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Police Admit Wrongdoing In The Killing of Bailey

December 16, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments
By Post Staff Last week, the Oakland Police finally admitted they had botched the investigation into the murder of Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey.Deputy Chief Jeff Israel said “We definitely made a mistake,” when he referred to an account of a witness who had reported hearing Yusuf Bey IV gloating over Bailey’s death just hours after the killing. This revelation, which was recently given to the District Attorney, was acknowledged by Deputy Chief Howard Jordan. Jordan had given misleading and inaccurate statements to 60 minutes when he claimed the police learned of Bey IV’s Bakery connection to Bailey’s killing from the Post’s publisher.The police, who are being investigated by their former boss, Jerry Brown, revealed that they had surveillance tapes and inside information in their files before the killing occurred. Sgt. Derwin Longmire, who processed the crime scene also admitted he was a close friend and counselor to Bey IV. Reporters Without Borders and the Oakland Post have repeatedly asked for a federal investigation to avoid potential conflicts of interest in the investigation.
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