There seems to be a lot of rumors swirling around, but it seems like there are some generally agreed on events. At one point, inside the restaurant (at the bathrooms?) some shoving occurred and it was taken outside. Some brawling occurred, and at one point it progressed to a knife fight.
From that point on, what happened is an unknown. Supposedly someone pulled out a gun, started shooting, and officers started shooting. Being that there was 20+ officers there, including a SWAT team, once the shots started, anyone moving towards anyone would be a target - just the nature of the beast when that many bodies are involved. Even raising a hand could be seen as a threat.
More confusing are the statements from the management company that owns the restaurant; their statement reads to me as some rather shocked owners wondering just what the heck is going on and they have scant information about their business, and almost none about contacts from the parent company to the franchise restaurant.
Good for all of us is that they're going to be spending a pretty penny to try to figure out exactly what happened, if for no other reason than to mitigate their exposure to the ensuing lawsuits. And I'd expect there'd be a number of them.
I think one really key question that should be answered is: Would there have been any shooting if LEO hadn't been staged outside waiting for trouble?
“Would there have been any shooting if LEO hadn’t been staged outside waiting for trouble? “
Why of course not. The organized crime gangs would have simply had a fight of about 200 people, in the middle of a nice city, putting normal people at risk on a sunday afternoon.
And looks like the cops were right. They acted exactly as predicted and started a riot. That crap may fly in California, but not in Texas.
That’s why they shot em down like the animals they were, arrested 170 for being a member of an organized crime organization, and gave em a million dollars bond each, a few will face capital murder charges.
That old saying one riot, one ranger. It come from shutting down things just like this in exactly this manner. These animals got exactly the respect and mercy they give to others. They just ran into someone tougher than them, the Waco police department.
Oh, almost forgot, Waco started civil forfeiture proceeding on about 150 bikes which they impounded.
Waco and Texas plays for all the marbles. Running these jackasses outta town. An example for the nation to be used on mass lawlessness.
Good for all of us is that they're going to be spending a pretty penny to try to figure out exactly what happened, if for no other reason than to mitigate their exposure to the ensuing lawsuits. And I'd expect there'd be a number of them.
Well, if Twin Peaks has to pay out a bunch in damages, perhaps they'll need to cut corners elsewhere - perhaps less fabric in the waitresses outfits.