Prominent conservative blogger and columnist Michelle Malkin posted yesterday about the Oakland-based criminal family behind "Your Black Muslim Bakery" and the local left-wing politicians who have supported them. The "bakery" (or criminal base camp, depending on how you view it) is back on the front pages of the Bay Area newspapers after one of its young employees (?) murdered Oakland Post editor and reporter Chauncey Bailey after they had gotten word that Bailey was working on a potentially damning story. The confessed murderer said he thought he was being "a good soldier" for carrying out the brazen act.
Here’s a good snippet from Malkin’s blog post:
The SFChron’s Matier and Ross report on the political backers of Your Black Muslim Bakery. You’ll be thrilled to know that millions in federal tax dollars have been forked over to this thug enterprise (at least $1.2 million in federal redevelopment funds) and you won’t be surprised that the patrons include some usual far Left suspects–including Democrat Reps. Ron Dellums and Barbara Lee:
At the height of its power back in 1996, the splinter Muslim group – whose members were implicated in last week’s slaying of newspaper editor Chauncey Bailey – got the city to approve an advance on a $1.2 million federal redevelopment loan to launch training program for health care jobs.
Within three months, the group had burned through $275,000 without turning out a single graduate.
They did, however, spend $650 a month to lease a Cadillac.
Another $44,000 supposedly went to consulting fees, $10,500 went for security and $7,500 for advertising on a local cable station, where then-leader Yusuf Bey had a weekly TV show.
When asked to explain what was going on, the Black Muslim Bakery cadre – in one of their typical tactics – marched in unison from the bakery to City Hall, then entered the council chambers like a precision drill team, lining up along the room’s back walls.
They then asked for another $70,000 to keep the project going.
And they got it, with the council voting 6-2 to grant the funds – minus the money for the Cadillac.
“The message was very clear – we are watching you,” said City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente, who cast one of the votes against the group’s request.
The school never opened.
And the loan – one of several the council made that year to help disadvantaged businesses – was never repaid.
AND:
Same old, same old: The East Bay Express reported five years ago on the MSM’s burying of the stories of rampant corruption and crime tied to the bakery:
In May 1994, mayoral candidate Yusuf Bey organized a massive hate rally that featured disgraced Nation of Islam spokesman Khalid Muhammad ranting about the “no-good, hook-nosed Jews sucking our blood.” Yusuf Bey heaped praise upon his guest speaker and scolded Jews who objected to Muhammad’s appearance. How did the East Bay Express respond? By running a profile of Bey later that summer that treated him as a thoughtful statesman, speaking of his “life devoted to the development of economic self-reliance for Oakland’s African-American community.”
After years of horrific allegations of torture, beatings, and anti-Semitism on the part of the Bey “family,” what does state Senator Don Perata think of Yusuf Bey? “The leadership you provide should be an inspiration to all concerned over the city’s future,” Perata wrote Bey in August. You can read the senator’s words for yourself; his framed, handwritten letter sits atop the pie case in the lobby of Bey’s bakery.
When it comes to indulging the racism and alleged crimes of Yusuf Bey and some of his associates, there’s plenty of blame to go around. For two decades, ugly stories about the Beys have circulated throughout the city of Oakland, but no one in a position of power has spoken up about it. Instead, white and black leaders alike have embraced Bey as a pillar of the African-American community. Whether due to cowardice, ignorance, or Machiavellian realpolitik, government officials and media outlets have chosen inaction and silence — a choice with terrible ramifications for some Oakland residents.
And Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez has the gall to protest the contention that his party is "pro-criminal"?!
Where is the outrage in the mainstream press? A colleague has been murdered for pursuing a story. Freedom of speech has been heinously assaulted, in broad daylight, in Oakland. All of this seems eerily similar to the Left’s response to moviemaker Theo Van Gogh’s murder in the Netherlands a few years ago.
So, again, where is the outrage?
UPDATE: It seems Congresswoman Lee has had to backtrack on her past support for Your Black Muslim Bakery and its associates. Judging by the criticisms being lodged in the comments section of the article, Lee’s statement is being viewed as laughable.
August 10th, 2007 at 12:00 am
There is rarely outrage in the MSM for the criminal wing of the democrat party that inhabits our urban centers nationwide and utilizes goverment funding to perpetuate this political infrastructure.