
FORCING CHAUNCEY TO TAKE A GIG AT A MUCH SMALLER WEEKLY PAPER.
CHAUNCEY'S CAREER WAS IN A VERY SHARP DESCENT.
Narrator: IF CHAUNCEY'S PROFESSIONAL LIFE
DIDN'T OFFER ANY OBVIOUS LEADS, PERHAPS HIS PERSONAL LIFE MIGHT.
IN SPEAKING TO SEVERAL OF CHAUNCEY'S FRIENDS,
POLICE DISCOVERED THAT CHAUNCEY'S CAREER
MIGHT HAVE HIT A ROUGH PATCH,
BUT WHEN IT CAME TO THE LADIES,
HE WAS STILL FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS.
HE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WALKING UP TO A WOMAN
AND TALKING TO HER.
HE JUST HAD THAT KIND OF PERSONA.
IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE HAPPENED TO BE AN ABUNDANCE
OF EDUCATED, SHARP, SMOOTH BLACK LADIES
LOOKING FOR A RIGHT KIND OF GUY.
CHAUNCEY WAS LIVING IT.
HE WAS A SINGLE MALE, AND HE ENJOYED DATING.
Narrator: IN FACT, CHAUNCEY
HAD NO PROBLEM DATING SEVERAL WOMEN AT THE SAME TIME --
MANY OF WHOM, RUMOR HAD IT, WEREN'T SINGLE THEMSELVES.
HEY, PATRICE. WHAT'S GOING ON?
YEAH, I WANT TO SEE YOU TONIGHT, TOO.
OH, I KNOW HE'S THERE,
BUT HE AIN'T GONNA BE THERE LATER.
WOULD HE MESS AROUND WITH ANY MARRIED WOMEN?
HE POSSIBLY HAD A FEW MARRIED ONES IN THERE.
Joyner: THE INCLINATION I HAD
AND THE INFORMATION WE WERE GETTING FROM PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM
WAS THIS WAS POSSIBLY RELATED TO A LOVE-TRIANGLE THING.
Narrator: SCORNED LOVERS, JEALOUS EX-HUSBANDS --
IT SUDDENLY SEEMED A WHOLE HEAP OF FOLKS IN OAKLAND
MIGHT HAVE CAUSE TO *** CHAUNCEY BAILEY.
BUT LITTLE DID INVESTIGATORS REALIZE,
THE CASE WOULD LEAD THEM TO THE DOORSTEP
OF ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MEN IN THE CITY --
A MAN WHO'D STOP AT NOTHING, NOT EVEN ***,
TO ENSURE THAT CRIME IN OAKLAND ALWAYS PAID.
[ GUNSHOT ]
Narrator: DESPITE WHAT NEIGHBORS IN SAN FRAN, BERKELEY,
OR OTHER MORE INSULAR BAY-AREA ENCLAVES MIGHT TELL YOU,
OAKLAND ISN'T JUST ONE BIG CRIME SCENE WAITING TO HAPPEN.
THE HILLS ABOVE TOWN ARE HOME TO SOME BREATHTAKING VISTAS,
AND THE CITY IS HOME TO MORE SUNNY DAYS
THAN JUST ABOUT ANY PLACE IN AMERICA.
BUT IN AUGUST OF 2007,
A DARK CLOUD OF CONTROVERSY WAS FORMING OVER OAKTOWN.
BELOVED LOCAL JOURNALIST CHAUNCEY BAILEY
HAD BEEN GUNNED DOWN ON HIS WAY TO WORK,
AND POLICE HAD YET TO IDENTIFY A POSSIBLE SUSPECT.
Reynolds: PEOPLE WERE PRETTY UPSET
THAT, BASICALLY, THE MAN'S HEAD GOT BLOWN OFF.
I KNOW CERTAIN PEOPLE WERE VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT.
THEY WERE VERY SHOCKED AT HOW CALLOUS IT APPEARED.
Narrator: BUT IN SPEAKING WITH CHAUNCEY'S FRIENDS,
DETECTIVES WERE NOW ENTERTAINING THE POSSIBILITY
THAT CHAUNCEY'S TANGLED LOVE LIFE
MIGHT HAVE LED TO HIS DEMISE.
DID HE GET CAUGHT UP WITH THE WRONG GIRL?
DID SHE DO IT TO HIM, OR DID SHE HAVE HER BOYFRIEND DO IT?
