It’s a decent city. A bunch of violent scum wanting to fight over turf endangered the decent people out on a sunday. And now that the organized crime gangs met civilization’s just response, man how they whine.
They can dish it out, but they sure can’t take it.
I’ve been following this case and you’re right that these were warring gangs but what you’re missing is that the police likely killed several of the gang members and then covered it up by arresting EVERYONE present and THEN trying to figure out who they could pin the murders on.
And the case fell apart resulting in the FBI investigating the prosecution for wanton civil rights violations.
Frankly, after Reyna is out of office he’ll be lucky to avoid going to a Federal prison for his crimes.
Sorry, while I respect you as a fellow FReeper, I have no respect for law enforcement in Waco, TX. The rest of Texas; yes but not Waco.
There is a culture of corruption in the Waco area much like the culture of corruption within the democrat party IMHO. One need only look at the actions of this DA and the LEO leadership in the area during this event and of course when the FBI was there years before to burn down the compound. That kind of thing doesn't happen in a vacuum. It was kindled then forced to burn.
Did these club members endanger innocent Waco residents? Not from what I understand. It was confined to the parking lot of the Twin Peaks restaurant which was surrounded by LEO's. Frankly it was the dumbest and goofiest thing I've heard of. Some damn stupid bikers getting into a fight that escalated knowing they were surrounded like that. It goes against all common sense.
This is why I think there were embedded LEO's under cover who instigated this fight. Had they not been there or involved; it likely would have ended with a fist fight or not happened at all. We'll probably never know for sure but neither the police nor the bikers were completely innocent that day. Bikers are kinda like peacocks. They sometimes strut around with their chest all puffed out then show how badass their feathers are then go back to finding something interesting on the ground. It's almost like a dance one sees real birds in the wild do.
Come to think of it; LEO's sometimes do the exact same thing. Funny how bikers and LEO's are sometimes more alike than different. Kinda like cowboys and bikers. Two different sides of the same coin. Very different but also much alike in some ways like being macho and independent of society.
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