Broden v. Waco Continued

Most of the attorneys in the Twin Peaks case are dithering and telling their clients not to make too much noise. This morning Broden, who represents Scimitar Matt Clendennen in a federal civil rights lawsuit and who is trying to subpoena one of the many video recordings of the May 17 massacre, threw an affidavit at McLennan County District Attorney Abelino Reyna, Assistant District Attorney Michael Jarrett, Waco Police propagandist W. Patrick Swanton and Waco Police Chief Brent Stroman.

Broden filed his affidavit in preparation for a hearing in Waco tomorrow on his subpoena, which the city of Waco is trying to block. The affidavit offers a fine review of the Waco disinformation campaign so far and is reproduced at length below.

Prior to filing the subpoena…I was aware that Patrick Swanton, on behalf of the Waco Police Department, held several press conferences in which members of the national, and possibly international, media were present. Included among the statements Swanton made at these press conferences were: The events at Twin Peaks occurred inside the restaurant (where Mr. Clendennen moved during the altercation) and moved to the parking lot. Those arrested (which would include Mr. Clendennen) were not there to “drink beer and eat barbeque.” Those arrested (which would include Mr. Clendennen) “participated one way or the other in what happened”at Twin Peaks. Those arrested (which would include Mr. Clendennen) came to Twin Peaks “with violence in mind.”

Prior to filing the subpoena…I was aware that McLennan County District Attorney Abelino Reyna made the following statements during a television interview: That nothing was telling him that anybody arrested (which would include Mr. Clendennen) was not guilty. That those arrested (which would include Mr. Clendennen) were not there “just to eat lunch.”

Prior to filing the subpoena…I was aware that, on June 12, 015, Brent Stroman, the chief of the Waco Police Department, held a press conference where numerous media people were present. Included among the statements Stroman made at the press conference were: That he (Stroman) had seen the “surveillance video” and that he believed that there was, in fact, probable cause to arrest all of those arrested (which would include Mr. Clendennen). That he (Stroman) wanted the “surveillance video” released because it would “show what happened.” The implication was that the video supported the prior statements made by Swanton.

Prior to filing the subpoena…I was aware that the McLennan County First Assistant District Attorney claimed to have reviewed the surveillance video and the video showed: A group of Cossacks arriving at Twin Peaks and “spreading out across the patio in sentry positions,” obviously keeping close watch on their surroundings. As a line of Bandidos rode through the parking lot, Cossacks scramble over patio railings as the shootout ensues.

Prior to filing the subpoena…I was aware that The Associated Press reported viewing the Twin Peaks surveillance video that is the subject of the subpoena and it reported: The video shows bikers on the restaurant patio Sunday, ducking under tables and trying to get inside. When gunshots start at 12:24 p.m. on the video, most bikers, other patrons and staff immediately run away from the windows and into the restaurant’s interior. One camera angle shows bikers running into the men’s bathroom. When there’s no space left in the bathroom, they dash toward the kitchen.

Prior to filing the subpoena… I spoke to Patrick Keating (the lawyer for the former Twin Peaks Waco who has the video Broden has subpoenaed). Mr. Keating told me: Twin Peaks would willingly turn over the surveillance video provided it had a subpoena because Twin Peaks did not want to upset the Waco Police. He reviewed the video and did not see Mr. Clendennen in the parking lot area and that there was a clean shot of the patio area where Mr. Clendennen said he was sitting. His review of the video did not contain the representations made by Jarrett.

Prior to filing the subpoena I was aware that Mr. Clendennen was given a polygraph exam and was found to be truthful when asked the following questions and having given the following responses:

Q1: Did you go to Twin Peaks on May 17th for the purpose of engaging in violence? A: No

Q3: Did you encourage anyone to take part in violence at Twin Peaks that day? A: No

Based upon the above, I believe that the Twin Peaks surveillance video, which is in the possession of Mr. Keating, will refute public claims made by Swanton, Reyna, Stroman and Jarrett. First, I believe it will show that, in fact, Mr. Clendennen was sitting on the patio and did, in fact, appear to be at Twin Peaks “just to eat lunch.” Second, I believe it will show that Mr. Clendennen did not appear to be at Twin Peaks with “violence in mind” nor did he participate in any violence. Third, I believe that it will show Mr. Clendennen taking cover near the restaurant bathroom after the violence broke out. Fourth, I believe it will show that Mr. Clendennen was not in any position to have knowledge that bikers allegedly “spread out across the patio in sentry positions keeping close watch on their surroundings.”

