The Danger Signs Were There For Chauncey Bailey

The first was the shocking explosion of violence by members of the splinter black Muslim group that ran Your Black Muslim Bakery against an Arab owned liquor store in Oakland in 2005. The Muslim
assailants were livid that the store sold liquor in a predominantly black neighborhood. The store was trashed and the owners threatened.

Several of the Muslims were arrested and charged with federal hate crimes.

The offshoot black Muslims thought nothing of committing wanton acts of destruction against a Muslim owned store. That was a tip that religious and ethnic affinity meant nothing and that non-whites could be fair game for violent attacks from black activists.

The other danger sign is the troubling and long standing penchant by off-shoot black radical groups to resort to physical assaults and even gunplay to settle political and personal disagreements and disputes with other blacks. In the past, the internal violence implosion has demoralized activists, created rifts and divisions among black groups, and has and made victims and martyrs of black leaders.

The murder of Malcolm X was the first great danger sign that any dissent within a black radical organization would be met with threats, attacks, and even murder. Malcolm’s slaying touched off a brief round of near fratricidal attacks by black militants against other black militants. Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan at times was unsparing in his attack on Malcolm and other blacks that he branded as traitors and turncoats.

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