Posted on 05/23/2015 2:58:49 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode
The shootout in Waco that killed nine motorcycle gang members began in the weeks before Christmas with a beating at a Toys for Tots event in Wise County and a murder in Fort Worth, according to law enforcement sources.
The backdrop is a growing turf battle between the Bandidos – which has controlled Texas for years – and the Cossacks, a lesser-known biker gang that has been gaining power by aligning itself with Bandido rivals, the sources said.
On Dec. 12, 10 Bandidos burst into Gator’s bar in Fort Worth and "without saying a word, started punching and attacking people," according to a police affidavit.
They then opened fire, killing one motorcycle club member, Geoff Brady of Arlington, and injuring three others, police said.
Three gang members were arrested on murder charges. They are out of jail on $100,000 bond each.
Exactly one week earlier, on Dec. 6, other Bandidos members beat a rival biker at a Toys for Tots event in Decatur, police said. The victim declined to press charges and no arrests were made.
Law enforcement sources say the two incidents and now the Waco shootout highlight a growing fight for control of those drug trafficking routes in Texas.
Groups pay a "tax" to the Bandidos for permission to operate freely without trouble, experts say, but the Cossacks are refusing to pay the Bandidos and are aligning themselves with other biker gangs, including the Bandidos’ largest rival, the Hell’s Angels.
"Like any criminal organization, it's about money, it's about control, it's about a lifestyle,” said former North Texas FBI agent Gil Torrez.
"You know, be it La Cosa Nostra, or be it motorcycle gangs, if they are a criminal organization, sooner or later, they have to be dealt with." The Texas Department of Public Safety profiled the Bandidos in an unclassified Texas Gang Threat Assessment just last year.
It identifies the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang as a criminal enterprise, right behind the Bloods and the Crips street gangs.
"Although these gangs vary in size and structure, they are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime across urban, suburban and rural areas of Texas," the report said.
Following the Fort Worth murder, the Bandidos and Cossacks have been involved in at least a dozen violent attacks across North Texas involving hammers, chains and guns, experts said. In some cases, rival gang members have tried to literally run each other off highways.
Now, with the high-profile shootout in Waco, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies are gearing up to crack down.
"Law enforcement has got to be on high alert,” Torrez said. “I'm sure they're beating the bricks and doing what they can to develop human intelligence and try to defend against this."
To prevent trouble, some North Texas bar owners are now posting signs which prohibit customers from entering with motorcycle club "cuts, colors or support T-shirts."
Others have similar dress codes.
"We don't allow any of the colors, the back patches, the knifes [sic], the chains — anything like that," said Brandon Murdoch, with Chill Sports Bar & Grill in Grapevine. "We have plenty of people that ride motorcycles that come in here, we even have a designated motorcycle parking, but none of the '1 per-centers' as they like to call themselves."
"If you bend for one or two, then five or six are going to show up, and it can be pretty intimidating for a bar owner," added Murdoch.
” That’s why “turf” is such a big deal to them. “
Something I just read caught my attention. There are NO Bandidos in Waco. It is a Cossack town.
The Bandidos hold their meeting in WACO!
And do not invite the Cossacks.
The Cossacks stage an entry with over 50 strong wearing Bandidos patches.
And I am told by bikers here that it was the fault of the police!
Dredging up interesting facts like you just did is useful [There are NO Bandidos in Waco. It is a Cossack town.], but we still don't know who was shooting.
Baiting the 1%ers is fine, but casting the mantle of blame on them is not. I'll bait the police a little, but once again, I can't cast the mantle of blame over them, either.
“Shut up and pay your property taxes, peasant - or you’ll get what the bikers got... “
Why don’t we just wait to see the calibers of the perforations?
AWESOME idea. It's been almost a whole week. Betcha the Waco police 'can't wait' for 'gunshot wound evidence' to combat conspiracies®... LOL! :)
POTUS was caught red handed running guns to those gangs. Who’s the criminal, again?
Obama supplies the Bandidos with guns? I guess we know who the Bandidos vote for.
Yes, and no.
I’ve been following this on several websites, but what I stated is my opinion (I called it my opinion) based on what I have heard in the press and on the web. No single source or I would have referenced it.
If you have not read about this other than the MSM I will suggest you look at a series of threads that can be found on the Conservative Treehouse (a reliable source in the past) here:
Note 6 threads on that page. Compiled list as this has progressed. It is interesting to note how the police narrative has changed as they have been exposed to be faulty by outsiders. There is an agenda behind this, it is unclear who’s agenda it is.
And I will make a note of caution. I have had problems with malware as consequence of moving info back and forth between Twitter friends and that website. No malware was installed, but unusual files were written to my /tmp subfolders (I run Linux) and my computer acts like it is being overloaded and no longer responds to my keyboard. I suspect it is some form of Java Script issue. When I cleaned up my /tmp folder and restarted Firefox and my computer it appears to go away. In some cases I had to unplug my network cable to regain control of my PC.
I am not speculating who is behind this, but I also note the Obots on Twitter heckling anyone who post information that is critical of how the police are handling this. Those fake Twitter accounts are paid to stir up controversy. No, I’m not imagining that, I have a huge list of such accounts that I have collected over years.
If you do a little background research, Waco’s DA has a big operation pursuing “asset forfeiture” property. It has been reported over the past years in the Waco and surrounding newspapers. In 2012 he had over $500,000 in that account. If you don’t believe me, do the homework yourself. It is easy on that.
But to answer your question, I am not quoting from a “website”. But yes, much of what I have learned about this was found “on the web”. And in my opinion the MSM is largely worthless concerning information on this subject. They only report what the Waco PD tells them.
BUMP!
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