Narrator: TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION,
INVESTIGATORS LOOKED INTO NEARLY ALL
OF CHAUNCEY'S LADY FRIENDS --
MANY OF WHOM HAD BOYFRIENDS OR EVEN HUSBANDS.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT CHAUNCEY BAILEY.
WERE YOU ROMANTIC?
WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?
WERE YOU INTIMATE?
REALLY?
YEAH.
THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF ALL YOU BEING HERE?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
CHAUNCEY'S PLAYBOY LIFESTYLE
WAS CERTAINLY A BONE OF CONTENTION
WITH SEVERAL EX-LOVERS,
BUT NONE OF THEM COULD THINK OF ANYONE
WHO'D DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO CHAUNCEY.
I WAS SHOCKED.
UM...I WAS DEVASTATED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT SOMEBODY
WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HIM.
I DON'T THINK CHAUNCEY HAD ANY ENEMIES.
WHY WOULD HE?
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE
THAT WOULD WANT TO HURT CHAUNCEY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY ALL HAD SOLID ALIBIS
FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR BOYFRIENDS.
HAVING EXHAUSTED THE JEALOUS-GIRLFRIEND ANGLE,
INVESTIGATORS DECIDED TO CIRCLE BACK
TO EYEWITNESS STATEMENTS COLLECTED AT THE SCENE,
HOPING THEY MIGHT HAVE OVERLOOKED SOME CLUES.
IN DOING SO,
THEY STUMBLED ACROSS A COUPLE OF NEW DETAILS --
DETAILS THAT RELATED TO THE DESCRIPTION
OF THE *** WEAPON.
THE GUNMAN HAD A LITTLE CUT-DOWN PISTOL-GRIP SHOTGUN.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
CROSS-REFERENCED THE EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE *** WEAPON WITH SHELL CASINGS FOUND AT THE SCENE.
BY LOOKING AT THE FIREARM-PRINT IMPRESSION ON THE SHOT SHELL,
I COULD DETERMINE THAT IT WAS A 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN.
Narrator: ALL OF WHICH PAINTED A VERY DETAILED PICTURE
OF THE GUN THAT WAS USED TO KILL CHAUNCEY BAILEY.
THE *** WEAPON WAS A PUMP SHOTGUN,
MEANING YOU HAVE TO PUMP IT IN ORDER TO GET READY.
YOU TAKE THE SHOT.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A SECOND SHOT, YOU HAVE TO PUMP IT AGAIN.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS FIGURED THERE WAS A CHANCE
THE GUN HAD BEEN USED IN OTHER CRIMES IN THE AREA.
THEY DUG THROUGH RECENT INCIDENT REPORTS,
AND IN DOING SO, DISCOVERED A RASH OF CRIMES
THAT SEEMED TO INVOLVE SIMILAR 12-GAUGE SHOTGUNS.
IN DECEMBER OF 2006, THERE IS A CAR SHOOTING.
THE NEXT MAJOR THING THAT HAPPENS
IS A VERY UNFORTUNATE KIDNAPPING THAT OCCURRED IN MAY OF 2007.
Narrator: FOLLOWING UP ON THESE REPORTS,
DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING CHAUNCEY'S ***
TRACKED DOWN AND INTERVIEWED SOME OF THE WITNESSES
FROM THE EARLIER SHOTGUN CRIMES.
THEY SOON LEARNED THAT NOT ONLY HAD A FEW OF THESE WITNESSES
I.D.'d THE SHOTGUNS.
THEY'D ALSO IDENTIFIED THE MEN WHO WERE WIELDING THEM.
ACCORDING TO THE WITNESSES,
THEY WEREN'T YOUR USUAL BRAND OF O-TOWN GANGSTERS.
THEY WERE BAKERS.
THE PRIMARY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING
WERE SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF YOUR BLACK MUSLIM BAKERY.
Narrator: YOUR BLACK MUSLIM BAKERY?
THE BAKERY HAD LONG BEEN A BEDROCK
OF OAKLAND'S BLACK COMMUNITY --
A PLACE THAT WORKED TO KEEP YOUNG MEN OFF THE STREETS.
INVESTIGATORS WERE SKEPTICAL.
Peele: NONE OF THAT, AT ALL, ADDED UP.
IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.
Narrator: ENTER THE FBI.
Man: THESE GUYS ARE BAD.
THEY'RE NOT HERE TO HELP.
THEY'RE HERE TO CAUSE TROUBLE.
