Posted on 05/22/2015 9:25:57 AM PDT by wardaddy
Despite the characterization by police that the afternoon gathering at a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas that led to Sunday’s bloody shooting incident was a gathering of criminal biker gangs with violent intent, the meeting appears to have been a legitimate, organized gathering of motorcycle riders meeting to discuss political issues.
The group that met was the Texas Confederation of Clubs and Independents (CoC&I) and a look at that group’s website and history gives a very different impression of the group’s purpose and goals than what has been said repeatedly by Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
That is what concerns me the most.
As the old saying goes, I find the timing suspicious.
I would bet the farm that every single rider will be photographed and cataloged by Sunday evening.
Easily done, since the ride staging area is on FedGov property.
He’s the only POTUS who has never attended *any* of the RT events.
He probably won’t even be in DC this weekend.
They have no love for him and he knows it.
I know a lot of bikers and many are also patriotic veterans. While some aren't so savory, most are salt of the earth types and I'm proud to call them friend.
The more info that comes out, the worse this looks for the LEOs.....
Why don’t you give it a rest you sorry little man?
Sounds like the hit ratio of the off duty HPD...
Free-Fire Zone (Houston Press Thursday, February 5, 2004)
When Harris County sheriff's deputies return fire, they really return fire. Especially if they're at a bar.The December 27 drive-by shooting at the venerable West Alabama Ice House didn't get much notice from the media, it being just another bit of the gunplay that tends to liven up a night on the town here.
But gee, it sounds like it was fun.
Three off-duty deputies were at the icehouse about midnight, and things seemed quiet enough. Then a 1992 Ford pickup truck screamed down the street, with two twentysomethings in it, one of whom started firing a .22-caliber pistol.
The cops tried to get the license plate but couldn't, so they settled back to their table. Soon they heard the telltale sounds indicating the truck was about to make a second pass. "By that time the guys had loaded up and said, 'If he comes back again, forget about it, we're returning fire,' " says Burt Springer, the lawyer representing two of the deputies.
And did they ever. Somewhere around 40 shots' worth. Investigators reportedly ran out of the little markers used to identify spent shell casings and had to borrow paper cups. Basically, Springer says, the deputies emptied their guns.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but…all the shots missed. The truck was shot up like Swiss cheese, but neither the driver nor the trigger-happy passenger was hit. They were stopped a mile or so later -- not because they were driving a truck riddled with bullet holes, but because they ran a red light.
(Deputies do have to keep up their target-shooting qualifications in Harris County, but those tests are not taken in bars.)
Sheriff's spokesman Lieutenant Robert Van Pelt says the department's internal affairs division is still looking into the incident, but Springer thinks nothing will come of it. Since no one was hit, the district attorney's office did not send anyone to the scene, making a grand jury review more unlikely.
Springer says the deputies had been at the bar only a short time and weren't drunk. Not that it would matter: "Even police officers who've been drinking are allowed to defend themselves," he says.
If only they could aim.
By the way, there was an apartment complex across the street from the ice house (behind the pickup truck).
“Conservative treehouse has been all over this”
Go back over my posts from yesterday and today on this thread. Conservative treehouse DELIBERATELY distorts the facts!
Shame on them. Shame on those that propagate their distortions.
Maybe government hates the competition.
“But any witness besides cops is locked up or shut up Or dead The truth is leaking out”
Not true. The Twin Peaks staff members are neither locked up nor dead. And they have gone on camera!
Be nice.
This is all he has in life.
:)
“Yes, and that is where they are saying the shootings occurred - OUTSIDE the restaurant. “
Check the Conservative Treehouse link. It says the shooting started between rival gangs.
‘Something’s rotten in the City of Waco.’
And I’m not sure it was the clubs.
In total CYA mode, no doubt.
Me: The meeting was called by the Tx Coalition of Clubs and Independents. But looking at their website we see that the state chairmen and most of the local chapter chairmen are Bandidos!”
You: Why don’t you give it a rest you sorry little man?
Nice response to facts you don’t want out in the open. I post the absolute truth and you call me a sorry little man. Shame on you.
Again, the reports I saw (possibly since retracted or clarified) said that the officers wanted them to cancel hosting the event, not hire additional security.
And while staff may have been concerned for their own safety, during a “rush hour” event (heavy crowd expected) it was probably not easy to cancel one’s hours.
However, the very political nature of the Texas Confederation of Clubs and Independents and its website raise troubling First Amendment questions about the police trying to pressure a business to shut down a lawful political meeting that had never led to problems previously, regardless of the people at that meeting.
A regular record of peaceable assembly for political purposes.
You *just* got done saying Conservative Treehouse “distorts all the facts” and then you recommend Conservative Treehouse to back up your claim?
Wow.
Just...wow.
“In total CYA mode, no doubt.’
The Twin Peaks’ waitresses are hardly the ‘cover your a$$’ types!
Wanna bet how most of them vote?
“You *just* got done saying Conservative Treehouse “distorts all the facts” and then you recommend Conservative Treehouse to back up your claim?”
Anyone with an ounce of sense would see with clarity why I posted that like that. Shows that it went right over your head.
So I should value the integrity of women who dress like whores for a living, then?
Okay.
I wouldn't waste my breath with that "person" he/she/it's an ass and a troll.
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