Longmire

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Longmire’s Relationship with Your Black Muslim Bakery Bakery, once located on San Pablo Avenue in Oakland, for decades had been controlled by its founder, Yusuf Bey, Sr., (Bey, Sr.), serving up a combination of baked goods, its own brand of Islam, and promotion of self-empowerment for the Black community. But the Bakery also came under the scrutiny of the police, who for years had investigated it for crimes ranging from welfare fraud and auto theft to sex crimes and weapons violations. In fact, the intelligence section of the OPD considered the Bakery a dangerous criminal enterprise and had kept it under investigation and surveillance for as much as 30 years.

2 After the death of Bey, Sr., in 2003, a struggle for power at the Bakery ensued, with Bey, Sr.’s immediate successor, Waajid Bey, being murdered. The next leader of the Bakery was Antar Bey (Antar), Bey, Sr.’s 24-year-old son, who also was killed in 2005. After Antar’s death, 19-year-old Bey IV (Bey, Sr.’s son) emerged as the Bakery’s leader. Following Bey IV’s takeover, the Bakery’s involvement in crime and violence escalated. Bey IV was suspected of personal involvement in the…