Posted on 05/20/2015 8:39:04 AM PDT by Enlightened1
A fight that escalated to gunfire between rival biker gangs in a Waco, Texas, restaurant parking lot today left nine people dead, police said.
Eighteen people were taken from the scene to hospitals, mostly for gunshot and stab wounds, Waco Police Sgt. Patrick Swanton said at a news conference. Everyone involved was a gang member, police said.
The violence began as a fight between "criminal biker gangs" at the Twin Peaks Restaurant in the Central Texas Market Place early this afternoon, Swanton said. The fight then spilled into the parking lot where gang members fired at each other, Swanton said.
"As that fight progressed, it progressed very rapidly from hands and feet as weapons to chains," he said. "My understanding a club was involved and knives were involved."
Officers were at the scene when the shooting started, police said, and some officers fired at the bikers. No officers were injured, police said.
Witnesses reported hearing as many as 100 rounds fired from 30 guns.
Police closed the entire Central Texas Market Place shopping area, saying that there was a danger of more violence.
"It is still not totally secure because of the intel that we're getting of individuals wanting to do some payback," he said.
Over the past few months, he says they were aware of rival biker gangs causing issues at the Twin Peaks restaurant.
"We have attempted to work with the local management of Twin Peaks to get that cut back to no avail," he said. "They have not been of much assistance to us."
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“Restaurants open to serve the public - customers who come in - I don’t think they send invitations by name to violent bikers to encourage them to come into their restaurant.”
They knowingly hosted the biker meetings.
The waitresses said fights happened at all their meetings.
Are you a female? Women are only property to these dudes. Why do you defend the gangstas?
“Why do you defend the gangstas?”
You are trying to pin this biker war on the restaurant. I’m on the side of the restaurant - not the bikers. We’ll see how this legally ends up.
Distortion of posts not working ... try the character assassination bit ...
Why is it that when we do to you what you’ve already been doing to us you whine and blubber? If you don’t like being treated the way you treat others perhaps you should argue the facts instead of emoting.
“Why is it that when we do to you what you’ve already been doing to us you whine and blubber? “
If I have done any personal slurs, please cite and I will correct the record.
“You are trying to pin this biker war on the restaurant.”
You just made that up from thin air.
“I’m on the side of the restaurant - not the bikers. We’ll see how this legally ends up.”
Legally ...
Shut down
Franchise revoked
Liquor license pulled
Lawsuits in the works
I think we are seeing how this ends up already.
No
Despite the celebration amongst a handful here over dead outlaw bikers
Nor have I seen proof of shots in the building yet
Nor of cops or their cars shot
And this notion cops should simply open fire on folks who may have or not opened fire on each other is a slippery slope
What if you pull your weapon on a criminal in public place who’s attacking you
Are you by default fair game by any police shows up?
I started out thinking Bandidos simply killed some upstarts in a brawl
But as its unfolded I have at least a dozen questions
So far this doesn’t pass the smell test even though I hoped it would
If I’m wrong I’ll be glad to admit it
I do not for instance think like some here do that cops should murder outlaw bikers preemptively
If I have done any personal slurs, please cite and I will correct the record.
Why don’t you simply review your own posting history? I’m not your freakin’ secretary.
Awesome...
“Why don’t you simply review your own posting history? I’m not your freakin’ secretary.”
So you can’t find any either.
I read them as you posted them, not just to me but to many others.
“I read them as you posted them, not just to me but to many others.”
Since you say there are many, you shouldn’t have a hard time finding one, then?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3291793/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3292320/posts
I pinged you to more just to get up to speed
“I started out thinking Bandidos simply killed some upstarts in a brawl”
The National Coalition of Motorcyclists issued a statement that said the fight was started by over 50 non-member riders by attacking the Bandidos.
The Texas affiliate (Texas Coalition of Clubs and Independents) hosted the meeting at Twin Peaks.
The Cossacks were the only non-member ‘club’ there so if it was the Cossacks attacking they weren’t very successful.
The state chairman and most local chairman in the TCoC&I are Bandidos so we have to take the statement with a grain of salt.
A riot is a riot. lol
I believe it was the pro-loud-biker-exhaust posters that said they were going insane with people mowing their yards. I just said that biker noise is irritating.
Again it's the "Mexicans". If the Mexicans weren't here, then it would be someone else doing the upkeep. The fact that you keep saying it's the latinos doing this makes me think you have a bigger problem with the men rather than the machines. I've lived in areas with yards all around, I know how the system works. lol Most people don't want their yards mowed every day. lol
Thank the Lord I don't put up with that BS any longer. Mindless endless noise. And you bitch about an occasionally motorcycle? Get real.
I lived near a three-way stop. On weekends, it was constant. Some come into town and tone it down, others like to hear the blast bounce off the houses.
Hey, in my twenties, I had glass-packs on my car, loved the sound, then I gained respect for others. No glass-packs for me since the age of 29.
Yeah, like rap music, loud exhaust, and barking dogs it's not illegal in moderation. I hate the sound of blowers also. Only one of my neighbors used one, thankfully. Had 40ft of sidewalk to blow, seems like it took an hour. lol
LOL!
Ya think anyone believes all your traffic was on weekends? Anyone living in high traffic areas knows the big time traffic is during rush hour periods during weekdays.
Try slinging that BS to someone who might buy it.
No sale.
What's so hard to believe about it? Most bikers have jobs, they work during the week, ride on weekends.
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