[TexasGator]

“Self-interested law enforcement “experts” are the ONLY source of that claim. I’ve dug and looked and read through MANY MANY news reports from “established” journalists over the weeks since May 17, as well as non-news blogs, and the reality is that the ONLY source of claims that a fight was brewing, comes from LEO. “

I believe that I have posted two other sources on this thread.

[Finny]

ORIGINAL sources, dear. Just because the Waco Tribune or some "expert" from another state says this was the scuttlebutt among bikers, or reports what the Waco PD claim they heard was brewing between one "gang" and another, doesn't mean they are separate sources, it only means they were reported in different venues. They ALL originate from LEO. INCLUDING information gathered from "police informants" that LEO deigns to share with we mere peasants.

Any Cossacks who claim this is so -- no doubt you have found one or two -- you have ZIP idea whether that Cossack is an under-cover cop, or whether an authentic Cossack was TOLD of the supposed "battle is brewing" by an undercover cop who wants him to believe it. ANY claims from Cossacks OR Bandidos as to the truth of a "fight brewing" or not, denial or admission, are off the table and rejected as a credible, in my book, and I have read where Bandidos outright deny any intent to "rumble" over territory or that there was even dispute in the first place. I'd like to believe them, but what I'd like to believe has zero to do with what is actually believable.

In your book, you believe what you want to believe.

In my book, I believe what I HAVE to believe, even when I hate it.