Posted on 05/18/2020 4:17:21 PM PDT by Elderberry
Five years ago Sunday nine died and 18 were injured after a shootout erupted between rival motorcycle groups at Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco.
The shootout was the deadliest and most high-profile event in the Waco area since the Waco siege of the Branch Davidian compound in 1993.
The bikers said the agenda at the regional meeting of the Texas Confederation of Clubs and Independents (COC&I), a statewide biker group coalition based in Tyler, involved political issues regarding the rights of motorcyclists.
But trouble was brewing between the Bandidos and the Cossacks.
Eighteen Waco police officers and four state troopers were there, monitoring the event from outside, when an altercation between two rivals led to a fight, then to open gunfire.
When the gunfire ended, nine bikers were dead, most of them killed by police, and 18 others were injured.
No law enforcement officers or civilians were injured as a result of the gunfire.
In the end the event led to a five-year-long prosecutorial fiasco that ultimately resulted in not a single conviction, in spite of the fact that 177 bikers were arrested at the scene and 15 others were later charged, as well.
The conflict began a little bit after noon, then Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said.
Initial reports would suggest the conflict began over a parking spot where "someone had their foot run over", Swanton would say at the time, and the brawl escalated from there.
Then at precisely 12:24 p.m., gunfire erupted.
Lunchtime patrons crowded into Twin Peaks and other nearby restaurants began looking for cover, people were scurrying across parking lots, hiding behind cars, running as fast as they could from the gunfire.
Police snipers armed with long weapons identified those bikers who were shooting and targeted them,
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IBTG!
Thanks for the updates!
Soon to be a Roger Corman movie at your local drive-in.
Nah, jj abrams and michael baysplosions plus shaky cam and kens flare.
94 year old Roger Corman is still producing movies, it could happen.
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/roger-corman-abduction-crime-city-streaming-1203453896/
More recently, he began pre-production for “Crime City,” a thriller that Corman cheerfully describes as a return to his B-movie roots, and will incorporate footage of devastation caused this year by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. (What’s it all about? That’s hard to say — he’s still working on just how to make best use of that great footage.)
Bikers weren’t the problem here, the cops were. Not one conviction.. that says a lot.
Nine bikers were dead, most of them killed by police.. probbly all all killed by police.
Ping.
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Someone got me banned from Twin Peaks thread please quit the pings and trolling.
Assassins
Yep.... and the citizens of Waco would like to thank all involved for the steep increase in taxes to pay for the multitude of lawsuits generated from this fiasco.
A bit of creative writing there.
It wasn’t Tom Brandt, was it?
“No law enforcement officers or civilians were injured as a result of the gunfire.”
Define civilian.
I don’t think that the motorcycle gangs are recognized outfits. They have no special privilege. They too are civilians.
And what became of the undercover officers who were arrested that day when over 100 people were hauled in? Were any civilians without criminal intent or business charged in this case?
I see you don’t like the author of this article. I think he sucks as well. Feel free to find a better one and post it for us.
All the police were no-billed by the grand jury, back over 4 yrs ago.
the fix was in on the police as it has been with the corruption at the FBI
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