Biker Lives Matter.....
The cops rioted. They were afraid to take care of Black activists and figured the Bikers wouldn’t stage a protest. I’m sure their were some dirtbags among the bikers. But shoot first and ask questions later is government out of control
Thanks, again. Good analysis on the part of the author. The problem with Twin Peaks is not the WHO but the HOW. The unnamed poster that always appears tries very hard to focus on the WHO but the real issue is not to whom did this happen but HOW did it come to pass. That is the question that is being smothered to death because the folks smothering it do not want it to be known. In what used to be known as the USA that is a big issue. Today, not so much.
This case stinks to high heaven and I’d bet a week’s pay that if you sifted through all the medical evidence you would find out most all of those bikers died from .223 rounds not from handgun ammo. Now who that day was using rifles chambered in .223?
How did the police get there so fast? Looks like a police ambush.
If I were a betting man, I’d bet anyone here a dinner at the restaurant of his or her choice that none of the bikers will be convicted of either murder or manslaughter.
Daniel Raymond Boyett> Read Boyett's autopsy report (PDF) Boyett, 44, of Waco, was shot twice in the head and once in the abdomen. Both bullets to his head — one from the top and one from behind — penetrated his scalp and skull. The report says a medical examiner recovered a copper jacket base from one of those bullets. The second bullet to the head was not described. The gunshot wound to Boyett’s abdomen grazed him, leaving copper and lead fragments. Boyett was wearing a black vest and black boots and had a tattoo that read, “I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me,” on his right arm. He had trace amounts of methamphetamine in his system, the report shows. His Facebook page, deleted May 19, showed numerous photos of him in Cossacks gear and identified him as a regional road captain for the motorcycle club. Wayne Lee Campbell> Read Campbell's autopsy report (PDF) Campbell, 43, of Fort Worth, was shot once in the head, with the bullet entering through his chin, exiting and then re-entering through his neck. A medical examiner found five metal, large-caliber, intact bullets in Campbell’s vest pockets, the report says. Campbell was wearing a black leather vest, black T-shirt, bluejeans, brown boots and metal rings. He had multiple tattoos, including a skull on a woman’s body and “Break this one” with a heart made of bricks on his chest. The report showed evidence that Campbell had trace amounts of alcohol in his system. Richard Matthew Jordan II> Read Jordan's autopsy report (PDF) Jordan, 31, of Pasadena, suffered one gunshot wound to the head. The bullet traveled from back to front, slightly left to right and slightly downward. A severely deformed, medium- to large-caliber, partially jacketed projectile fragment was recovered from the right side of his head and a second, severely deformed, medium- to large-caliber, partially jacketed fragment was recovered from the right side of his neck. The report shows Jordan also had abrasions on his face and scalp. Jordan tested positive for marijuana on a blood test. The report lists what Jordan was wearing and says five unfired bullets were recovered from the left front pocket of his vest. He had numerous tattoos, including the word “Lucifer” on his left forearm, and the word “Satan” and an inverted cross on his lower right leg. Richard Vincent Kirschner Jr.> Read Kirschner's autopsy report (PDF) Kirschner, 47, of Wylie, suffered a gunshot wound to his right thigh, one to the left knee and one in the left buttock. He also suffered a superficial cut to the right side of his neck, a scalp laceration and abrasions to his face, trunk and extremities. Fragments of a small-caliber bullet were recovered from his left hip. The bullet traveled from back to front and downward. The bullet that struck his right thigh traveled downward, slightly left to right and slightly back to front. Fragments of a jacketed bullet were recovered from his thigh. Toxicology tests found traces of cocaine and alcohol. Jacob Lee Rhyne> Read Rhyne's autopsy report (PDF) Rhyne, 39, of Ranger, suffered a gunshot wound to the left side of the neck that partially exited through his upper back and a gunshot wound to the lower abdomen, in addition to abrasions on his right hand. The report concludes that Rhyne died as a result of the gunshot wound to the neck. That bullet traveled from front to back, left to right and downward, the report shows. Projectile fragments from both gunshot wounds, including copper-colored jacket fragments and white metal fragments, were submitted to the Criminal Investigation Laboratory, the report says. Jesus Delgado Rodriguez> Read Rodriguez's autopsy report (PDF) Rodriguez, 65, of New Braunfels, was shot in the head and in the back. The projectile that was recovered on the left side of his head was not described in the report. The bullet went from front to back and slightly downward. He also was shot in the right, mid-back. The projectile perforated a rib, his right and left lungs and his heart and exited through his left chest wall. That bullet traveled from right to left, back to front and upward. Rodriguez tested negative for alcohol or illegal drugs. Included in a description of what he was wearing was a white metal U.S. Marine Corps tag. Manuel Issac Rodriguez> Read Rodriguez's autopsy report (PDF) Rodriguez, 40, of Allen, suffered one gunshot wound to the head and one in the back. The path of the bullet that struck his head was from front to back, right to left and downward. A severely deformed, apparently medium-caliber, jacketed bullet was recovered from the left side of the neck. The bullet that struck the right side of his back went from right to left, downward and slightly back to front. A moderately deformed, apparently medium-caliber, jacketed bullet was recovered from the left side of his back. There was no firearm residue on Rodriguez’s skin, meaning he was not shot at an extremely close range. He also tested negative for alcohol or drugs. Charles Wayne Russell> Read Russell's autopsy report (PDF) Russell, 46, of Tyler, was shot once in the chest. A medium-caliber bullet was recovered