Posted on 11/18/2015 5:50:56 AM PST by don-o
Four more bikers have filed civil rights lawsuits after their arrests following the Twin Peaks Biker Shootout in May of 2015.
Robert Bucy, George Bergman, Noe Adame and Jorge Salinas have filed suit alongside Matthew Clendennen, claiming their constitutional rights were violated.
117 bikers were arrested and held on $1 million bond in the days after the shooting.
The lawsuit names Waco Police Chief Brent Stroman, Waco Police Detective Manuel Chavez, McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna and a currently unnamed trooper with the Department of Public Safety as defendants.
All five bikers are asking for a jury trial, damages and attorney fees.
The suit claims that the arrests of the bikers en mass were unlawful, mainly because of a "complete absence of individual, particularized facts to establish probable cause." That claim centers around "fill-in the blank" warrants that attorneys for bikers say were used against their clients.
The main contention of the case is one of constitutional rights, and has potentially crippling consequences for tax payers if the bikers are able to win in court.
Local officials and law enforcement have declined to comment in the past, due to pending litigation and a gag order on Matthew Clendennen's case.
Now I see Cboldt already posted a link to it way up on post 3
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/350920701.html
WACO (November 18, 2015) Two more bikers named last week in sealed indictments in connection with the deadly shootout at Waco’s Twin Peaks restaurant have turned themselves in.
Jerry Edward Pierson, 49, of Dallas, posted a $50,000 bond Tuesday evening and was released on a charge of engaging in organized criminal activity.
Cory McAlister, 36, of Ore City, was released on the same charge after posting a $250,000 bond, McLennan County Jail records showed.
Pierson was already listed above, but not McAlister.
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