As predicted, Constitutional rights were casually trashed. They're working on trying to force as many as possible into forfeiting 5th Amendment rights, too. It's the new normal?
From the article;
Tittle said two years is a long time for innocent people to have criminal charges hanging over their heads. Jobs have been lost, reputations have been smeared, and families have been placed under undue hardships, he said.“Of all the shocking things associated with this fiasco, I’d have to say that the general lack of concern and outrage from the media and the public is the most disappointing thing of all,” Tittle said. “These are not just technicalities we’re talking about. These are real people’s lives, and no one seems to give a damn. ..."
Trial for two Bandidos (if still on, according to schedule) slated to begin today, at 1 PM, in Fort Worth, for the incident which occurred Dec. 12, 2014 at Gator's Jam Inn II on Race Street. 401 Belknap Street, 396th District Court, on the sixth floor.
I have no idea if law enforcement got the right guys -- or not (or if they did get the "right" guys -- if they got all of them). All I do know is what I've read in the papers, and that one man, Geoffrey Brady, is dead. I've seen the grave.
Though I never knew the man, from what I've been able to gather, Brady was not a bad guy, was not a criminal. He was just a member of a small-time, local MC that's been around since at least the 1970's, and lacks reputation for criminality (as far as I know).
A Ghost Rider, from Arlington, Texas, presently resting (I do hope, in peace) a few dozen paces East of one of the ponds at Moore Memorial Gardens, in Arlington.
” He was just a member of a small-time, local MC that’s been around since at least the 1970’s, and lacks reputation for criminality (as far as I know). “
The Ghostriders were involved in a long-time ‘dispute’ with the Bandidos. One had previously been charged in the death of a Bandido.
” local MC that’s been around since at least the 1970’s, and lacks reputation for criminality (as far as I know). “
Harms had a loaded gun with him and several bullets in his pockets. Harms said he was assisting the Ghostrider club president, who is blind, towards the bar when they were contacted by two others.
The two people demanded Harms and the others “give up their colors or they will ‘shoot them off,’” court documents state.
Harms said he saw one of the men reach behind his back and thought he was getting a gun.
Harms fired his gun.
One man was struck by two bullet fragments in his right arm and shoulder area. He was taken to Tacoma General Hospital for treatment.
Harms, a convicted felon, was charged Wednesday with first-degree assault and second-degree possession of a firearm. He was ordered held in Pierce County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bail.
“local MC that’s been around since at least the 1970’s, and lacks reputation for criminality (as far as I know). “
Bandido/Ghostrider violence goes back at least to 1977.
http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/never-love-a-bandido-2/