Posted on 04/02/2019 3:01:33 PM PDT by Elderberry
Almost four years after nine bikers were killed and 20 were injured during a shootout at the former Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, McLennan County District Attorney Barry Johnson said Tuesday he will dismiss all criminal cases against the remaining 24 defendants charged in the midday brawl.
Johnson inherited the Twin Peaks cases when he took office in January, and said he has spent 75 percent of his time since then with a team of prosecutors and investigators trying to determine how to resolve the remaining cases.
Johnson's decision Tuesday means that no one will be held accountable for the multiple deaths or injuries or for the chaotic battle between heavily armed, rival motorcycle clubs waged in a crowded shopping center parking lot while families were on their way to lunch after Sunday church.
In announcing his decision, Johnson said it is time to "end this nightmare that we have been dealing with in this county since May 17, 2015."
"There were nine people who were killed on that fateful day in Waco, Texas, and 20 injured, all of whom were members of rival motorcycle clubs/gangs, and the loss of life is a difficult thing," Johnson said. "But after looking over the 24 cases we were left with, it is my opinion as your district attorney that we are not able to prosecute any of those cases and reach our burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt."
About 200 bikers were arrested after the shootout on identical charges of engaging in organized criminal activity and held on $1 million bonds each. Former McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna sought indictments against 155 bikers on those identical charges and chose to try Jacob Carrizal, the Bandidos Dallas county chapter president, first.
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I thought this happened inside the Twin Peaks restaurant and the “battle” was only authorities shooting like crazy.
Friggin’ liberal writers.
Was anybody ever convicted for anything in this case? It’s like Ruby Ridge and the Branch Davidians all over again.
Carrizal is among those whose cases are to be dismissed. Johnson noted that his trial cost $1 million in preparation and trial costs, plus an additional $500,000 in security and overtime pay after county officials ratcheted up security for his trial.
Yeah. This was a Police way against bikers. Now the lawsuits need to be served.
Johnson’s decision Tuesday means that no one will be held accountable for the multiple deaths or injuries or for the chaotic battle between heavily armed, rival motorcycle clubs waged in a crowded shopping center parking lot while families were on their way to lunch after Sunday church.
In announcing his decision, Johnson said it is time to “end this nightmare that we have been dealing with in this county since May 17, 2015.”
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Well, it appears that the evidence showing ATF, FBI and local LEOs complicity in these deaths will now never see the light of day. Those government agents’ lives go on swimmingly. Meanwhile, the lives of the Texan citizens falsely accused have, in large measure, destroyed.
All bikers that were caught up in this law enforcement debacle cover-up should be compensated for legal expenses and lost bike-riding time...
You must have swallowed some of the bad reporting.
All the shootings took place outside, mostly by the snipers.
From the article:
“Former McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna sought indictments against 155 bikers on those identical charges and chose to try Jacob Carrizal, the Bandidos Dallas county chapter president, first.”
“Carrizal’s case ended in mistrial in November 2017, with most of the jurors in his case favoring acquittal, and no other defendant has been tried since.”
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I wonder if the ballistics report will ever see the light of day...
It did sound like a clumsy bust at best. Technically legal, the prevention action could have gone down with far more grace, if authorities knew that one club was out to get another club at the Twin Peaks meeting. The idea would be to keep either club from fighting, not to wade into the melee themselves.
Some Texas Freeper should start a pool on how many zeroes there will be in the total amount of the settlements and verdicts for the false arrest lawsuits.
Whatever this was, it wasn’t pretty. We ought to ask what would make it the most likely in a do-over that the meeting would have been called off, rather than a melee waded into.
Zeroes. There was a lot of “naughtiness” all around, certainly. Why can’t we be Christian again?
Bttt.
5.56mm
Well, it appears that the evidence showing ATF, FBI and local LEOs complicity in these deaths will now never see the light of day.
Imagine that. I'm Shocked! Shocked I tell you.
There are two kinds of day. The mortal day and the eternal day.
I’m not here to exactly laud an outlaw biker lifestyle in the way that we know it. But there’s another kind, the Jesus biker, that rebels in a different manner.
Your team lost- BIG!!! Just as it should have!
I’m not here to exactly laud an outlaw biker lifestyle in the way that we know it. But there’s another kind, the Jesus biker, that rebels in a different manner.
From what I understand, there are actually more Christian biker groups out there than the other kind. This was an example of government executions. Now that they don't have to worry about any of the forensic results seeing the light of day, everything will just be swept under the rug. The many non-1%ers amongst the crowd will just have to accept the fact that the government can do whatever it wants, whenever it wants and learn to avoid places where they might get placed between the government and their targets.
Loser ping.
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