I…note that the City of Waco, through Swanton and Stroman, have repeatedly made public statements about what occurred at Twin Peaks and, in the case of Stroman, what was contained on the video. Nevertheless, the report by The Associate Press and my conversations with Keating appear to contradict those public statements.

... I mean it’s not like law enforcement hasn’t already tarred and feathered all of the accused. Every single one that was arrested.

Considering that literally, tarring and feathering a person would certainly cause severe physical damage if not death, YES.

1. EVERY SINGLE ONE now has not just an arrest record, but a serious one, I think felony arrest, or arrest for murder ON THEIR RECORDS forever more, even if the charges are dropped. They now have RECORDS, which will taint them in any job interview or application, and will taint their credibility should they be arrested again for exercising their right to free association. PERMANENT SERIOUS damage/punishment has been meted by the government on law-abiding citizens and nothing can undo it.

2. For two weeks at least, these individuals were prevented from going to their homes, jobs, from paying bills, from meeting any of the obligations that people have in the normal course of a normal week or month, and the personal, financial, and professional damage to law-abiding peaceful citizens was PERMANENTLY DEBILITATING.

3. They were ALL required to pay bail of at least thousands of dollars, if not tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, AND to pay steep fees to wear the required ankle monitor. Peaceful, law-abiding citizens were ROBBED AND EXTORTED, nothing more, nothing less.

And the law has ALREADY GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT because regardless of what happens in the next years, all of these people have been permanently and severely punished, BY THE LAW, though they were legal, law-abiding citizens.

They weren't just tarred and feathered -- they were taken out of commission. It's a done deal.

This is seriously scary crap going down.

I find that particular bit they've been spreading about the lookouts to be laughable in the extreme.

I believe that I am correct in stating that that piece about the lookouts (deploying in formation, checking weapons, adjusting holsters) comes from an affidavit that the DA submitted in a property seizure. Again, going on memory here, the affidavit states that they know this to be the case from a review of VIDEOS.

I am going to see if I can dig up what I read and if I do, will link it here.

"Low information folks" -- the more I look into this in places other than FR, the more I suspect that ALL of us are being played by government authorities. The Bandidios have been around for decades, and some of my lifelong biker friends have told me that there are some bad-dude Bandidos out there, and when I research independent, yep, I can find serious arrest records which indicate that the Club has its share of bad dudes. But NOW I think that the club has been seriously trying to clear up its act for quite awhile, because it IS a club and a brotherhood, like all motorcycle clubs.

So as much as any low-info folk, I allowed myself to be played, at first, just thinking that because the Bandidos are "Tier II" "criminal gangs" on some law enforcement list, that they were along the lines of Mongols. Instead, upon closer review, it looks like the Bandidos are more along the lines of a biker Rotarian club with some old rebels in their ranks, and there's an effort in the club to weed out the Mongol-types or do what a brotherhood does, and help them "go straight," so to speak, because the law sure as hell isn't going to do it -- only biker peers have that ability.

Then there's the "colorful lore" of the patch meanings, which so many people, myself included at least for awhile, fall for hook line and sinker, as if a certain patch denotes a crime and that's all there is too it because "experts" say it does. I bet that in reality, the 1 percent patch and a whole bunch of other ones are just ... patches signifying rebellion. It behooves law enforcement to tell Americans the patches are open announcements of violent crime, when REALLY, they are open announcements of a rebel attitude.

What I am watching unfold with this Waco thing is the most distressing thing I've seen happen in America since 9-11-2001, even moreso than the recent Supreme Court decisions on Obamacare and homosexual pretend-marriage. The court decisions were abstract, while the Waco thing was PHYSICAL FORCE USED TO PERMANENTLY PUNISH LAW ABIDING CITIZENS.

I have no idea what actually happened. Were there some arrested that actually caused the deaths of people at the restaurant? Probably. What do you think? Maybe 5? 10? So at best that leaves somewhere around 170 people in jail on $1,000,000 bond.

