CNN to air special about Waco biker shootout

Star-Telegram ^ | 5/13/2016 | Robert Philpot

[Elderberry]

It hardly seems like nearly a year has gone by since a biker shootout at a Waco Twin Peaks made national news, but the first anniversary of the deadly event is this Tuesday.

On Monday, CNN will commemorate this with a CNN Special Report, Biker Brawl: Inside the Texas Shootout.” Maybe it’s just us, but isn’t “brawl” too weak a word for a Sunday-afternoon gunfight in which nine men were killed, more than a dozen were wounded and 177 were arrested?

Ed Lavandera of CNN’s Dallas bureau, who has been reporting on this for the past year, will anchor the report, which will feature, according to a release, “graphic surveillance video, dramatic dash-cam footage, crime-scene photos and investigative documents — much of it obtained exclusively by CNN.”

Aside from the above statistics, 480 weapons were confiscated after the shootout between the Bandidos and Cossacks motorcycle clubs. Lavandera (who worked for WFAA/Channel 8 in his pre-CNN days) will talk to members of both clubs, including Jeff Pike, president of the Bandidos, and members who were involved in the shootout.

The hour-long special is scheduled to air at 8 p.m. CDT Monday on CNN.

[BenLurkin]

Has it ever been disclosed how many of the dead and wounded were shot by law enforcement?

[Pearls Before Swine]

Brawl... battle... ambush?

[kiryandil]

IBTG

[Elderberry]

4 Waco bikers killed in May shot by police rifles - report

https://www.rt.com/usa/325656-waco-bikers-shot-police/

[thoughtomator]

Given that it’s CNN, I’d expect it to be a complete whitewashing and slack-jawed praise for the government.

[Elderberry]

Another article: http://www.wacotrib.com/news/twin-peaks-biker-shooting/bikers-killed-at-twin-peaks-shot-by-type-of-gun/article_6e2989cf-6b79-5e52-a91b-121be87bc5d2.html

[LittleSpotBlog]

There is a new podcast called Embedded that did its first episode on this event. Pretty eye-opening stuff. IMO, if you shoot someone over a patch, you kind of deserve to get shot by LE.

[Pelham]

ping

[easternsky]

I still cringe at the thought of the obsession of some of the posters. Did not want to ping them so will withhold their screen names. Been a long year with lots of lives destroyed.

[Boomer]

Thanks. I was wondering how many the police killed that day too. Almost half the number killed.

[USNBandit]

No, but the CNN story stated that police had recovered 44 shell casings fired by law enforcement. I think that statement is false because they have consistently stated they recovered 44 spent casings at the scene, 12 of which were theirs.

The article heavily favored the Bandidos side of the story, quoted the Aging Rebel guy a lot, etc.

One really interesting part of the written article on the CNN website. No mention of snipers, law enforcement gunning people down in a planned ambush, etc.

[USNBandit]

It’s bad when we have to wait for Vladimir Putin to put out the news

[Prolixus]

I wonder if the CNN video will also have audio. It would help determine whether or not there was fully automatic fire used to suppress the crowd as some vet bikers have averred.

[misanthrope]

Ping

[TexasGator]

"Has it ever been disclosed how many of the dead and wounded were shot by law enforcement?"

From the autopsies:

Manuel Issac Rodriguez, 40, Allen, one gunshot wound in the head and one in the back. Head: Medium Caliber NOT from police .223; Back: Medium Caliber NOT from police .223

Matthew Mark Smith, 27, Keller, one gunshot wound in the back and one in the abdomen.

Back: Medium Caliber NOT from police .223; Abdomen: Not Determined

Jesus Delgado Rodriguez, 65, New Braunfels, one gunshot wound to the head and one in the back. Head: Medium Caliber NOT from police .223; Trunk: Undertermined

Richard Matthew Jordan II, 31, Pasadena, one gunshot wound to the head. Head: Medium Caliber NOT from police .223

Richard Vincent Kirschner Jr., 47, Wylie, one gunshot wound to the top of the head, one to the left knee and one in the buttocks. Knee: Medium Caliber NOT from police .223; Buttocks: Small Caliber .223 or .22

Wayne Lee Campbell, 43, Fort Worth, one gunshot wound to the head. Trunk: Small Caliber .223 or .22

Daniel Raymond Boyett, 44, Waco, shot two times in the head. Head: Medium Caliber NOT from police .223; Abdomen: Medium Caliber NOT from police .223; Head: Undetermined

Charles Wayne Russell, 46, Tyler, shot once in the chest. Chest: Small Caliber .223 or .22

Jacob Lee Rhyne, 39, Ranger, shot once in the neck and once in the abdomen.Neck: Undertermined; Abdomen: Undetermined

Spaz. Arm: Not Available ... yet!

[TexasGator]

“was fully automatic fire used to suppress the crowd as some vet bikers have averred.”

Source please.