Posted on 11/16/2015 5:14:38 AM PST by Elderberry
A Texas lawyer posted the "cookie cutter" comment on Facebook and added, "The only evidence possibly presented would be that they were wearing club colors."
The indicted motorcycle enthusiasts were part of the 177 bikers arrested after the Twin Peaks restaurant shootings in May.
As reported by Breitbart Texas, the McLennan County grand jury took just nine hours on Tuesday to indict all 106 Twin Peaks bikers in cases presented to them during their session. The grand jury indicted all 106 for the crime of engaging in organized criminal activity under a Texas criminal statute relating to a "criminal street gang."
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
The above-posted thread title could be misleading somewhat. The actual title of the article at Breitbart is:
TWIN PEAKS BIKERS: LAWYERS CONDEMN ‘COOKIE CUTTER’ INDICTMENTS AND ARREST WARRANTS
>>> Saputo added, “The ‘criminal street gang’ offenses have come under frequent scrutiny by various state and federal appellate courts for this very reason. Attaching ‘criminality’ to a group as a whole is a dangerous way for the state to overstep its authority and our constitutional rights. The fact that it only took nine hours for the state to obtain 106 indictments is a testament to that fact.†<<<
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Moderator; could you please fix the Title to how House Atreides has correctly shown it:
TWIN PEAKS BIKERS: LAWYERS CONDEMN ‘COOKIE CUTTER’ INDICTMENTS AND ARREST WARRANTS
The above-posted thread title could be misleading somewhat.
The actual title of the article at Breitbart is:
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How did it get changed?
Disregard my comment. I see now that the orginal poster changed the title.
Section 71.02 of the Texas Penal Code provides that engaging in organized criminal activity for these crimes is a first-degree felony. The possible sentence is up to life in prison or from 15 to 99 years in prison.
That is, everyone is a felon. It's at the whim of "government" whether or not to imprison someone. This is tyranny.
I hope this cluster goes to trial. No real dog in the hunt here, but this is going to be fun to watch.
“I hope this cluster goes to trial....”
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Almost all will certainly NOT go to trial...charges will be dropped at some convenient time (likely in the distant future if the “State” has its way). The ones that will go to a very short procedural trial will be for those bikers who are so beaten down that they FOOLISHLY agree to a plea agreement just to end their pain.
eye of the beholder...
Yes, and the beholder will be the Jurors, who will probably take a dislikable view of those even involved on the periphery of this murder scene and likely will be handing down very harsh punishments for those proven as shooters.
Criminal bike gangs have previously been able to stay under Texas public radar even while very much focused on by Texas LEO. Twin Peaks changed all that and now they will find no sympathy from the public for such stupidity and lack of concern for innocent citizens safety.
Welcome to Texas Department of Corrections, fools.
ISIS & Biker Gangs....sorry don’t see a difference.
“.....no sympathy from the public for such stupidity and lack of concern for innocent citizens safety.”
Turn loose the ballistics reports and let those concerned view this cluster in all it’s glory.
Hitlery getting elected is pretty far off subject to this thread, but yes, it will be SHTF time.
It is as unlikely she will get elected as for the biker gangs to get off. Don’t think the juries will be buying into the horsehockey that “they were at Twin Peaks just to discuss motorcycle safety”.
“ISIS & Biker Gangs....sorry don’t see a difference.”
Ignorance runs deep with this guy.
It does. But it goes in one ear and out the other for the one who wanted this matter to not even be discussed on FR
Too bad I blew your little mind up. But then again if that is all ya got.........
I know what you could do to help your criminal biker buddies out, volunteer to take their place in criminal court and do their time. That way they could still run the roads and beat each other with ballpeen hammers while heading to the titty bar to shoot it up.
excuse my ignorance...
So you support open air restaurant shoot outs with innocent folks hanging around?
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