Basically, if you write the description of both down...and then 4-H or Boy Scouts instead of the bikers....well....it’s a club. Am I correct....the bikers have a monthly fee due?
Any club that chooses “We are the people our parents warned us about” as their motto is either a criminal gang or poseurs.
Probably more cops out there than Banditos (although that's a separate issue) but still an interesting factoid.
Bandidos are a gang.
They have been infiltrated for a long time and are listed as mid tier on the Texas government assessment list.
Unlike the Cossacks, who have never warranted a place on the list at any level.
Just gum flapping at affixing labels. As the complaint says, the Bandidos orgainzation is in a Texas database, identified as a criminal street gang.
Didn’t there used to be something in the Bill of Rights about the right to assemble?
prosecutors in Waco contend that not only are they gangs, but they will be able to prove they took part in a planned battle that was part of an ongoing crime turf war between the two.Here is the "sleight of hand" that passes for reasoned analysis. "They" is an identifiable group, but "they" are not accused. Individuals are accused, and the state is obliged to pony up evidence associated with individuals.
What the government is doing is guilt by association.
Which, FWIW, works in some cases, e.g., ISIS.
Long before the Bandidos motorcycle gang became an international headline for taking part in a fierce turf war at a Waco restaurant, authorities had been able to link the outlaw motorcycle gang with the violent Mexican cartel known as Los Zetas.
The Bandidos are involved in transporting and distributing cocaine and marijuana. The gang is also tied to the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine, information revealed by the U.S. Department of Justice revealed.
Because of their transnational scope, these OMGs (outlaw motorcycle gangs) are able to coordinate drug smuggling operations in partnership with major international drug-trafficking organizations (word used by federal agencies to describe Mexican Cartels), the DOJ information revealed.
LOS ZETAS GUNMEN SHOOT AT MEXICAN MILITARY CHOPPER NEAR BORDER; MEXICAN MARINES KILL 6 ZETAS
>>> Federal prosecutors can’t remember the last time a group of Bandidos was charged in federal court in Houston. Attorney Kent Schaffer notes that more police officers are indicted each year in Houston than members of the Bandidos. Then he also says that while DPS labels Bandidos as a dangerous criminal gang - and tracks its members - it is the very same agency that has issued at least 80 concealed handgun licenses to Bandidos in this area. <<<
http://dps.texas.gov/RSD/CHL/faqs/
1. What are the requirements for obtaining a Texas Concealed Handgun License (CHL)?
The Concealed Handgun Law sets out the eligibility criteria that must be met. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age (unless active duty military) and must meet Federal qualifications to purchase a handgun. A number of factors may make you ineligible to obtain a license, such as: felony convictions and some misdemeanor convictions, including charges that resulted in probation or deferred adjudication; pending criminal charges; chemical or alcohol dependency; certain types of psychological diagnoses protective or restraining orders, and defaults on state or city taxes, governmental fees, or child support. Eligibility requirements can be found in GC §411.172.
[I thought a few folks might be interested...]