ACCORDING TO THE FEDS, A RECENT INVESTIGATION ON THEIR PART
REVEALED SOME
OF YOUR BLACK MUSLIM BAKERY'S MORE RECENT HIRES
HADN'T TAKEN THE COMPANY'S POSITIVE MESSAGE TO HEART.
Peele: THEY WERE REALLY JUST THUGS --
SHADY, IF NOT OUTWARDLY CRIMINAL.
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THESE GUYS FOR A WHILE.
WE KNEW THEY WERE BAD.
WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW BAD UNTIL LATELY.
SO, YOU THINK THEY'RE CAPABLE OF ***?
PROBABLY, BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL FOR SURE.
Narrator: BUT EVEN IF SOME OF THE NEW GUYS
WORKING AT YOUR BLACK MUSLIM BAKERY WERE BAD SEEDS,
INVESTIGATORS COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT HAD
TO DO WITH CHAUNCEY BAILEY'S ***.
CHAUNCEY USED TO GO TO THE BAKERY.
HE SUPPORTED THE BAKERY.
Narrator: ONE WAY OR THE OTHER,
DETECTIVES KNEW THEY NEEDED TO GET INSIDE THE BAKERY, AND FAST.
ON AUGUST 3rd,
A COALITION OF FEDERAL AND STATE POLICE AGENCIES
STORMED THE BAKERY,
ALONG WITH THE ADJACENT APARTMENT,
WHERE MANY OF THE SUSPECTS LIVED.
Man: ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
SO, WE ALL KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THESE GUYS ARE.
LET'S THEM FAST. LET'*** THEM HARD.
WATCH YOUR BACKS.
[ GUN *** ]
THERE WERE OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS,
ALAMEDA POLICE DEPARTMENT,
AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD A LARGE NUMBER.
THESE COPS WERE EVERYWHERE -- JUST ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE.
OPEN THE DOOR.
GET ON THE GROUND!
GET ON THE GROUND NOW!
SPREAD YOUR ARMS!
Narrator: INSIDE THE APARTMENT, POLICE ARRESTED SEVERAL SUSPECTS
THEY BELIEVED MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN THE SHOTGUN CRIMES.
THEY ALSO RECOVERED A GIANT CACHE OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION,
INCLUDING A NUMBER OF 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN SHELLS.
Bennett: THE INVESTIGATORS WERE VERY KEEN
TO FIND OUT WHETHER THOSE CASINGS
WERE RELATED TO THE SAME GUN USED TO SHOOT CHAUNCEY BAILEY.
Narrator: UNFORTUNATELY, MAKING THAT CONNECTION
WOULD BE HARD WITHOUT THE ACTUAL GUN IN HAND.
THAT'S WHEN SOMETHING TRULY UNEXPECTED HAPPENED.
AS COPS SEARCHED INSIDE THE APARTMENT,
THE EVIDENCE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR
LITERALLY LANDED AT THE FEET OF AN OFFICER POSTED OUTSIDE.
Krum: AS THEY HIT THE DOOR,
WITHIN SECONDS OF OFFICERS SCREAMING,
YOU KNOW, "SHERIFF'S OFFICE! WARRANT! SHERIFF'S OFFICE!"
THE ALAMEDA OFFICER SEES A DARK, LONG ITEM FLY OUT THE WINDOW.
OVER HERE.
Man: WHERE'D IT COME FROM?
IT FELL DOWN FROM THE SECOND-FLOOR WINDOW HERE.
IT WAS A MOSSBERG PUMP-ACTION SHOTGUN, ALSO A 12-GAUGE.
OKAY. LET'S TAG IT AND SEND IT OFF TO BALLISTICS.
Narrator: AS INVESTIGATORS RUSH THE SHOTGUN
AND THE SHELL CASINGS BACK TO THE CRIME LAB,
DEPUTIES TRACK DOWN THE INDIVIDUAL
WHO TOSSED THE GUN FROM THE WINDOW.
Longmire: WHEN THE DEPUTIES REACHED THAT ROOM...
...THERE WAS ONLY ONE YOUNG MAN IN THAT ROOM.
THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM AS THE YOUNG MAN THAT THREW IT.
Narrator: AS THE OFFICERS WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES
PROCESSED THE EVIDENCE COLLECTED IN THE RAID...
CAN I AT LEAST GET MY SHOES, MAN?
...POLICE HAULED THEIR NEW SUSPECT
BACK TO THE STATION FOR QUESTIONING.
