Thank you and thank you for finding and posting articles to keep the discussion going and trying to shine the light.
My current interest and curiosity is Chief Stroman's statement from last Friday that his men were in their vehicles when the "violent altercation" began.
Really, dude? Sitting in vehicles??? What was the thinking behind THAT?
I wonder if he will have a presser today?
He could easily say -- and people who buy the premise that the Cossacks were "dangerous criminals" on a par with long-established Bandidos, would chuckle in agreement -- just letting them kill each other before stepping in to clean up the mess.
Yes, this event was all and only about depriving Americans of their right to free assembly and punishing them harshly without due process. It is all and ONLY about that.
It involves abuse of power, extreme abuse of power and contempt for due process, against a VERY PARTICULAR demographic, and it not only was pulled off, it was pulled of very successfully, because most people who consider themselves sufficiently informed, still labor under the illusion that most of the folks arrested were criminal bikers when in fact, only a small handful were, and the actual hard-core ALL belonged to only one club, the Bandidos, at least looking at prior criminal records of the 27 whose property is being subjected to seizure.
This exercise in Waco changed America just like 911, though apparently most don't know it yet. Government authorities involved have fooled most of the people all of the time, here, and it is too late for remedy, even if all the innocents are vindicated. Their lives and reputations have been permanently harmed and worse, America has an erroneous view of "most bikers in clubs" (just like they have a view of "most urban blacks") that has been crafted and tainted a very particular hue.
This same model can be used on virtually any kind of demographic that involves those in clubs AND independent of clubs.
I’m just seeing this now - several hours after first seeing the Waco PD’s fakebook posting. Apparently that’s this week’s presser. They aren’t letting any important info get into the media. Their admission last Friday, of Waco PD officers firing twelve rounds from their M4s, was a mistake on their part. The general public’s unconcern for Constitutional rights notwithstanding, the Waco PD’s firing of high powered rifles into a busy shopping area showed complete disregard for the general public. People will remember that.