from clothing adjacent to an exit wound on the right side of his back. On the base of the bullet is inscribed “15-08020” over “JU”, the report states. The bullet traveled front to back and downward and perforated his sternum, heart, right lung, vertebra and rib. Russell also suffered lacerations, abrasions and contusions of the scalp, an abrasion on his chin and abrasions to his extremities. The pathologist found a raffle ticket and a baggie full of a “green, leafy material” in his pants pocket. Toxicology tests showed Russell tested positive for marijuana and negative for alcohol. Matthew Mark Smith> Read Smith's autopsy report (PDF) Smith, 27, of Keller, had two gunshot wounds — one to his upper back and one to his abdomen. The bullet in his back was described as a “medium-caliber jacketed projectile.” The bullet through his abdomen hit his right kidney and aorta before exiting. Smith had tattoos of birds on his chest and one of the word “Devotion” on his left wrist, the document says. He was wearing gray jeans, a black vest and a blue cap at the time of the shooting. Smith’s blood tested positive for marijuana. Vehicle forfeiture documents state that when officers approached the restaurant during the shootout, a Waco police officer saw Jeff Battey and Ray Allen standing behind Twin Peaks “in a triangulated position” to Smith, who was lying on the ground about five yards away and was “gasping for air.” Both Battey and Allen were wearing Bandidos vests. An officer noticed that Allen had a silver handgun in his hand and said it looked like Battey had been shot in his upper right shoulder, according to the documents. Battey was arrested upon his release from the hospital the next day. He was the first of the 177 arrested bikers to be released after he posted the full $1 million bond. Smith’s autopsy report does not specify which of the two gunshot wounds killed him. |
And, the appellate court vacated the judges gag order, saying he had abused his authority, only to have a higher court stay the vacation, which means the gag order stays in place while that process concludes. Prior restraint is alive and well in Waco.
Also, I wonder why the prosecution is so concerned that nobody see the video footage? I'm sure it's merely to protect the pool of potential jurors.</sarc>
http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2015/08/kangaroo-court-in-waco-no-reason-needed.html
Kangaroo court in Waco: No reason needed to arrest packing pastor with CCL
Gun ownership is on trial in Waco, so why aren’t the NRA and all the open-carry advocates going nuts over what’s happening regarding prosecutions from the the Twin Peaks biker massacre?
In McLennan County, visiting Judge James Morgan ruled after an examining trial that there was sufficient cause to have arrested a 65-year old concealed carry permit holder who wasn’t wearing a biker cut but a Christian t-shirt (he’s chaplain to the Bandidos and two veterans groups) because he was carrying legal personal weapons. The judge declared there was probable cause to support an arrest even though no police “officer could offer evidence that Yager conspired to commit murder, assault or any crime that day” Like everyone else arrested that day, Yager’s bail was initially set at $1 million.
An earlier examining trial found probable cause to arrest a Brenham couple even though police agreed they were “merely present at a murder” that there was no evidence they committed.
Legality aside, how is it that a Texas judge can declare police don’t need a reason to arrest legal Christian gun owners and there’s not immediately an army of Second Amendment protesters beating down the DA’s door? The silence from that wing of the political spectrum on this issue is deafening.
Regardless, the law doesn’t seem to matter in Waco anymore. These are kangaroo courts and a flat-out embarrassment to the state.
According to the article AG rules release of DA's texts, names of 62 not charged (Radiolegendary, Aug 28), some of that information must be released.
An Attorney General's ruling released today holds that McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna must release text messages between a defense attorney and First Assistant District Attorney Michael Jarrett regarding a proposal to have defendants in the Twin Peaks cases sign hold harmless agreements promising no litigation against authorities in return for reductions in $1 million bonds set across the board by Justice of the Peace "Pete" Peterson on 177 defendants.I don't think the opinion is actually dated today, but as I type this, the latest opinion at the Texas AG Open Records Opinion Page is August 19, 2015.Defense attorneys present at a meeting between Jarrett and the jurisdiction's two Criminal District Judges revealed to media outlets that Jarrett rejected the proposal of the attorney as "improper" under the rules of criminal prosecution and constitutional rights of those accused of a crime.
The assistant to AG Ken Paxton also held that though the names of 62 persons arrested but not charged along with 177 other defendants with the offense of engaging in organized criminal activity is "intertwined with the investigation," their names must be released because public records law "does not except from disclosure basic information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime."
Not much in the way of new information, beyond the fact that 62 persons at the scene were identified but not arrested and accused.
The DA may take this opinion to court, to prevent or at least further delay release.
If the information does come out, we'd likely learn the name(s) of the lawyers who proffered the releases, and perhaps that the DA was, contrary to media reports, considering accepting them, before telling the defense lawyers that such a release is improper.
Then you read on, and find out what the folks who go to the site really think happened, with some thoughtful analysis of the autopsy reports.
I think of hadaclue's reasonable request of just wanting to know the truth. If only out of curiosity -- what in hell was this really about? Worrisome if it's what it looks like, and one straight-shooter said: How long do they think they can hide the fact that they massacred a legitimate "opposition" political meeting in broad daylight in front of cameras?