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Oakland Black Muslim Family's Violent History

By AAN Staff
november 15, 2002  04:52 pm
Oakland Black Muslim Family's Violent History
Yusuf Bey and his "family" are a group of entrepreneurs and reformed ex-cons who operate a patchwork of businesses and non-profits throughout the city of Oakland. They're also that city's most prominent Black Muslims, treated with noted deference by the East Bay's political and media elite--in part because they claim to be positive role models for African-American youth. East Bay Express staff writer Chris Thompson rips off that mask in part one of his special report "Blood & Money," showing that Bey and some of his followers have left a trail of violence, brutality and fraud that stretches back nearly a decade.
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