Biker shootout signals Balkanization of American Southwest
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They were doing just fine, repelling smugglers on the muddy banks of the river by simply maintaining an armed presence on private property following U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s order of injunction sought by 28 states’ Attorneys General to stay the actions of the government in enforcing a five-year amnesty program granted by executive order of President Barack Hussein Obama that would allow immigrants who arrived without papers due to official oppression in their home countries.
Massey demonstrated that without licenses as security guards or a standard operating procedure order from the Governor, they could operate as friends allowed to patrol private property in border areas. The mere sight of armed men dressed in fatigues cause many smugglers to turn around and swim back to Matamoros in the area of a private farm owned by Rusty Monsees – hence, the nickname of the small armed force, Rusty’s Rangers.
ATF agents filed the charge of felon in possession of a firearm against Massey following a shooting incident involving a Border Patrol Agent who fired five shots at an armed member of Massey’s contingent, and missed. The Cameron County Sheriff could find no violation of the law, but confiscated the weapons carried by Massey’s men. Judge Hanen ordered him to stand trial with jury selection beginning on July 28.
There is little doubt that Massey and his men interfered with the lucrative shipments of drugs and undocumented aliens slated for transshipment to other points throughout the U.S.
But the violent and often armed skirmishes between Bandidos and Cossacks stretch back several years, according to the paperwork filed in State District Courts to seize as contraband the vehicles used by the members of both clubs to arrive at Twin Peaks on the ill-fated Sunday when 9 died, 18 wounded, and 177 people who stood by during the attacks were arrested, charged with engaging in organized criminal activity, their bond set at $1 million.
A Cossack arrested following the melee of May 17, Timothy Satterwhite fought with Bandidos in the parking lot of a Logan’s Roadhouse in 2013 at Abilene after the rival club damaged motorcycles owned by Cossacks. Two others involved in the Abilene incident were in Waco that day.
A lone Cossack suffered injuries from hammer blows and a group stomping after he refused on March 22 to remove a rocker from his jacket stating Texas as the exclusive territory of his club. The Bandidos then confiscated his colors, jacket and all
A Waco police criminal intelligence officer discovered that Bandidos were waiting at the Flying J Truck Stop at the corner of I-35 and New Road while just north of that location Cossacks stood by at the Legends Cycles dealership, owned by Cossacks Chapter President John Wilson. When the intel officer visited Wilson’s place of business, he observed an assault rifle on the premises of Wilson’s motorcycle shop.
The next month, on April 16, Twin Peaks’ management hosted a Bike Night at the restaurant at which 55 Cossacks and members of Los Caballeros, a Bandidos support group, kept uneasy company while members of at least 5 law enforcement agencies stood by. Nothing happened that night, but that was soon to change.
A week later, police arrested a Cossacks member in a nearby parking lot who was holding a gun, a knife, and a bandana with a padlock tied to it. He said he was merely waiting for fellow Cossacks to arrive. Police also arrested him following the May 17 shootout.
Fighting and gunfire erupted when Cossacks arrived early to a Confederation of Clubs meeting at Twin Peaks on May 17, took up positions on the patio, and according to newsmen and prosecutors who have viewed video of the incident, checked their holsters as members of the Bandidos arrived on their hogs.
An uproar ensued when a member shouted out to arriving Bandidos that they were parking in an unauthorized spot. Fighting and gunfire ensued when a Bandido allegedly nearly hit a Cossack with his scooter, fists flew, a gun wheeled out of a vest pocket, and the trigger played the old one-two. Bandido Reginald Weathers would up shot through and through the arm, the bullet exiting and becoming embedded in his torso.
According to the affidavits filed in the forfeiture cases, Cossacks had threatened that Waco is a Cossacks town, that no one other than members of the Cossacks are allowed to ride there.
The open borders crowd is on the horns of a real dilemma here. Fewer jobs for Americans on the lower rungs of the economy = more time to join motorcycle gangs and patrol the borders which our ruling class refuses to enforce.
I wonder if the judge or prosecutors have called dibs on any of the motorcycles they want to buy cheap at auction yet...
There is little doubt that Massey and his men interfered with the lucrative shipments of drugs and undocumented aliens slated for transshipment to other points throughout the U.S.
It's always very dangerous to do the right thing when your government is backing the other side.
I have found that being in a biker gang is a lot like being in the Mafia. It’s a good way to shorten your life.
When Cossacks shut that down, the Bandidos decided to make a change.
Ping.
BFLR
Marking for later.
Biker shootout signals Balkanization of American Southwest
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Mmmmm, no. There used to be biker shootouts every couple of weeks in Tucson, they were arguing over the drug trade. One shootout in a blue moon does not equal balkanization.
Sure. Never mind there’s 1200+ miles of border outside of Brownsville which is located at the very end of the border. Never mind there are hundreds of organizations and countless individuals who are running drugs across the border. No mention of the Zetas? As if the Mexican cartels would allow some motorcycle dudes to take over their turf. First, it’s the rocker. Now, it’s the drug running. Next, it’ll be someone’s woman. Not disputing some are running drugs but pick one story and stick with it.