THE YOUNG MAN'S NAME WAS DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD,
AN EX-CON WITH A HISTORY OF VIOLENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR,
WHO'D JUST BEEN HIRED ON AT THE BAKERY.
IF YOU WERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN,
YOU COULD GO TO THE BAKERY AND OFTEN GET HIRED,
WHERE NO ONE ELSE IS GONNA HIRE YOU.
Narrator: BROUSSARD'S LENGTHY CRIMINAL RECORD
CERTAINLY INDICATED HE WAS CAPABLE OF ***,
BUT UNTIL BALLISTICS PROVED THE SHOTGUN HE TOSSED OUT THE WINDOW
WAS THE ONE USED TO KILL CHAUNCEY BAILEY,
ALL POLICE COULD DO WAS PRESS FOR A CONFESSION.
THEY DIDN'T GET ONE.
WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS, "WHY DID YOU DO IT?"
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WHEN IMMEDIATELY CONFRONTED WITH, "DID YOU COMMIT A ***?"
CLEARLY THE MAN'S GONNA SAY NO.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS.
Narrator: DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TALKING,
BUT THE EVIDENCE SURE WAS.
ON AUGUST 3rd,
THE BALLISTICS REPORT ON BROUSSARD'S PUMP-ACTION SHOTGUN
CAME BACK FROM THE LAB.
Bennett: I FOUND THE SAME SET OF IMPERFECTIONS
BETWEEN THE MOSSBERG SHOTGUN
AND THE SHOT SHELLS FROM THE BAILEY SCENE,
AND SO, I WAS ABLE TO CONCLUDE FROM THAT
THAT THAT PUMP-ACTION MOSSBERG
WAS THE ONE THAT KILLED CHAUNCEY BAILEY.
Narrator: ARMED WITH THIS EVIDENCE,
INVESTIGATORS LEANED IN ON DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD.
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.
DID YOU *** CHAUNCEY BAILEY?
YEAH.
I ROLLED UP ON HIM WITH A SHOTGUN,
AND I HIT HIM THREE TIMES.
BROUSSARD TELLS HIM THAT HE SHOT BAILEY TWICE IN THE BODY,
AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND,
AND HE SHOT HIM THEN IN THE HEAD.
Narrator: IT SEEMED POLICE HAD THEIR KILLER,
BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T SIT QUITE RIGHT
ABOUT DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD'S CONFESSION --
NAMELY, HE REFUSED TO EXPLAIN WHY HE KILLED CHAUNCEY BAILEY.
ALL DEVAUGHNDRE WOULD ADMIT WAS THAT HE'D ACTED ALONE.
HE TAKES CREDIT FOR THE ENTIRE ***.
HE'D SAID THE MAGIC WORDS -- "I SHOT HIM."
HE'S CHARGED WITH THE ***.
OKAY, DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD,
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR THE *** OF CHAUNCEY BAILEY.
STAND UP, PLEASE.
Narrator: THEY MAY HAVE HAD DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD
ON THE BOOKS FOR *** ONE,
BUT COPS WEREN'T READY TO CLOSE THE CASE JUST YET.
CONVINCED THERE WAS MORE TO BROUSSARD'S STORY,
THEY TURNED ONCE AGAIN
TO EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE SHOOTING.
WE HAVE CIVILIANS WHO SEE BROUSSARD, AFTER THE SHOOTING,
GET INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VAN,
AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ALREADY ILLUMINATED WHEN HE DOES SO,
THUS, OBVIOUSLY, SHOWING US
THAT THERE'S AT LEAST A DRIVER IN THE VAN
IN ADDITION TO THE SHOOTER.
Narrator: IT ALSO MEANT THAT AT LEAST PART
OF DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD'S CONFESSION
WAS AN OUT-AND-OUT LIE.
BUT DID IT ALSO MEAN THERE WAS A CONSPIRACY
TO *** CHAUNCEY BAILEY?
IF SO, WHO WAS BEHIND IT?
IN A TOWN WHERE GOOD NEWS IS OFTEN IN SHORT SUPPLY,
FOLKS IN OAKLAND
WEREN'T SURE THEY WANTED TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
Narrator: ONE OF THE MANY SIDE EFFECTS
OF OAKLAND'S HIGH CRIME RATE
IS THAT THE POLICE FORCE IS CONSTANTLY STRETCHED TO THE MAX.
