Posted on 06/20/2015 12:21:51 PM PDT by Elderberry
WACO - On a recent Sunday, a Cossacks Motorcycle Club officer nicknamed Diesel sipped a Diet Dr Pepper on the patio of Twin Peaks and broke the news to his son, who was also a member.
The 63 Cossacks and their supporters at the restaurant were not just waiting to have lunch with fellow bikers from around Central Texas. They had come for a special sit down with the Bandidos, to hash out an ongoing dispute.
Before their meal arrived, Diesel was shot, execution-style, with two bullets to the back of his head.
Cody Ledbetter, 26, survived the May 17 melee that left nine people dead, 18 wounded and 177 charged with engaging in organized crime.
His first-hand account of his father's death - and what played out just before and after - was shared with the Houston Chronicle from his home in Waco.
He disputes any contention by Waco police that there was a planned brawl between rival motorcycle gangs. He says the Cossacks were not expecting to fight. Instead, tough talk quickly escalated to bullets.
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Accidental execution?
They keep casting the cops as suspects but that narrative falls apart every time. The Cossacks crashed the party and got shot up by the Banditos. Those griping about the popo just seem like a bunch of whiners.
There's still a ton that the police have yet to release, but this seems to be consistent with the AP report on the viewing of Twin Peak's CCTV tape.
Yes it was a pre planned event and they weren’t invited because they were not part of the organization sponsoring the meeting. That’s probably why they got there early.
The son didn't even have a criminal record, don't know about the dad.
And remember, Elderberry and everyone else reading -- those red-and-gold "support clubs" of Bandidos rode right past at least half a dozen MARKED POLICE CARS on their way in. It's not mentioned in the article, but it was part of the context.
The article doesn't also mention that pics taken afterward clearly indicate the presence of under-cover Cossacks -- to wit, official LEO pretending to be Cossacks, perhaps Bandidos as well. A lot easier for provocateur UC agents to manipulating some Cossacks -- for a UC "criminal gang" cop, I'd think it would be a hell of a lot more dangerous to infiltrate a real bad-ass biker gang like the Bandidos (smart enough to come in pick-ups) than one populated with such "criminal" Cossacks as the young arrestee who had a b-b- gun in his truck that was seized.
Hard to respect (supposedly) grown men fighting and killing each other over turf and fashion accents. However, if you’re a rival club and you know this will cause friction, why not just use something like “Lone Star State” instead?
Somehow I think it was over much more than the “Texas Rocker”
Wasn’t there a mention somewhere that a leader of the Cossacks was involved in some border patrolling on private property? Almost like a Minutemen deal, but with bikers instead. Down near Mc Allen?
“Days after a biker shootout at a Texas restaurant, the same group that organized the motorcyclists’ meeting that turned violent received a proclamation from the Waco City Council designating May as “Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month.””
But, but they were NOT wearing vests!!!!!!!
The meme by law enforcement was the Cossacks were the bad guys which falls apart with this view of the story. Oops, no mention of a bathroom brawl that moved through the restaurant and finally outside leaving blood and guts splattered everywhere making the restaurant “surreal” according to Sgt. Swanton.
The only thing I want to know is which ones were the under cover cops who stirred the pot.
That I think is the Key that opens the beginning and the end of this story
It’s all on post 4
Thanks. Saw it after i posted
Who wasn't wearing vests? Where does it say? Thanks!
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