Posted on 10/11/2017 9:51:09 AM PDT by Elderberry
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He works for a freight railroad company in Dallas. He grew up in El Paso. 1:24 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He is the oldest of 3 brothers, who also are Bandidos. He moved to Dallas after high school to find work at the railroad. 1:26 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He is a locomotive engineer. He rode is first motorcycle when he was 15. 1:26 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He has been a member of the Bandidos for just over 5 years. Before that, he was in a support club named Roca that he helped form. 1:28 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said it was the first Bandidos support club in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. 1:29 PM - 7 Nov 2017
They designed their own patch and named the group after a friend who died. He said they didn't have to get the Bandidos permission for patch 1:30 PM - 7 Nov 2017
His vest had a Bandidos support patch on it. 1:32 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said his brother in his club are like his real brothers and he would do anything for them. Gotro said it scares her for him to stay that. 1:34 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He clarified that he means anything within the law. 1:35 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said he had heard the same stories about the Bandidos being a bunch of guys you don't want to mess with. 1:36 PM - 7 Nov 2017
But he said after he met them, they weren't the bad guys people had told him about and they were a good group of guys. They met at a COC. 1:38 PM - 7 Nov 2017
After that, they hung out more with the Bandidos. He said he has two sons. 1:39 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He married in 2005. He is divorced now, with joint custody of sons. 1:41 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said his family was why he didn't commit to the Bandidos because it was too time consuming. 1:42 PM - 7 Nov 2017
After his younger son got older, it freed him up to ride more, he said. He got out of Roca for a couple of years. 1:44 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Later,he hung out with Bandidos and became a prospect with the Bandidos. He said the Bandidos are secretive but not in a criminal way. 1:46 PM - 7 Nov 2017
His uncle, David Martinez, was president of the Bandidos Dallas chapter at the time. He said his Dad, Julian, prospected with him. 1:48 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said his father formerly was a Bandido and left them. He didn't have to pledge his bike or give them his bike as previous witnesses said. 1:49 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Before Twin Peaks, his father drove a sanitation truck in Garland. He became a Bandido on March 12, 2012. 1:50 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Gotro said he remembered that date quicker than he remembered his kids' birthdates. 1:51 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said he worked hard for that patch and he teared up when they gave it to him. 1:52 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said being a Bandido is to be a man, be honest, be a man of your word. You can be rich or you can be poor, but if you are a Bandido, you are a Bandido, he said. 1:53 PM - 7 Nov 2017
They call their meetings church and they talk about upcoming events, he said. 1:54 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Since his arrest, he hasn't had to pay his $100 dues, he said. 1:55 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said he has gone to COC meetings all over the state, not just in their region. 1:58 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said before Twin Peaks, he has not been to a COC meeting in Waco or really been to Waco at all. 1:59 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said the first time he heard of the Cossacks was in 2006. He said he had seen them around but never had any dealings with them. 2:02 PM - 7 Nov 2017
In March 2015, he said he knew Rolando Garcia, a San Antonio area Bandido. Garcia got beat up in Lorena. 2:04 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said "dumb stuff," getting drunk and fighting, drugs, crime, was not tolerated by the Dallas chapter under his uncle. 2:06 PM - 7 Nov 2017
They were professionals and knuckleheads get weeded out, he said. They did not tolerate foolish behavior, he said. 2:08 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He got an Expect No Mercy patch after Twin Peaks. He said he is judged by everyone for being a Bandido and he expects no mercy from anyone. 2:09 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said he is not a criminal, has never been in trouble and he has never been asked to do anything criminal while in that chapter. 2:10 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Gotro asked if he expected to be asked to do just a little bit criminal when he joined the Bandidos. He said no. 2:11 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said he was the one with the yellow helmet at the center of the fight that day. He said he didn't take off his helmet because he didn't have a chance to take it off. 2:13 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He was in jail almost a month and then wore an ankle monitor after that. He said he is drug tested at work and does not use drugs. 2:14 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Gotro is showing text messages from Carrizal to other members, warning them to be careful about Cossacks riding around. 2:15 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said they like to know if other biker groups that they are not familiar with are riding in the area where they live. 2:18 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said 1 percenter does not mean they are a bad element. It means they are a small group who are committed to their brothers and family 2:20 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He used a derogatory term in an email to refer to a law enforcement motorcycle group. 2:22 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He explained that group wants to be police but they also want to act like outlaws. 2:23 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Gotro is asking Carrizal about the eagle tattoo on the back of his hand and his long beard. "You don't look mainstream, Jake," Gotro said. 2:25 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Carrizal chuckled and agreed but said that doesn't mean he is a bad guy. 2:25 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Carrizal explained a text he sent that showed a picture of his boot print in blood with the words "Talk shit, get hit." 2:35 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said a neighbor touched his fiancé inappropriately and he hit him. He said he would do it again. The man later apologized, he said. 2:36 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Time for recess. 2:41 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Gotro is asking about bike stickers. One says motorcycle clubs are not street gangs. Carrizal says he doesn't know its origin but agrees 3:02 PM - 7 Nov 2017
