The Reason You Haven’t Heard More About The 177 Bikers Arrested In Waco

Above the Law ^ | August 17, 2015 | Tamara Tabo

[don-o]

Whatever happened to all those Waco bikers? You know, the 177 people arrested at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas after a motorcycle rally on May 17 ended with nine people shot dead?

Immediately following the shooting, I wrote about just how badly Waco authorities screwed up the arrests. Rather than trifle with technicalities like the rules for bail under the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Justice of the Peace Pete Peterson set bail at a staggering $1 million for each of the arrestees in order to “send a message.” Then I described how prosecuting nearly 200 bikers was crushing the criminal justice system in McLennan County and costing taxpayers a fortune.

Why did the story fade from public attention? What’s come out since the story broke?

As it turns out, it’s no accident that you haven’t heard more about the Waco biker debacle.

First, let’s look at two developments that seem like they would be informative, but actually aren’t.

[hadaclueonce]

If we cannot see the truth in 90 plus days, my gut tells me someone, somewhere is trying to hide the Truth.

If it was the bikers, OK, fine send them to jail.

If it was a police set up, then we have real problems.

I don’t give the Waco Police that much credit. Smells of the BATF and their long tables.

[Robert Teesdale]

Go ahead and google AMDG&BVMH and tell me how my personal email account was obtained? Hmmmm??

You would be surprised, I think, to find out just how much of your personal information is publicly available. Intelligence work comes from piecing the disparate elements together.

Using Metadata to Find Paul Revere

Those advocating civil liberties for those at Waco, should extend the same courtesy to fellow FReepers.

Of course, I agree.

Fortunately the Admin Moderator deleted the post that intended to share my private email account. Fortunately it was also an obsolete email account.

Small courtesies make the world go 'round. I am glad your situation was resolved productively. I have been subject to similar conduct, and it is not a pleasant experience.

Being worried about the next crisis of civil liberties, does not give those so concerned, the right to trample on the civil liberties of others in the mean time.

Correct. I would, however, take it a step further and say that nothing gives anyone the right to trample of the civil liberties of others.

Well, you can do it... but you generate the pontentiality of potential kinetic response.

Or what are these threads all about, anyway? HEY! Just asking!

Candidly?

These threads are about the withdrawal of consent to be governed, and theoretic dialogues regarding the implementation of the same.

That's just my $.02.

[Finny]

Amdgetc askes: Or what are these threads all about, anyway? HEY! Just asking!

RT replies:

Candidly? These threads are about the withdrawal of consent to be governed, and theoretic dialogues regarding the implementation of the same.

About as cut and dried as it gets -- brilliantly stated.

[RinaseaofDs]

Good dudes. They are a clean and sober club. They all still have authority issues but my sense is that they’d fight for my kids like I would.