“The police instigated this to try and set up Bandits.”
Baloney. The Banditos were racketeers, there presiding over the meeting where the crime turf was apportioned, and everyone had to agree to the bunco, terms, rules and taxes to be “allowed” to ride in certain areas without being attacked, thieved or shot. Intel had the other criminal gang coming in also. Both sides were there armed to the teeth for a fight. Cops were there to hopefully stop it.
The scrotes started the shooting and the cops finished it 1930s style, everyone going after someone with a gun or a knife got dumped. It was some fantastic shooting, no innocents got popped.
It’s right up there with the Rangers cleaning up in the oilfield boomtown era.
They can dish it out but they sure get mad when it happens to them. Always crowing about “their” territory, and pushing that outlaw persona. But when it blows up in their face, they sit meekly and make believe it was a mere advocacy group, discussing their lobbyist plans.
By the way. Is it a fact or not? If a club wears a patch with the wrong color or design in that area, without “permission” of the local criminals, would they be at serious personal risk of violence or not? I know you know the answer even if you don’t wanna say it.
People dislike dope, human trafficking, prostitution, getting your bike and car ripped off, etc. But then they act like these guys are some kinda patriotic heroes. That is their business.
It wasn’t a set up. The fight was gonna happen just the same if the cops weren’t there. This was in a nice area by the mall. People go to cracker barrel next door after church. Good decent people could have been hit or abused.
THAT is who Waco PD was protecting.
Just my 2 cents worth. Knievel had their number.
Except is was. Police wearing Cossack rags and the police encouraged them to show up at this meeting they never attended, for good reason. And the police weren't there to monitor the meeting, they were set in shooting positions. Most of the people were shot by police ARs and some were shot by Cossacks. The Cossacks, with their police under covers instigated the trouble. There was only one criminal trial and that Bandit was found not guilty. Why did it all stop after that? And yes, there is issues between clubs about patches. But I was around some of this back when. Just some gut on a bike with a leather jacket and a good looking girl friend. I stayed out of their business and they were friendly enough. I didn't go out of my way to hang out where they were.