Peele: IT'S OAKLAND.
THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH RESOURCES
TO THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE EVERY ***.
Narrator: THAT'S WHY THERE WAS A COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF
ACROSS THE CITY WHEN POLICE ANNOUNCED
THAT DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED
WITH THE *** OF BELOVED JOURNALIST CHAUNCEY BAILEY.
Peele: YOU'VE GOT BROUSSARD SAYING HE DID IT.
THAT'S WHERE IT SEEMED TO STOP.
Narrator: OR DID IT?
BEHIND THE SCENES, INVESTIGATORS
HAD ALREADY DETERMINED THAT DEVAUGHNDRE HADN'T ACTED ALONE.
BUT IF BROUSSARD WAS JUST A PUPPET IN A LARGER CONSPIRACY,
WHO WAS THE PUPPET MASTER?
AS INVESTIGATORS WERE PONDERING THAT QUESTION,
THEY RECEIVED ANOTHER TIP FROM PAUL COBB,
CHAUNCEY BAILEY'S BOSS AND PUBLISHER OF THE OAKLAND POST --
A TIP HE'D NEGLECTED TO SHARE WITH THEM
DURING THEIR INITIAL MEETING AT THE CRIME SCENE.
I SHOULD PROBABLY LET YOU KNOW WHAT HE WAS WORKING ON
BEFORE HE WAS MURDERED.
MR. COBB, THE EDITOR OF THE OAKLAND POST,
EVENTUALLY TELLS POLICE
THAT BAILEY WAS WORKING ON A STORY ABOUT THE BAKERY.
CHAUNCEY WAS WRITING AN EXPOSé
ON THE YOUR BLACK MUSLIM BAKERY.
Narrator: ACCORDING THE COBB,
CHAUNCEY HAD GOTTEN WIND OF THE SHOTGUN CRIMES
PERPETRATED BY SOME OF THE BAKERY'S NEW EMPLOYEES,
WHICH PROMPTED CHAUNCEY
TO TAKE A MORE CRITICAL LOOK AT THE BAKERY'S OPERATION.
IN DOING SO, CHAUNCEY STUMBLED ACROSS EVIDENCE
OF FRAUDULENT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS,
FIRST COMMITTED BY THE BAKERY'S FOUNDER, DR. YUSUF BEY,
AND THEN EXPANDED UPON BY HIS GRANDSON YUSUF IV.
Butler: CHAUNCEY LEARNED ONE OF THE GUYS
WHO WAS ONE OF BEY'S, YOU KNOW, LIEUTENANTS
WENT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL
AND ASKED FOR A LOAN FOR LIKE $1 MILLION.
Peele: YUSUF BEY IV THAN STOPPED PAYING THE FINANCE COMPANY.
HE ALSO STOPPED PAYING WITHHOLDING TAXES
FOR HIS EMPLOYEES TO THE IRS AND INCOME TAX TO THE IRS,
SO HE WAS IMMEDIATELY -- HE FELL INTO $1 MILLION WORTH OF DEBT.
HAD NO WAY OUT OF IT.
Narrator: UNLESS, OF COURSE, THE BAKERY
COULD FIND SOME OTHER WAY TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY.
AND IN SNIFFING AROUND,
CHAUNCEY DISCOVERED HOW THE ORGANIZATION HAD OPTED
TO INCREASE THEIR CASH FLOW -- ORGANIZED CRIME.
Peele: HOME-INVASION ROBBERY, STEALING OF CARS,
KIDNAPPING, AND TORTURE.
Longmire: AND THE BAKERY'S ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS
WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF SPIDERING, A LOT OF WEBS,
AND A LOT OF CONNECTIONS OF VARIOUS PEOPLES AND ALIAS NAMES
THAT MADE IT MORE OF A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
THAN JUST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE NOT BEHAVING.
THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION IS CORRUPT.
I'M TALKING KIDNAPPING HERE,
***, ***, EXTORTION.
THESE ARE SOME BAD, BAD DUDES.
Narrator: CHAUNCEY WAS SO MORTIFIED BY THE NETWORK
OF CRIMES HE'D UNCOVERED,
HE DECIDED TO WRITE A WATERGATE-STYLE EXPOSé
ON THE SUBJECT --
ONE HE HOPED WOULD BRING THE BAKERY TO ITS KNEES.
AND WHEN THE BAKERY REALIZED WHAT CHAUNCEY WAS UP TO,
THEY DECIDED THEY HAD TO TAKE HIM OUT.
