Posted on 06/20/2015 4:11:05 PM PDT by don-o
One month after the deadly May 17 shootout at Twin Peaks prompted the unprecedented mass arrests of 177 bikers, officials are releasing limited information and say disclosure of certain evidence, including videos of the incident, would compromise their investigation.
The incident was of such a rare scale and variety that McLennan County officials had never experienced anything like it.
Their response after the shooting stopped has been criticized from some corners and spawned at least one federal civil rights lawsuit and a judicial complaint.
Now, as the media, bikers and their relatives push for answers, many questions remain unanswered because of the sheer magnitude of the incident: nine dead, 20 wounded, 177 arrested, 27 vehicles seized, 488 weapons found on scene to date.
Officials are quick to point out the criminal justice system does not work like it does on TV crime shows, despite the public’s expectations.
“This is an investigation. The term ‘investigation’ carries with it a careful and impartial consideration of all the evidence and all the facts,” said 19th State District Judge Ralph Strother. “It is not done on ‘CSI’ time. It is done in real life and in the real world. It is to everyone’s best interests that all parties know everything so that we can be fair to everyone, and that cannot be done overnight.”
The incident at Twin Peaks apparently was not captured on video by any innocent bystanders or it already would have surfaced, as in the case of the McKinney, Texas, pool party where teenagers filmed former police officer David Casebolt flinging a girl to the ground and drawing his gun on other teens who did not obey his orders.
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The whole BS about "If you aren't doing anything wrong..." is just so much steaming crap in a country which has come to damn the suspected or accused long before the facts come out.
Haven't you just about worn the legs off of those critters with this stale Alinsky tactic? A little bug spray and you don't get up scratching.
We're humans, and control our own behaviour. The only FLEAs are the ones with the alphabet soup names (FBI, BATFE, DHS, etc.)
I am certain if you will read what I have posted I have gone to great lengths to point out what my concerns have been.
I don't know how long you will have to wait for your answers, but until then everything is pure speculation. The greatest of plans rarely survives first contact.
We are continuing to talk about two different things.
I can live with that.
Analogies are Alinsky?
Flopping try, from what little I know about Alinsky Tactics, they are a lot more complex than Country Boy Sayins, which are more straight forward in your face.
I’m with you on the BATFE, DHS etc., but the FBI has historically been a top notch pro-America outfit. Even while the halfrican was trying to subvert them, they have stayed mostly the Good Guys.
I tend to get a jaundiced view when anyone is 100% anti-LE, as they generally have something unsavory to hide.
Best snipers in town. Ask Vicki Weaver...
Oh, you can't.
Touche.
May I re-phrase? Prior to klintoon, FBI was top notch pro-American.
Bingo.
“The defense on every charge will be SELF DEFENSE and it will work!!”
Please read the Texas statute on self-defense.
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