The remainder of the post was written by me, finny.
Knowing that the Justice of the Peace who set the million dollar bond was a Republican, I am thinking to strike the word "leftist" and insert the word "authoritarian," because it is more accurate. Both Democrats and Republicans have their authoritarians, including those in Waco. This massacre-mass-arrest charade is somewhat about leftism in control and power, but it is authoritarian at core. BY FORCE. It means holding free people in captivity for 30 days on a million dollar bail, for being in a particular restaurant at a particular time.
The Law and Order Republicans believe that they will never find the wrong side of government overreach. Unfortunately, once the authoritarians get a little whiff of power, then you cannot predict and certainly cannot control the outcome.
No doubt that some of the motorcycle clubs in Texas are criminals, involved in murder, extortions, drugs, etc. But many other of these clubs are just middle age guys living a little fantasy and having fun. Locking those guys with a boilerplate charge and a $1 million bail is not a travesty, its criminal. When the government becomes the criminals, we have a serious problem.