Longmire: MR. COBB THOUGHT THAT BAILEY'S ***
MIGHT HAVE COME AT THE HANDS OF MEMBERS OF THE BAKERY
BECAUSE MR. BAILEY HAD BEEN WRITING ARTICLES
ON SOME OF THE ECONOMIC WOES OF THE BAKERY.
I BELIEVE THEY KILLED CHAUNCEY.
THEY DID IT TO SILENCE HIM.
Narrator: IF WHAT PAUL COBB WAS SAYING WAS TRUE,
THEN CHAUNCEY BAILEY'S DEATH WASN'T JUST A HOMICIDE.
IT WAS A CONSPIRACY THE LIKES OF WHICH
HADN'T BEEN PERPETRATED ON AMERICAN SOIL IN DECADES.
Peele: THIS WAS THE FIRST DOMESTIC ***
OF A JOURNALIST IN THE UNITED STATES
WORKING ON A DOMESTIC OR LOCAL STORY IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
WE KNOW THAT IN OTHER COUNTRIES,
JOURNALISTS WHO DO THIS KIND OF WORK
ARE TARGETED AND KILLED TO KEEP STORIES FROM COMING OUT.
YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES.
Narrator: BUT THE MERE MOTIVE BEHIND CHAUNCEY'S ***
WOULDN'T BE THE MOST SHOCKING REVELATION.
INVESTIGATORS STILL NEEDED
TO SQUEEZE THE FULL STORY OUT OF THE TRIGGERMAN,
ONCE THE TRUE DEPTH OF THE CONSPIRACY WAS REVEALED,
IT WOULD ROCK THE STREETS OF OAKLAND
LIKE NO CRIME BEFORE OR SINCE.
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE DARK SIDE OF THE CITY,
GO TO investigationdiscovery.com.
Narrator: BY AUGUST OF 2007,
INVESTIGATORS WITH THE OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAD DETERMINED THAT REPORTER CHAUNCEY BAILEY
HAD BEEN MURDERED BY ONE DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD...
[ GUNSHOT ]
...A LOW-LEVEL EMPLOYEE OF YOUR BLACK MUSLIM BAKERY.
CHAUNCEY'S BOSS, PUBLISHER PAUL COBB,
BELIEVED THE ***
WAS RELATED TO AN ARTICLE CHAUNCEY WAS WORKING ON
THAT WOULD EXPOSE
THIS ONCE-REVERED LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESS
AS A RUTHLESS CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE.
THE MOTIVE BEING PRIMARILY TO KEEP CHAUNCEY BAILEY
FROM WRITING AN ARTICLE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT SHORTLY --
SOMETIME IN AUGUST OF 2007.
Narrator: BUT IN ORDER TO CHARGE ANYONE INSIDE THE BAKERY
WITH ***,
POLICE NEEDED TWO THINGS --
ONE, CONFIRMATION THAT THE ALLEGATIONS
CHAUNCEY WAS PREPARED TO PRINT ABOUT THE BAKERY WERE TRUE,
AND, TWO, POLICE NEEDED ANOTHER MORE LEGIT CONFESSION
FROM DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD.
WE NEED HIM TO BE WILLING TO TELL US WHO PUT HIM UP TO IT,
WHOSE PLAN IT WAS.
Narrator: SO INVESTIGATORS TURNED TO THE D.A.'s OFFICE,
HOPING THEY COULD HELP PUT THE SQUEEZE
ON DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD.
OUR PLAN WAS TO SEE IF ABSOLUTELY PRESSED,
FEET TO THE FIRE,
BROUSSARD WOULD FLIP
AND TELL US WHO PUT HIM UP TO IT, ET CETERA.
Narrator: THE PLAN WORKED.
AFTER NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF OF STONEWALLING,
BROUSSARD FINALLY CAME CLEAN.
HE TELLS HIS LAWYER THAT HE HAS INFORMATION ON MULTIPLE MURDERS.
HE THEN HAS HIS LAWYER CONTACT OUR OFFICE
AND MAKE A DEAL FOR HIM.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO BROUSSARD,
IT WASN'T JUST A TEAM OF WAYWARD CRIMINALS
WITHIN YOUR BLACK MUSLIM BAKERY
THAT HAD DECIDED TO TAKE CHAUNCEY BAILEY OUT.
