“Interesting how people can twist a Confederation of Clubs and Independents meeting into a “biker war”.”
The biker war started before the meeting.
OTOH, the Texas Confederation of Clubs and Independents is run by the Bandidos.
The Bandidos moved the meeting to Waco after originally scheduling it for Austin.
The Cossacks were not members of the Confederation.
Cossacks sent out the word and and did a show of force by occupying the Bandidos reserved area before the Bandidos arrived.
Every witness that has stated a view has stated that the bikers started the shooting.
Every witness that has stated a view has stated that the bikers started the shooting.
Not every parking lot fight will erupt into a police shoot down, and damned few witnesses are talking except those with a vested interest in covering their collective asses.
Most fights are adjudicated a hell of a lot faster, because everyone within a block (and farther) isn't summarily arrested. For those who are neither Bandidos nor Cossacks, and even those who are but have no priors, the punitve devastation of being held with $1,000,000.00 bail is designed to make them lose homes, jobs, and businesses.
The police and the federal gangs from down there are trying to run out the clock and wait until people forget.
Now, I still find it funny that the jail, built as a commercial venture with a history of excess vacancy just happened to have 177 openings for new inmates. Aside from not knowing who shot and killed/wounded whom, the potential haul of money from seized bikes, other vehicles, and personal property, the digging through cell phones wholesale, and identical charges brought against those who were there regardless of club affiliation, filling a jail that is a commercial venture, sequestration of evidence and possibly Brady Material, and waiting out the clock so as to be able to discredit witnesses based on time passed, the whole operation still smells worse than the head on a garbage scow.