Now, how do you get out of jail with $1,000,000 bond. And isn’t there something in MY!! Constitution of the United States that say’s something like “excessive bond will not be levied”? Or maybe I’m just imagining that. So, I know I couldn’t come up with $1,000,000 bucks to get out of jail. And if I could they still wouldn’t let me out. Most felonies you can’t post your own bond. So let’s see....You pay a bail bondsman. Usual fee. 10%. For a mere $100,000 you can be released from your unlawful detention. Thank you very much sir! May I have another!

I tell you what. I would have loved to be a bail bondsman in Waco. At my calculations....let’s see...170 innocent captives....X 100,000....comes out to.....$17,000,000! I could retire on that.

And there are plenty here that call us “apologists for thugs and criminals” for pointing that out.

I just want to see the damn tape. And the autopsies.

But apparently that’s not gonna happen. And there is no reason that I can see not to release that information. Unless it doesn’t corroborate law enforcements version of events.

http://www.wacotrib.com/news/twin-peaks-biker-shooting/bail-bond-ankle-monitor-companies-see-bonanza-from-biker-arrests/article_3c90f890-895d-5c69-a04d-0e5f58990b9d.html

Well I’ll be dog. One quick search

It seems McClennen Co. has their own bail bond business. It’s in the County courthouse.

Wonder if the Judge who set bail has a brother or family member in on the scam?

http://www.nbcdfw.com/investigations/Dallas-Bandido-Opened-Fire-in-Waco-Shootout-Police-308261651.html

Links to article that contains the affidavit I mentioned that was constructed relying on videos. This is important because Chief of Police Brent Stoman said that his men were sitting in their vehicles when the violent altercation broke out.

Since they had to go to the videos to construct the affidavit (because they were SITTING IN THEIR VEHICLES), they are exposed as being caught flat footed (or more accurately, flat-assed).

Perhaps its the embarrassment for their incompetence (criminal negligence?) that has created the big chill info-wise.

Thank you. Bob Dylan song, "Solid Rock"

"I won't let go and I can't let go."

It was a week to ten days after 5/17 that the story interested me much. I knew the bare bones, and was intrigued by the 177 under $1,000,000 bonds to glance at it from time to time. Until the days began to pile up and I took a closer look and since then have tried to understand how this can happen in America and what precedents are being set before our very eyes.

It is not a pretty picture.

Something to think about. I know that the PGR folks I ride with who are able to participate a lot more than I can, are careful about how their vests are structured. In discussions I've had about it, you're generally going to be OK with just about any group if you have one of the big PGR logos on back. Rockers and whatnot are problematic, so they just advise to forgo that kind of stuff.

What is interesting about my association with these folks, is that some of them look just like what hollywood casting would be using for "grungy biker dude" if they needed him in a scene. However, they are some of the finest people I've ever met, many of which would give you the shirt off their back if you needed it. They work for a living just like the rest of us (though many have retired), but choose to spend their time honoring those who have served, and the families left behind.

One of the most troubling aspects of this entire situation is the way our Feral government just decides "all these guys are criminals because they're wearing vests with patches", and lowers the full power of the law on them to make an example of them I suppose. That is, of course not to discount the fact that somone, and we still don't know who, killed a bunch of folks there.

...some of them look just like what hollywood casting would be using for "grungy biker dude" if they needed him in a scene. However, they are some of the finest people I've ever met, many of which would give you the shirt off their back if you needed it...

AMEN BROTHER FREEPER.

AMEN!

When it comes to "the law," there are two very different types of criminals.

There are those who deliberately do bad, mean rotten things to other people for their own profit. They have arrest records and convictions for doing it.

Then there are those who are rebels who ignore stupid laws and live freely, peacefully, and morally, but outside of the law. They carry a gun for self defense, but without a permit. They smoke weed. They get drunk. The let their drivers' license expire and drive anyway. They put their baby in the front seat beside them instead of facing backward in the back seat.

I think probably that the VAST majority of bikers are rebels at heart. I know FOR A FACT that felons, folks who've served time in prison, can be your most steadfast morally righteous trustworthy friends and allies of considerable value. Just because someone is a felon, doesn't mean he isn't a very righteous good person.

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