THE ASSASSINATION ORDER
HAD COME FROM THE VERY TOP OF THE ORGANIZATION.
AND THEY CALLED ON BROUSSARD
AND ANOTHER BAKERY HENCHMEN, ANTOINE MACKEY,
TO CARRY OUT THE HIT.
YOU WANTED TO SEE US, BOSS?
BROUSSARD TELLS US THE NIGHT BEFORE CHAUNCEY'S ***,
"THE FOURTH" MAKES THE CALL THAT IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
Narrator: THE FOURTH, IN THIS CASE, WAS YUSUF BEY IV,
GRANDSON OF BAKERY FOUNDER DR. YUSUF BEY.
IN THE BAKERY OFFICE, THE FOURTH LAID OUT THE PLAN.
Y'ALL SEE THAT [BLEEP] RIGHT THERE?
TAKE THAT [BLEEP] OUT.
HE SAYS, "OKAY, WE GOT TO TAKE HIM OUT
"BECAUSE THIS ARTICLE ABOUT ME
IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS."
GET A REAL GOOD LOOK AT HIM.
HE'S A REPORTER.
HE'S GONNA BE AT THE BUS STOP ON 14th AND AVERY.
[ GUN *** ]
YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
SO, HE MAKES THE CALL.
IT'S GONNA HAPPEN THE NEXT MORNING AS BAILEY GOES TO WORK.
Narrator: BROUSSARD TOLD INVESTIGATORS
HE AND MACKEY FOLLOWED THE FOURTH'S ORDERS.
BROUSSARD PLAYED THE ROLE OF TRIGGERMAN.
[ GUNSHOT ]
AND MACKEY DROVE THE GETAWAY CAR.
FOURTH TELLS THEM, YOU KNOW, "GET IN CLOSE. SHOOT HIM.
"MAKE SURE THE [BLEEP] IS DEAD.
THERE'S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS."
SO, BROUSSARD KNEW THAT HE WASN'T TO LEAVE BAILEY
UNTIL BAILEY WAS STONE-COLD DEAD.
Narrator: BROUSSARD'S CONFESSION
NOT ONLY CONFIRMED INVESTIGATORS' THEORIES
ABOUT THE CRIME,
IT GAVE THEM THE NECESSARY AMMUNITION
TO CHARGE ANTOINE MACKEY AS AN ACCOMPLICE TO ***
AND CHARGE BAKERY OWNER YUSUF BEY IV
AS THE CRIME'S MASTERMIND.
FROM GHOST TOWN TO GRAND LAKE,
PIEDMONT PINES TO JACK LONDON PARK,
NEWS THAT ONE OF OAKLAND'S MOST REVERED BLACK BUSINESSMEN
HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH ***
HIT THE CITY LIKE A PUNCH TO THE GUT.
THE COMMUNITY REACTION WAS INTENSE,
SWIFT IN SHOCK AND HORROR.
Reynolds: I THINK THAT IN SOME WAYS,
THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAD TO SORT OF TAKE STOCK OF ITSELF,
BECAUSE THAT INSTITUTION -- THE BAKERY --
HAD BEEN SOMETHING THAT, I THINK, MANY OF US
HAD BEEN, AT ONE TIME, PROUD OF.
Narrator: IT WAS AMID THIS SWIRL OF SHOCK AND HORROR
THAT THE *** TRIAL OF YUSUF BEY IV AND ANTOINE MACKEY
GOT UNDER WAY.
IN THEIR OPENING STATEMENT, THE DEFENSE POINTED OUT
THAT THE ONLY EVIDENCE LINKING THEIR CLIENTS TO THE CRIME
WAS THE TESTIMONY OF CONVICTED FELON DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD.
MY STAR WITNESS IS A MULTIPLE MURDERER.
HE IS A SOCIOPATH.
THE ENTIRE CASE IS BASED ON HIM.
Narrator: AT LEAST UNTIL THE STATE PLAYED THEIR TRUMP CARD --
A SECURITY VIDEOTAPE
THAT SHOWED EMPLOYEES OF YOUR BLACK MUSLIM BAKERY
RANSACKING AN OAKLAND LIQUOR STORE.
LEADING THE CHARGE WAS NONE OTHER THAN YUSUF BEY IV.
SO, ONE OF THE FOURTH'S FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
WAS TO GO TO LIQUOR STORES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TRASH THEM,
ALLEGEDLY FOR SELLING ALCOHOL IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
Narrator: NEAR THE END, PROSECUTORS PAUSED THE TAPE
AND POINTED OUT A SCENE TAKING PLACE BEHIND THE STORE COUNTER.
