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http://www.agingrebel.com/14238 May 23,2016

What Happened

Terwilliger was a hang around with the Line Riders Motorcycle Club who heard shots shortly after he arrived at the restaurant. As he took cover, he saw a friend named William Richardson shot and he attempted to give Richardson first aid. He called fellow complainant Benjamin Matcek – a member of the Line Riders who was not at the Twin Peaks during the gunfight – to come the restaurant to drive Richardson to a hospital. Smith is also a member of the Line Riders.

Police explicitly agreed to allow the three men to drive Richardson to a hospital, then arrested them after they left the hospital and “pulled into the parking lot of a closed business to regroup and process the traumatic events. While in the parking lot, Waco police officers approached the vehicle, and eventually decided to arrest Plaintiffs Matcek, Terwilliger, and Smith. Plaintiff Matcek was initially arrested and charged with criminal trespass and Unlawfully Carrying Weapons. Matcek bonded out of jail on those charges two days later on May 19, 2015. After Matcek was released from jail, a warrant for Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity was issued for him. Mr. Matcek was arrested based on the Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity warrant on May 20, 2015.”

Terwilliger was arrested and charged with Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity despite the fact that a Waco police detective told him that night that “he (the detective) had determined that the Line Riders were an independent club with no affiliation or association to any other club.”

Smith was “initially arrested and charged with Directing Activities of Criminal Street Gangs…. Days later, a second charge for Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity was added.”

All three men are seeking compensatory damages, the costs of the suit, exemplary damages and lawyers fees.

After he filed the suit, Jones told The Aging Rebel, “We are committed to not letting any level of government get away with destroying human rights…not on our watch.”