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Texas Officials Under Scrutiny for Biker Shootout Case
ABC News ^ | Sep 13, 2015, 2:00 PM ET | emily schmall

Posted on 09/13/2015 12:13:58 PM PDT by truth_seeker

Texas Officials Under Scrutiny for Biker Shootout Case

The secrecy that enshrouds the investigation into a biker shootout in May that left nine people dead and led to the mass-arrest of 177 people is hardly surprising in this city, where public scrutiny is rare and unwelcome.

On the banks of the Brazos River in Central Texas, Waco and the surrounding county are largely run by a close-knit circle of judges, prosecutors and law enforcement that defense lawyers complain leads local agencies to close ranks in the aftermath of this most recent calamity.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bandidos; bikers; courts; texas; waco; wacobikers
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1 posted on 09/13/2015 12:13:58 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: truth_seeker

That’s quiet a link. Wrong Airplane, fires, Football but I found no story on Waco.
Maybe it’s just me, but..................


2 posted on 09/13/2015 12:18:03 PM PDT by Tupelo (Trump is no Reagan, But by God, he is a fighter.)
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To: Tupelo

Search is your friend ;- ) (even if link is bad)

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-officials-scrutiny-biker-shootout-case-33722851


3 posted on 09/13/2015 12:24:53 PM PDT by Lake Living
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To: truth_seeker

Maybe not but now we know how they will slant it when and if it does come out.

“McNamara describes the county’s criminal justice system as a close-knit Christian “posse” of Baylor University graduates committed to ‘putting away as many hard-core criminals as possible.’”


4 posted on 09/13/2015 12:32:03 PM PDT by Lake Living
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Would it be a ‘shootout’ if all the bullets came from one source?


5 posted on 09/13/2015 12:38:14 PM PDT by arthurus (It's true.)
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To: truth_seeker

Interesting. A clear description of the inbreeding of the Waco legal structure.


6 posted on 09/13/2015 12:39:28 PM PDT by JJ_Folderol (Just my opinion and only worth what you paid for it.)
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To: Lake Living
"led to a 51-day standoff that ended when the complex caught fire"

Heh, heh, mistakes were made......

7 posted on 09/13/2015 12:40:34 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current devices...one uses Brit spel now.)
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“McNamara describes the county’s criminal justice system as a close-knit Christian “posse” of Baylor University graduates committed to ‘putting away as many hard-core criminals as possible.’”

Unless they are Baylor football players that commit rape. Then it can be difficult to get the matter going. Finally the miscreant will end up with 6 months in prison when the cover up breaks down.

Only a fool would let his daughter go to Baylor at this point.

8 posted on 09/13/2015 12:41:00 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Lake Living

Of course. But still, might as well throw away the constitution if 170 people can be put in jail on organized crime charges?!?!

A charge which usually entails a lot of investigation and work to bring charges against a dozen or so.


9 posted on 09/13/2015 12:42:31 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: truth_seeker

IBTG

Sorry, I had to do that at least one time.


10 posted on 09/13/2015 12:47:48 PM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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Back in the 80s that “group that runs the county” tried to take out DA Vic Feazel, with the help of the city cops, state cops, Texas Rangers and the feds. I’ll always believe they were pissed because two of his assistants were running for judgeships. They feared he was trying to start his on “power group”.

He was acquitted and won millions in a libel suit against Channel 8 in Dallas.


11 posted on 09/13/2015 12:50:40 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Since you're so much smarter than me, don't waste your time insulting me. I won't understand it.)
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To: truth_seeker

Eventually, they will have to admit that everyone who was shot was shot by a police officer. They can’t hide it forever.


12 posted on 09/13/2015 1:04:11 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: truth_seeker

A lot of bad stuff happens in Waco.


13 posted on 09/13/2015 1:07:26 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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-- No new information. --

I'd heard this before, but not that the officer's remark was "testimony." I'm also not sure what significance the remark has, anyway. Nobody disputes that the affidavits are identical except for the names. The dispute is whether or not those allegations create probable cause.

A police officer testified a justice of the peace approved the affidavits without making any individual determination of probable cause.

14 posted on 09/13/2015 1:27:36 PM PDT by Cboldt
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Ping.


15 posted on 09/13/2015 1:44:20 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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16 posted on 09/13/2015 3:13:22 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: House Atreides

+1.
I missed one last week.


17 posted on 09/13/2015 3:18:50 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Section 20.)
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To: truth_seeker

IBTG!


18 posted on 09/13/2015 3:53:13 PM PDT by kiryandil (Maya: "Liberalism Is What Smart Looks Like to Stupid People")
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I'd heard this before, but not that the officer's remark was "testimony."

They brought the officer who signed the affidavits to testify at property seizure hearings.

19 posted on 09/13/2015 4:33:38 PM PDT by don-o (I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
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IBTG!
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Perhaps TG is too busy seeking asylum in Germany to monitor the Waco threads?


20 posted on 09/13/2015 5:08:56 PM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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