Butler: THE GUY BEHIND THE COUNTER PULLS OUT A SHOTGUN,
AND THEY TOOK THE SHOTGUN AWAY FROM HIM.
AND THEY LEFT WITH THE SHOTGUN.
Narrator: THE SHOTGUN WAS A 12-GAUGE, PUMP-ACTION MOSSBERG.
YOU HAVE A SHOTGUN STOLEN FROM A LIQUOR STORE.
IT ENDS UP KILLING CHAUNCEY BAILEY.
Narrator: AS FOR THE MAN
WHO STOLE THE GUN RIGHT OUT OF THE STORE OWNER'S HANDS?
IT WAS NONE OTHER THAN YUSUF BEY IV.
NOW WE'VE GOT THIS *** WEAPON
SOME MONTHS PRIOR TO THE CHAUNCEY BAILEY ***,
AND WE CAN PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF THE FOURTH.
Narrator: IN THE END, THE VIDEO,
COUPLED WITH THE TESTIMONY OF DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD,
WAS ENOUGH FOR THE JURY
TO FIND YUSUF BEY IV AND ANTOINE MACKEY GUILTY OF ***.
BOTH MEN WERE SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.
IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS TESTIMONY,
TRIGGERMAN DEVAUGHNDRE BROUSSARD RECEIVED 25 YEARS.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS A SENSE OF RELIEF THAT IT WAS FINALLY OVER.
Reynolds: THERE WAS DEFINITELY UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION.
PEOPLE WERE REALLY PLEASED
THAT THESE GUYS HAD BEEN PROPERLY PUNISHED.
Narrator: IN THE WAKE OF THE VERDICT,
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES
OF YOUR BLACK MUSLIM BAKERY CONTINUED TO MOUNT.
WHEN EVERYTHING WAS SAID AND DONE, MORE THAN 10 EMPLOYEES,
INCLUDING BAKERY FOUNDER DR. YUSUF BEY,
WERE INDICTED FOR MORE THAN 27 CRIMES.
THOUGH DR. BEY DIED BEFORE HE COULD BE CONVICTED,
THE OTHER NINE WERE FOUND GUILTY AND ARE SERVING PRISON SENTENCES
RANGING FROM FOUR YEARS TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.
IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THE FAMILIES
AND SO IMPORTANT TO OUR LAW-ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY
AND SO IMPORTANT TO THE MEDIA,
WHO HAD BECOME KIND OF MY SECONDARY VICTIMS.
Narrator: EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE BREATHING A LITTLE EASIER
WITH CHAUNCEY BAILEY'S KILLERS BEHIND BARS,
MEMBERS OF THE OAKLAND MEDIA ARE STILL HAUNTED
BY WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR DEAR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE.
TO HAVE A JOURNALIST OUT THERE TRYING TO REPORT ON AN ISSUE
AND THEN TO BE SLAIN BY THOSE HE OR SHE IS REPORTING ON
IS PRETTY CHILLING.
BAILEY'S *** WAS AN ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE,
AND THAT WAY OF LIFE BEING FREE EXPRESSION, A FREE PRESS.
Narrator: BUT PERHAPS NOBODY
HAS FELT THE FALLOUT FROM CHAUNCEY BAILEY'S ***
QUITE LIKE OAKLAND'S PERPETUALLY AT-RISK YOUNG BLACK MEN
WHO, IN A SAD TWIST OF FATE,
LOST NOT ONE, BUT TWO ROLE MODELS,
THE DAY CHAUNCEY BAILEY DIED.
WHEN YOU'RE GROWING UP, YOU'RE LIVING IN A SOCIETY
THAT LOOKS AT YOU AS A THREAT AS A BLACK MAN.
SEEING, YOU KNOW,
FOLKS WHO LOOK LIKE THEY'RE FROM THE NATION OF ISLAM,
ERECT, TALL, PROUD TO BE BLACK, DISCIPLINED --
IT MEANS A LOT.
AND SO, IT ALWAYS REALLY UPSET ME
THAT THE BAKERY FOLKS UTILIZED THAT PERSONA TO THEIR ADVANTAGE
TO BASICALLY BE THUGS IN BOW TIES.
TO ME, IT WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MURDERS
IN THE HISTORY OF OAKLAND.