Posted on 08/27/2015 5:43:27 AM PDT by don-o
Whatever happened to all those Waco bikers? You know, the 177 people arrested at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas after a motorcycle rally on May 17 ended with nine people shot dead?
Immediately following the shooting, I wrote about just how badly Waco authorities screwed up the arrests. Rather than trifle with technicalities like the rules for bail under the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Justice of the Peace Pete Peterson set bail at a staggering $1 million for each of the arrestees in order to “send a message.” Then I described how prosecuting nearly 200 bikers was crushing the criminal justice system in McLennan County and costing taxpayers a fortune.
Why did the story fade from public attention? What’s come out since the story broke?
As it turns out, it’s no accident that you haven’t heard more about the Waco biker debacle.
First, let’s look at two developments that seem like they would be informative, but actually aren’t.
(Excerpt) Read more at abovethelaw.com ...
Gator, you are getting sloppier here lately.
A false dichotomy is typically used in an argument to force your opponent into an extreme position — by making the assumption that there are only two positions
Providing what appears to be “a choice” is also commonly used to create the impression that the choices are mutually exclusive.
Either the police started it or the bikers started it. No other reasonable choices have been discussed. If you have another hypothesis, I will add it to the list.
“Providing what appears to be “a choice” is also commonly used to create the impression that the choices are mutually exclusive.”
They are.
“A false dichotomy is typically used in an argument to force your opponent into an extreme position — by making the assumption that there are only two positions”
Read my post. It was not forcing. It was asking if he supported either of the two listed. There was no “or” or “either” in the post as is in a typical false dichotomy.
“You never answered my question posed on another post, so I’ll repeat it. Do you get paid by the post or by the word? “
Your question is a false dichotomy (Take note ExyZ that he used the critical “or”).
OTOH, I did respond. Remember? I said I get paid for each stupid post made to me.
“But you never gave a damn about the rights of the accused “
Absolutely UNTRUE. Just BS you make up and in no way is supported by my posts.
Don-O is right: You are a whackadoodle mouthpiece.
Supported by the pejoratives in all of your posts, Crawford.
Just like Alaska Wolf was....
Seriously.
Authoritarians love big, overbearing, unaccountable government as long as it is used on people they personally disapprove of.
Yup.
And he’s still trying to wiggle out of what he said.
Now it is “meaning of is” territory.
If I won that theoretical bet, I would choose Twin Peaks.
“If I were a betting man, I’d bet anyone here a dinner “
LOL! That’s putting your money where your mouth is ...
Good informative post, thanks for providing that summary.
Gator, would it be your contention that medium/large caliber gunshot wounds were not caused by the police?
Joe: But not .308
How about .32 caliber...small or medium?
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