When he told chapter and support clubs to bring their tools, he meant bring their guns. He said they were being targeted on the road. 3:03 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said he didn't expect there to be that many Cossacks at Twin Peaks and said they didn't go there expecting trouble. 3:05 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said they came to the Waco meeting because they had not had one in Waco and they wanted to show support for the group and its meeting. 3:06 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said the Bandidos have not had trouble with other biker groups, even other 1 percenter groups across the country. 3:07 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He got promoted to president of the Dallas chapter in 2016. 3:09 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Gotro said Carrizal broke the conditions of his bond by associating with the Bandidos, communicating with potential witnesses in his chapter 3:12 PM - 7 Nov 2017
She handed him the order and asked what rule on there he didn't break. He said he didn't use drugs or possess a firearm. 3:13 PM - 7 Nov 2017
"Is the club that important to you? Do you know they can lock you up in jail for violating these conditions?" She asked. 3:15 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said he will always be a Bandido. He said he can be a good father, a good spouse, a good citizen and a good Bandido at the same time. 3:17 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said he can be a Bandido and not commit crimes. He said he knows many don't believe that, but it is possible. 3:18 PM - 7 Nov 2017
On May 17, 2015, his chapter met up with support groups on I-35 and rode to Waco together. 3:20 PM - 7 Nov 2017
There was a group of 20 or so Bandidos and supporters riding in and he stopped in the middle, looking around for places to park. 3:23 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Cossacks came streaming off the patio as he turned to back into a spot. He was surrounded by Cossacks. He put his kick stand down, got off. 3:25 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He doesn't remember how his bike got on its side. Cossacks said he could not park there. 3:27 PM - 7 Nov 2017
"That's all I saw was Cossacks. I was surrounded. Not just a few, but dozens," he said. He said he was surprised to see them there. 3:28 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He was on the right side of his bike and he knew he had to get over to where the rest of his group were. They were surrounded also 3:29 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He got over to where his brothers were. It was just a sea of Cossacks, he said. There were 7 Bandidos. Owen Reeves and Martinez were arguing 3:31 PM - 7 Nov 2017
The Cossacks yelled that the Bandidos were blocking the in. They said they were not. Cossacks said they could not park there. 3:32 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He asked one Cossack his name and told him to be cool, be cool. Martinez told them to get back on the porch and the Cossacks cursed him. 3:33 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Somebody told him not to talk to my president like that and one Cossack said don't talk to my Nomad that way. 3:35 PM - 7 Nov 2017
A Cossack hit Wrecker and as soon as he hit Wrecker, the guy in front of Carrizal hit him and he hit him back. He was swarmed after that. 3:36 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said he heard gunshots and tried to reach for a knife in his pocket but he couldn't get to it. He said he waited to get stabbed or shot. 3:38 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Carrizal said he had a two-shot Derringer in his back pocket. His dad gave it to him because they were being targeted. 3:41 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said he didn't even think to pull out his gun that day. 3:41 PM - 7 Nov 2017
As the fight continued, he saw a gun pointed at him while he was on the ground. He pulled his Derringer out and fired it at Jacob Lee Rhynes 3:42 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He saw one in his group lying dead and another bleeding from his head. He crawled under a truck and under another one. 3:45 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He saw his uncle and he was yelling for his dad. He is crying now. He said he wanted to find his dad. 3:46 PM - 7 Nov 2017
They asked for help moving the wounded. He still had his helmet on. They helped a friend to the side of Don Carlos. 3:47 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He finally saw two officers helping his dad get to medical attention. He was shot in the shoulder, covered in blood. 3:48 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He put his head in his lap and he told him to take care of his mother, his brothers and his boys. He said he told his dad to shut up. 3:50 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He lied to police about having a gun that day because he said he was scared. He said he had never been in trouble before. 3:51 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said the officers saved lives that day, adding they saved his life at least twice that day. 3:51 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said even if he could have run away, he wouldn't have because that was his family in harm's way and he would not leave them. 3:52 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said he did not go to Waco to pick a fight. He said he is not a criminal and he is not guilty of the charges. 3:54 PM - 7 Nov 2017
The attorneys are meeting at the bench with the judge after Gotro passed the witness.
