Posted on 04/15/2016 7:44:27 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
McLennan County District Attorney Abelino Reyna finally responded to a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Waco defendant Matt Clendennen yesterday.
The suit was filed on November 17, 2015 and is one of nine similar suits filed that day or the next by defendants charged with “Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity with the Intent to Commit or Conspire to Commit Murder, Capital Murder, or Aggravated Assault” in the aftermath of what Clendennen is calling the “Twin Peaks Incident” and Reyna is calling “The Battle at Twin Peaks.”
The plaintiffs are represented by Dallas attorney Don Tittle or Dallas attorney Clint Broden. Clendennen has hired Broden. The suits charge that Waco Police Chief Brent Stroman, Detective Manuel Chavez, defendants yet to be named and Reyna conspired together to unlawfully arrest the plaintiffs after the Twin Peaks Ambush. And Reyna, Stroman, Chavez and various actors in the United States Department of Justice clearly did that. In order to save or promote careers or to avoid personal embarrassment all of the above conspired together to subvert and mock the fundamental laws of the United States of America. The question is, really, so what?
My gut still tells me someone in the bowels of the DOJ is responsible for this mess.
What a mess. And an embarrassment to the State of Texas.
“Prosecutors are totally immune to civil lawsuits.”
No, they aren’t. The bar is very, very high. But they do not have “total” immunity.
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Well, it appears these are.
Claims and counter claims. We’re going to have to look at how it plays out. Events can have political knock-on effects as well. This is not the first occurrence of hanky panky in Texas. Karma has a way of coming around when the grace of God (which includes a decent accountability) has been spurned.
“An eccentric and egotistical federal judge in Austin named Sam Sparks gave Reyna 147 days to file his reply to the lawsuit. In the meantime, Reyna and the other defendants have formally requested that the case be further delayed indefinitely and moved from Austin to Waco while the charges hover the heads of the defendants like a rusty ax. Yesterday Reyna advised Sparks that if the case is not moved to the scene of the crime and postponed indefinitely it should be dismissed entirely because, if one reads his motion to dismiss correctly, Reyna won an election and he is just stupid, not malicious. And even if he did act “maliciously” Reyna argues, citing a 1976 Supreme Court case called Imbler v. Pachtman, he enjoys absolute immunity from civil liability for actions that violate a defendant’s constitutional rights.”
Bet on it.
“Claims and counter claims.”
Yes. Remember this is approaching 1 year mark since the event took place. It smelled bad from beginning, not getting better with age.
It’s possible that Waco, not Reyna, will pay. This will still teach Waco a lesson.
I expect if that happens they will continue to ask the State of Texas and the DOJ to “help” them. (Pay it all)
My bet is, that was the promise from the DOJ to begin with.
Let them... it’s palpable excuse fishing/responsibility spreading.
If they wanted to bust up biker organizations they picked about one of the least effective ways to do it. Just like we’re all Charlie Hebdo, we’re all veterans of Twin Peaks now. If Reyna wants a battle at Twin Peaks he’ll get one, that will cover him with shame if not with financial liability.
I’ll refer you to the case of the Duke “rape” prosecutor.
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Dincha know? Yeehaw excuses everything... they didn’t know that at Duke...
Oh, I believe this is a pilot operation for other groups to target. Using social media analysis to convict groups of people as gangs. Guilt by association.
Watch what is happening with the Bundy and Burns Oregon crowd. Same MO.
I’m not familiar with that one.
You should be.
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Google up “Nifong”.
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Well bikers were one of the stupider choices of target.
Even our pal Lurky knows better. At least some original biker gangs (Hells Angels certainly did) began as organizations of disaffected veterans. They might not have known much else, but they knew how to kick ass.
“Duke lacrosse prosecutor disbarred”
Wow, now that is surprising.
Told ya’.
Have a pleasant evening.
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The knifing of Nifong
Will Reyna be dis-Abeled?
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