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Outrage as Waco, Texas biker fight is compared to Baltimore
Daily News ^ | 5/18/15 | NICOLE HENSLEY

Posted on 05/18/2015 7:16:08 AM PDT by Oliviaforever

The deadly gun battle among several factions of biker gangs in Waco, Texas has social media users questioning the civility of its police intervention in the wake of Baltimore and Ferguson’s uprisings.

“They’ve recovered at least 100 weapons,” Deray McKesson, a high-profile activist wrote on Twitter. “The (National) Guard would be mobilized now if, black.”

With photos showing detained members of the criminal motorcycle gangs plugging away at their phones as police calmly stand guard, activists are quick to point out the disparity of the situation.

(Excerpt) Read more at m.nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: oneriotoneranger; waco
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To: Oliviaforever

“The (National) Guard would be mobilized now if, black.”


Am I confused? Was this not limited to a parking lot? Was there looting going on?

What, exactly, would the NG do after the roundup of the perps?


61 posted on 05/18/2015 8:04:56 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Steven Tyler

Bandidos was one. I used to be part of the “biker” community in the Seattle/Tacoma area. They were the one group that was still considered at risk of this sort of thing.

Apparently we were right.

But most of the bikers were RUB’s (Rich Urban Bikers).


62 posted on 05/18/2015 8:07:57 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: cuban leaf

No NG is needed. The cops have The Nuge on standby.


63 posted on 05/18/2015 8:09:33 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: A CA Guy

The police should have used auto weapons and cut down everyone of these bikers. The way to stop these punks is to wipe them out. They are criminals who deal and smuggle drugs, steal bikes, rape, etc. They are punks.


64 posted on 05/18/2015 8:09:54 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: cuban leaf
“The (National) Guard would be mobilized now if, black.”

As it happens, there was no necessity for the National Guard to show up, as the Waco Police Department and the McLennan County Sheriff's Office had the situation well under control, with help from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Why would you possibly need the National Guard...when you have the Waco PD and the DPS?
66 posted on 05/18/2015 8:11:59 AM PDT by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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To: BenLurkin

Killing each other seems the same as the start of a riot to me.


67 posted on 05/18/2015 8:12:03 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: BenLurkin

In cases like this police would use robots for an initial approach of the suspects. A number of bad guys in the past have left bobby traps on their bodies that would detonate as they were taken into custody by LEO’s.


68 posted on 05/18/2015 8:12:20 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Lumper20

The ones smuggling drugs get approval by the recreational drug users/libertarians.


69 posted on 05/18/2015 8:12:52 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: The_Reader_David

“From the photos, there’s another notable difference ignored by the leftist tweets: once the police showed up the violence from the bikers seems to have stopped quickly..”

If that is the case, why did the cops have to start shooting when they arrived at Twin Peeks?


70 posted on 05/18/2015 8:12:59 AM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: fwdude

These kids today see more at a local swimming pool.


71 posted on 05/18/2015 8:15:00 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: Oliviaforever

Anybody know which 2 biker gangs were involved?


72 posted on 05/18/2015 8:16:05 AM PDT by chud
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To: Oliviaforever

Liberals have it backwards. Why should the National Guard be called out? No Whites were rioting. The bikers pictured weren’t assaulting police — as Black did in Baltimore — nor destroying property, nor resisting arrest. Once police asserted their authority, the bikers backed down and behaved. Blacks NEVER do.


73 posted on 05/18/2015 8:17:02 AM PDT by montag813 (Pray for Israel)
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To: A CA Guy

Yep.


74 posted on 05/18/2015 8:17:17 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: Oliviaforever

There is no comparison. No white person I know is making excuses for these thugs, almost every black person in America is making excuses for black thugs.


75 posted on 05/18/2015 8:17:48 AM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: Oliviaforever
No, this was not like Baltimore. Baltimore was about rioting and looting over a perceived injustice. This was a turf war between white biker gangs. If you want an apples to apples comparison, think a turf war between Bloods, Crips, BGF and other black street gangs. But that wouldn't be newsworthy because black on black violence doesn't play to the narrative.
76 posted on 05/18/2015 8:23:12 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Oliviaforever
Talking about multiple gangs being in the same place at the same time; I heard this reported on the news that this was some sort of a recruitment gathering.

...something like a job fair, I guess.

77 posted on 05/18/2015 8:23:57 AM PDT by Baynative (For someone to get something without paying for it, someone else must pay for it without getting it.)
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To: Oliviaforever

They ain’t done did nuthin wrong. They be fixin’ to be country singers. Would give y’all the shirt off they back. They’all love they babies.


78 posted on 05/18/2015 8:25:52 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Oliviaforever; All

Oh come on, David Allan Coe was singing Longhaired Redneck way back in the 70s:

BUT THE COUNTRY D.J.’S ALL THINK I’M AN OUTLAW
AND THEY’D NEVER COME TO SEE ME IN THIS DIVE
WHERE BIKERS STARE AT COWBOYS
WHO ARE LAUGHING’ AT THE HIPPIES
WHO ARE PRAYING’ THEY’LL GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE

Just leave them boys alone, cuz their gonna do what ever they want.


79 posted on 05/18/2015 8:27:44 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: lormand

” No white person I know is making excuses for these thugs, almost every black person in America is making excuses for black thugs.”

Would you be able it cite data that show that “Almost every black person in America is making excuses for black thugs?”

Perhaps further, could you cite any data that show that any racial group in this country advocates the type of Gang Violence that occurred in Waco?


80 posted on 05/18/2015 8:30:10 AM PDT by Oliviaforever
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