[TexasGator]

“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”

What exactly is the proper bail for gangsters having a shoot-out in a public plaza?

[Cboldt]

-- What exactly is the proper bail for gangsters having a shoot-out in a public plaza? --

The government hasn't established (or even alleged) there were 177 gangsters having a shoot out in a public place.

Bail was set improperly in the first place, see bail amounts eventually established by actually following the law. Not saying those were necessarily proper amounts, but they are closer to "proper" than $1mm.

[Robert Teesdale]

What exactly is the proper bail for gangsters having a shoot-out in a public plaza?

Straw man argument. Those "engaged" are now dead. It appears they were killed by lethal State force, which was in turn prepositioned.

Do you assert that no 8th Amendment violations took place?

Let's discuss that, then we can move to 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and so on...