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HATE, LOOTING, FIXATIONS

Oakland Out Of Control, Brock's Weird Fox Agenda, Franken



Oakland's recent hate-filled Islamofascism continues, as the California city aims for an official "France of the West" title. Just a bit more vandalism, looting and arson is needed to reach the goal.

The latest San Francisco Chronicle developments:

In the course of one week, New York Market in West Oakland has been vandalized and set afire, and its owner reported being kidnapped. On Wednesday, police said someone broke into the burned-out building overnight and looted what was left of the stock, including beer and cereal.

The burglary was discovered shortly after 4 a.m. during a check of the store at 3446 Market St., said Officer Danielle Bowman, an Oakland police spokeswoman.

The extent of the loss was unknown, but much of the store's merchandise already had been ruined by a fire that was reported at 1:19 a.m. Monday. Investigators say the blaze appeared to be arson.

The store's owner, Abdel "Tony" Hamdan, told police he had been kidnapped shortly before the fire broke out. He was found in the trunk of a car Monday afternoon in the parking lot of a Safeway store in El Cerrito.

Police arrested two men Tuesday on felony charges of vandalizing two West Oakland corner stores, including New York Market, on Nov. 23. In each attack, several men in suits and bow ties identifying themselves as Muslims trashed merchandise and demanded that the outlets stop selling liquor to African Americans, police said.

Arrested were Yusuf Bey IV, 19, son of the late Black Muslim leader Yusuf Bey, who founded the Your Black Muslim Bakery in North Oakland; and Donald Eugene Cunningham, 73, a bakery associate.

If the infamous Your Black Muslim Bakery, long a hotbed of Bay Area radicalism, is as involved as it now appears, isn't it time to finally boot them from their Oakland International Airport stand? I haven't seen anyone yet address this point.

UPDATE: suspects arraigned, amazingly, they'll face hate crimes charges. From the San Francisco Chronicle:

The suspected ringleaders in vandalism incidents at West Oakland liquor stores last week were arraigned today on felony hate crime, vandalism and false imprisonment charges.

Both men are associated with Your Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland, which was founded by Bey's father, Yusuf Bey, who died of cancer two years ago at the age of 67.

The charges stem from incidents late the night of Nov. 23 in which the New York Market at 3446 Market St. and the nearby San Pablo Liquor Store at 2363 San Pablo Ave. were vandalized by a group of about 11 black men dressed in business suits and bow ties who asked why a Muslim-owned store would sell liquor when it's against the teachings of Islam to do so.

Arrest warrants also have been issued for four other suspects who police believe participated in the vandalism. Those suspects are still at large.

According to a report filed in court by Oakland Sgt. Dominique Arotzarena, police believe Bey and Cunningham both led the vandalism at the San Pablo Liquor Store and that Cunningham led the violence at the New York Market.

Arotzarena said the crimes "appear to be motivated by religious beliefs and possibly race."

Cunningham is charged in connection with vandalism at both liquor stores but Bey is only charged in connection with the incident at the San Pablo Liquor Store, Rogers said.

Rogers said he charged Cunningham with four counts of false imprisonment, two hate crime counts and two counts of vandalism. There also are hate crime enhancement clauses on the false imprisonment and vandalism counts against Cunningham, Rogers said.

Bey is charged with one hate crime count, one vandalism count and three counts of false imprisonment, according to Rogers.He also faces hate crime enhancement clauses for the vandalism and false imprisonment charges.

Brown said liquor sales in the black neighborhoods in Oakland "is a big issue for the Muslim community" and "there's a lot of very high emotions."

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Oakland photo: San Francisco Chronicle, Frederic Larson, Islam image: David A Lunde