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Waco Blunders Through Its 'Biker Shootout' Investigation
The Atlantic ^ | December 22, 2015 | Conor Friedersdorf

Posted on 12/22/2015 7:58:49 AM PST by don-o

The criminal-justice system in Waco, Texas, continues to boggle the mind. Last month, a grand jury in McClellan County held a marathon session to consider whether District Attorney Abel Reyna had presented enough evidence to justify indictments in the shootout at a May gathering of bikers where nine people were killed. In the wake of those killings, 177 bikers were arrested. Many proclaimed their innocence, and local authorities faced criticism for jailing so many individuals using fill-in-the-blank paperwork that didn't differentiate among the jailed.

Still, the November grand jury session returned 106 indictments at the end of one day, some against unknown figures who hadn't previously been arrested. And the citizen jurors would reconvene at a later date to consider the fate of 80 additional bikers. This, despite the fact that leaked surveillance footage certainly seems to depict many bikers who look surprised that bullets are flying and unprepared for a gunfight, not as if they were conspiring to murder a bunch of their rivals:

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; ibtg; inbeforetexasgator; nifong2; texas; waco
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To: TexasGator

Says you which means absolutely nothing, zilch, nada, zero.


121 posted on 12/24/2015 9:02:00 AM PST by Boomer
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To: TexasGator

Prove it. From what I understand; what you describe is a he said she said scenario which of course cannot be taken seriously.


122 posted on 12/24/2015 9:03:49 AM PST by Boomer
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To: Boomer

LOL!

Follow the money!


123 posted on 12/24/2015 2:44:49 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: Boomer

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck ...


124 posted on 12/24/2015 2:47:40 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: Boomer

Saves time when having to respond to the same bs over and over ...


125 posted on 12/24/2015 2:53:06 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

Wow, once again TG proves he is a master at select-copy-paste.


126 posted on 12/26/2015 12:22:57 AM PST by House Atreides (Cruz or lose! Do TG & Boogieman have to be asses every day?)
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To: House Atreides

“Wow, once again TG proves he is a master at select-copy-paste.”

Written by me after reading all the autopsy reports.


127 posted on 12/26/2015 3:12:13 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: Boomer

“Prove it. From what I understand; what you describe is a he said she said scenario which of course cannot be taken seriously.”

Who pays the dues? All the bikers in the CoC

Who gets the dues? In Texas, it is the Bandidos.


128 posted on 12/27/2015 9:44:28 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: Boomer

This has bothered me for a long time. Why would one wear and empty holster and empty knife case to a gang fight?

“When he was arrested, he was wearing an empty black gun holster and an empty knife case, according to the court documents.”

http://www.wacotrib.com/news/twin-peaks-biker-shooting/vehicle-forfeiture-documents-reveal-new-details-about-deadly-biker-shootout/article_0491c81d-7009-52f1-9120-d9cb08b1609e.html


129 posted on 12/28/2015 1:12:32 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: Sasparilla

“Waco? Janet Reno is certainly pleased.”

As is Uncle Tom Holder.


130 posted on 01/01/2016 6:31:08 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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