EDITORIAL: DA Reyna’s desperate acts betray his true instincts(Waco)

WacoTrib ^ | 2/10/2018

[Elderberry]

With McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna desperately dumping Twin Peaks biker cases right and left in recent days, the astonished taxpayer must demand honesty of himself if not of Reyna: Does anyone really believe Reyna has suddenly been struck by an epiphany that has stubbornly eluded him in the three years since the May 17, 2015, biker shootout that left nine dead and 20 wounded?

-this epiphany has to do with political odds, not any interest in justice.

And it must have been some epiphany. Reyna is credited with hijacking a Waco police murder investigation in 2015 and throwing 177 bikers in jail on dubious organized-crime charges and million-dollar bonds, then pressing for 155 indictments. As other county officials’ fears have mounted about potentially costly lawsuits over trampled civil rights and a half-million dollars in security for just the first Twin Peaks trial — a mistrial — Reyna didn’t budge in his supposedly tough DA convictions.

Now he draws political opponents from all corners, including a fellow Republican who doesn’t balk at insisting what too many others hesitated to say: Whether from political aspirations, incompetence or both, Reyna has bungled the Twin Peaks cases from the very start. In past weeks he has quite obviously sought to block disqualification hearings and squelch damning testimony by former prosecutors and law enforcement officials about what they say are politically driven acts by Reyna such as quashing unrelated prosecution cases for campaign donors and friends and ties to illegal gambling.

As of last week, Reyna would have us believe he has suddenly seen the need for prosecutorial discretion in going after more culpable Twin Peaks culprits — as Waco police were trying to do before he interfered in 2015. The truth: He’s cutting his losses ahead of a contested Primary election

[BraveMan]

I blame it on the Cabin Fever. We received another six inches of snow here over the weekend.

On a positive note, the tuneup on the snow thrower has it running like a champ! (as long as its full throttle)

[BraveMan]

And The Band Played On

[Texas Fossil]

He does not prosecute the cases.

Waco is Wac(k)o.

Long history.

[Salamander]

Not yours, his.

:D

So much B-movie drama, even for him.

[easternsky]

Thanks for update

[af_vet_rr]

He does not prosecute the cases.

Waco is Wac(k)o.

Everybody forgets that Waco is the home of Baylor University. Lots of crazy things that happen in Waco that the local law enforcement tries to sweep under the rug.

[af_vet_rr]

I haven’t delved into the facts, so I ask whether this has happened because bikers are not PC. Did the DA have any evidence at all against the bikers?

You remember all the videos of the shooting starting, and the 150+ bikers who ran away, hid in bathrooms, hid under tables, etc? Remember the people who were not even in either gang, yet who were arrested for being there?

The DA thinks they are all as equally guilty as those who were in the gunfight, or at least he did until a Republican challenger for his spot started gaining traction.

A lot of innocent people had their lives ruined by that DA, and I can only hope that the rest of us in Texas are not on the hook financially - I'm hoping Waco takes such a hit on this, that they clean their act up.

[Texas Fossil]

I have no issue with Baylor. (note, I’m not a sports fan at all)

The political leadership of Waco is unexplainable. The local courts system is clearly corrupt.

But, in this case I think Federal involvement has been behind the scenes from the beginning. I have noticed lately that the paid trolls about this and some other cases have seemingly vanished.

Conspiracy? Shrug, call it what you want.

[af_vet_rr]

But, in this case I think Federal involvement has been behind the scenes from the beginning. I have noticed lately that the paid trolls about this and some other cases have seemingly vanished.

Being down the road, I watched quite a bit of coverage of this when it happened, and Reyna was hell-bent on trying to keep all 150+ bikers in jail and up on charges. It didn't bother him one bit that video clearly showed everybody scattering and fleeing.

[Texas Fossil]

In my opinion, I think this case and 2 more were being used as a pilot program to make mass arrests, program the legal and media to accept it and believe the lies they put out.

I saw immediate troll support on social media and even here on FR. It went on a long time.

Fusion Centers have the data to do some amazing things. Problem is, who makes the calls.

Was this an attempt to try to project that the “home grown’ element is more dangerous than Islamist Terrorists? We had FBI “officials” print things saying that. It is/was and agenda.

They did something like this, but less sophisticated, during the militia movement, before the OKC Bombing.