3:55 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Jarrett is asking about patches. Carrizal said any group can wear a patch to support the Bandidos. 4:01 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Carrizal said police officers are excluded from being a Bandido. He said police are hard to trust because of how they profile bikers. 4:03 PM - 7 Nov 2017
When he became a Bandido, he was just as active as before but he was ready for the commitment at that time. 4:06 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Jarrett asked about the term out bad, meaning to leave the group on bad terms. 4:08 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Carrizal said the term is not used that much anymore, saying if someone leaves the Bandidos they are just out, not good or bad necessarily. 4:09 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said there are reasons why it is good to be a Bandido, including being part of a family and being around people who care about you. 4:11 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said the Bandidos reputation has kept them out of trouble strictly because of that reputation. 4:12 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Jarrett said outlaw groups have toy runs to mask the other bad acts they do. 4:13 PM - 7 Nov 2017
"How many toy runs does it take to make up for the deaths of nine people?" Jarrett asked.4:14 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Carrizal said he doesn't blame Bandidos or cops for Twin Peaks. He blames the Cossacks. 4:15 PM - 7 Nov 2017
He said the Cossacks were not there to attend the COC meeting. His group was and if the Cossacks had not been there, they would have just had a meeting and gone home. 4:16 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Carrizal said he was aware of the incident but his chapter didn't talk about it. 4:22 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Jarrett is showing a shirt from a run to Tyler in 2015 where a Bandido is standing on a Cossacks symbol. 4:25 PM - 7 Nov 2017
"And just a few short months later, there are seven dead Cossacks in Waco, Texas, and you expect us to believe there wasn't bad blood between the Cossacks and Bandidos?" Jarrett asked. Carrizal said he never said that. He said the Cossacks were doing dumb things. 4:28 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Carrizal said he knows the Cossacks were targeting Bandidos and if they hurt one of their brothers they will stand beside him. 4:30 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Carrizal said other clubs don't need Bandidos permission to ride in Texas or wear patches of their choice. 4:32 PM - 7 Nov 2017
However, they often seek advice about those things out of respect to the Bandidos, he said. 4:32 PM - 7 Nov 2017
An email from an Iron Guardian asked for Bandidos "blessing" to form another group. Jarrett asked why that was necessary. 4:34 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Carrizal said it was just a respectful gesture on his part, not that they needed Bandidos permission. 4:35 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Carrizal said the Bandidos have been together for more than 50 years and that consistency is respected in their culture. 4:37 PM - 7 Nov 2017
Which one of them is "red boots"?
https://www.onenationunderarrest.com/police/officer-court-sgt-cory-j-ledbetter-aka-red-boots/
That website is a PITA but point made. Yet some loathsome lizard has assured me that the “red boots” story was totally debunked. LOL
I think it has been pretty obvious Red Boots and his buddies were pretty satisfied the way the whole thing went down. My personal opinion and stand by it after following this Story for past couple of years.
Carrizal is done. Defense rests. The state has two rebuttal witnesses. The first is Keith Stepka.11:42 AM - 8 Nov 2017
He was there for a birthday party and he made no secret gestures to anyone that day. He ran when the shooting started. 11:45 AM - 8 Nov 2017
The defense suggested he tapped his head three times on a video in an apparent signal to someone. He was not there as law enforcement. 11:46 AM - 8 Nov 2017
And then there are those who consider some in "law enforcement" to be just another gang.
He is president of the Bandidos Tyler chapter. He was called as a defense witness last week but the defense did not play it for jury. 1:22 PM - 8 Nov 2017
The state is playing it for the jury as rebuttal testimony. 1:23 PM - 8 Nov 2017
He sent two members of his chapter to Twin Peaks to get legislative updates and bring back the information to the group. 1:25 PM - 8 Nov 2017
He was aware of threats to the Bandidos from the Cossacks. He said his chapter doesn't allow lawbreakers in their group. 1:26 PM - 8 Nov 2017
His son, a Marine veteran, is in the Bandidos, too. 1:27 PM - 8 Nov 2017
He repossesses planes for a living and has had to get security clearance for airports. 1:31 PM - 8 Nov 2017
He said he has had no security problems or issues not getting clearance because he is a Bandido. 1:32 PM - 8 Nov 2017
He said Bandidos don't back down, but they also are not going to be going out looking for trouble, either. 1:36 PM - 8 Nov 20170
His chapter had a party in March 2015 and had T shirts made up to celebrate the Bandidos 49th anniversary. 1:38 PM - 8 Nov 2017
On the shirt, the Fat Mexican is standing on a black and gold Cossacks flag. Smith was reluctant to say what the shirt symbolized. 1:41 PM - 8 Nov 2017
Finally, he said Tyler is home of the first Cossacks chapter and the shirt was supposed to say, "We're here," he said. 1:42 PM - 8 Nov 2017
Jarrett asked if the shirt is consistent with the bad blood between the Bandidos and Cossacks. He said not necessarily. 1:44 PM - 8 Nov 2017
He said it is outside the norm but not criminal. 1:48 PM - 8 Nov 2017
He said the Bandidos are an outlaw motorcycle club but not criminal. He said it is like outlaw country music. 1:48 PM - 8 Nov 2017
The state and the defense close their cases. The judge recessed the jury until 9 a.m. Thursday so the parties can work on the court charge. 1:51 PM - 8 Nov 2017
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