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-Land of the Free
Waco Blunders Through Its 'Biker Shootout' Investigation
2015-12-29
Bear in mind as you read this, this is written by an author who wouldn't know a rifle bolt if he were shot with one.
The criminal-justice system in Waco, Texas, continues to boggle the mind. Last month, a grand jury in McClellan County held a marathon session to consider whether District Attorney Abel Reyna had presented enough evidence to justify indictments in the shootout at a May gathering of bikers where nine people were killed. In the wake of those killings, 177 bikers were arrested. Many proclaimed their innocence, and local authorities faced criticism for jailing so many individuals using fill-in-the-blank paperwork that didn’t differentiate among the jailed.

Still, the November grand jury session returned 106 indictments at the end of one day, some against unknown figures who hadn’t previously been arrested.
How many of them were ham sandwiches?
And the citizen jurors would reconvene at a later date to consider the fate of 80 additional bikers. This, despite the fact that leaked surveillance footage certainly seems to depict many bikers who look surprised that bullets are flying and unprepared for a gunfight, not as if they were conspiring to murder a bunch of their rivals:
Much more at the link
Posted by:badanov

#6  Yes, sarcastic. Bikers, in general, make a lot of people nervous, I think. But I've seen Rolling Thunder in D.C. a couple of times and those guys wandering around the Capitol Mall, and they were not scary then. Odd, maybe... Colorful, certainly! But also proud of their Country.
Posted by: Bobby   2015-12-29 13:45  

#5  I think Bobby was being sarcastic.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2015-12-29 10:07  

#4   but bikers are all - to the last - a waste of skin.

Bobby, did somebody cut off your Schwinn at the traffic light?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2015-12-29 10:01  

#3  In cities around the country, pressure from media outlets and protesters has forced police departments to acknowledge reports of wrongdoing that would otherwise have been suppressed. The killings of Laquan MacDonald and Noel Aguilar are two recent examples. With nine dead, the likelihood that some died by police bullets, a concerted campaign to suppress evidence, many official screw-ups, and more than 100 people facing charges, the fact that the aftermath of the Waco shootout hasn’t garnered more press attention or spurred more protests is a hugely unfortunate mistake.

That's because Black Lives Matter, but bikers are all - to the last - a waste of skin.
[A Klingon term of contempt.]
Posted by: Bobby   2015-12-29 08:05  

#2   (I also wonder if, when the AP reports that .223-caliber rifles were “the only type of weapon fired by police that day,” that includes ATF agents and all other law-enforcement officials responding to the scene.)

Appears to be at least some precedence for a Waco Federal law enforcement cock-up.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-12-29 04:11  

#1  This whole story stinks to high heaven, and keeps getting worse with each revelation.

On the L.E. side this has the smell of a drug bust (based on bad info) gone horribly wrong. Like a 'wrong number/address' raid.

With the un-ignoreable number of fatalities involved, everyone on the L.E. side felt it necessary to lie to cover up that fact.

I suspect that before all is said and done, there will only be convictions in the single (or low double) digits, and only for previous, outstanding warrants and or b.s. 'process' charges of perjury.

Posted by: Nguard   2015-12-29 01:33  

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