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The Waco Biker Shootout Left Nine Dead. Why Was No One Convicted?
New York Times ^
| 6/15/2023
| Mark Binelli
Posted on 07/17/2023 5:51:32 PM PDT by Elderberry
How 177 arrests led to no convictions — a tangled, seven-year tale of prosecutorial hubris and tenacious defense.
Citing pending civil lawsuits, Reyna declined to speak on the record for this article, but he vigorously denied all the charges made in the affidavits secured by Broden, and he disputed The Tribune-Herald’s characterization of his actions. In the end, his primary wasn’t even close: Johnson defeated him by nearly 20 points. Before his term ended, Reyna would dismiss all but 24 of the bikers’ cases, with Johnson dismissing the final two dozen in April 2019. Carrizal was the only biker to go to trial. Over 130 civil rights lawsuits are still pending against Reyna, the city and county and law-enforcement officers involved in the arrests. But years after a fight that left people dead, wounded, paralyzed and fleeing in terror, nobody at all has been convicted of any crime.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; History; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: banglist; biker; donutwatch; reyna; texas; waco
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To: Elderberry
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posted on
07/17/2023 5:52:01 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: Elderberry
The turd Reyna STILL hasn’t flushed.
3
posted on
07/17/2023 5:53:05 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: Elderberry
Such bad shooting. 177 guys around and only 9 dead. Even cops do better with a crowd size like this.
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posted on
07/17/2023 5:54:07 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Elderberry
Because NONE of the Perps were arrested, charged and prosecuted, YES every Government Employee there was GUILTY OF MURDER
5
posted on
07/17/2023 5:56:10 PM PDT
by
eyeamok
To: Elderberry
Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked the guns?
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posted on
07/17/2023 5:58:00 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Elderberry
They were shot and killed by the police who were protected by prosecutors and judges.
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posted on
07/17/2023 5:58:44 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
To: Elderberry
Been wondering what came of all that.
8
posted on
07/17/2023 6:03:10 PM PDT
by
MileHi
((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: Elderberry
My guess
The rayeppsish factor.
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posted on
07/17/2023 6:03:54 PM PDT
by
cuz1961
(USCGR Veteran )
To: Secret Agent Man
Even cops do better with a crowd size like this. The cops did most of it.
10
posted on
07/17/2023 6:04:37 PM PDT
by
MileHi
((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: Elderberry
Thanks for the up-date ,,, wondered what became of the case
11
posted on
07/17/2023 6:08:44 PM PDT
by
piroque
("When the SHTF I'm gonna hunker down until all those idiots kill each other. " )
To: All
It was a mostly peaceful shootout.
12
posted on
07/17/2023 6:08:59 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I called the Tinnitus Helpline and all I heard was ringing.)
To: Reno89519
“They were shot and killed by the police who were protected by prosecutors and judges.”
This. The police started shooting, killed nine people, and covered it up with an absurd strategy of arresting 177 people (including a few random passers by) to distract any honest investigation.
And they got away with it.
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posted on
07/17/2023 6:10:42 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
To: MeganC
Exactly - not going there, but want to know if the nyt got the ending correct?
Help?
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posted on
07/17/2023 6:15:21 PM PDT
by
Triple
(Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
To: kiryandil
“ IBTG”
***********
LOL - An oldie but goodie.
15
posted on
07/17/2023 6:21:17 PM PDT
by
House Atreides
(I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX’)
To: MeganC
That is my understanding, as well.
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posted on
07/17/2023 6:22:06 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: Secret Agent Man
The cops did the majority of the shooting.
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posted on
07/17/2023 6:23:21 PM PDT
by
maddog55
(The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
To: maddog55
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posted on
07/17/2023 6:35:16 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: kiryandil
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posted on
07/17/2023 6:53:22 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: kiryandil
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