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The Bikers’ Point of View [Waco]
Texas Monthly ^ | August 26, 2015 | Jeff Winkler

Posted on 08/27/2015 4:47:09 AM PDT by don-o

“Somebody planted the sonuvabitch.”

That was one organizer’s immediate assessment after a bomb threat forced about 75 bikers and supporters to disperse from in front of the McLennan County courthouse Saturday morning. The bikers had organized a memorial for the nine people killed at the Twin Peaks shooting in Waco three months ago, but the gathering was also supposed to serve as something of a rally for the 177 bikers arrested that day. But now, thanks to a suspicious cooler and a suitcase, the group dissolved.

Clint Broden, the lawyer most publicly associated with the case, was scheduled to speak. And from the sounds of it, Broden’s address could’ve been illuminating if he’d had the chance to give it—”I will have a lot to say soon, I have been saving it up,” he promised on the event flyer.

It’s still unclear what happened on May 17. Most of the national attention the shootout between cops and bikers garnered focused on the two clubs involved, the Bandidos and the Cossacks—essentially turning into PR campaigns for both sides, with law enforcement and bikers offering two very different interpretations of biker culture. -

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: paranoia; tinfoil; waco
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To: Darksheare

Said what?

You posted a picture of two guys who are not wearing gang insignia and asked me if they looked like gangsters. I said no, and you scoffed.

So what exactly am I denying saying this time, in your befuddled mind?


121 posted on 08/27/2015 5:23:29 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Robert Teesdale

The Oakland cops are executing people right and left! Here is your ping.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3330039/posts


122 posted on 08/27/2015 5:27:15 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Boogieman

“Said what?”
LOL.
Goodnight.


123 posted on 08/27/2015 5:32:28 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: MileHi

I didn’t realize this thing was still rolling. 100 posts of pig wrestling. I am not sure whether my dog just farted or the trolls actually smell through the IPad.


124 posted on 08/27/2015 5:34:19 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Boogieman

You posted a picture of Crips.
I linked a picture of bikers.


125 posted on 08/27/2015 5:34:36 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: wastoute

Considering the best that was put forth as intelligent posts were like 108 and 102...


126 posted on 08/27/2015 5:35:25 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: don-o

Never mind. I give up.


127 posted on 08/27/2015 5:35:45 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Darksheare

Stop wrestling with the pigs. You just get filthy and they like it.


128 posted on 08/27/2015 5:36:55 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: wastoute

True.
But if they’re squealing here, it means there’s another thread they aren’t bothering.


129 posted on 08/27/2015 5:38:14 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: TexasGator
I have had several people support me privately that while they read the Waco threads, they will not post due to the horrible, trollish and plain nasty behavior of an small but persistent number of monomaniacs.

LOL! Accuse first, accuse often.

Funny, I get the same result.

130 posted on 08/27/2015 5:41:49 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: wastoute

I shake my head at some of these “freepers”.


131 posted on 08/27/2015 5:45:04 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Darksheare
Yes, but in the picture I posted, the gentlemen were wearing clear gang insignia. In the picture you posted, they were not. Do you see the difference there?

Maybe a different illustration would help. Here are two groups of bikers. One is wearing gang insignia, because they are an outlaw biker gang, and the other is not wearing gang insignia, because they are not an outlaw biker gang. Can you tell the difference?


132 posted on 08/27/2015 5:51:07 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Hey, look!
You finally found pics that weren’t Crips!
*applause*


133 posted on 08/27/2015 5:53:01 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare

Finally? Were you waiting for some?

Anyway, can you answer the question? Can you tell the difference between the two groups of bikers?


134 posted on 08/27/2015 5:55:12 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman
"One is wearing gang insignia, because they are an outlaw biker gang, and the other is not wearing gang insignia, because they are not an outlaw biker gang. Can you tell the difference?"

There is NO difference. All bikers are kind, loving, decent, honorable family men holding down regular jobs. Why some are even execs and wear three piece patches suites.

They have very supportive families, too. That is why they are at a breastaurant involved in a gang war on a Sunday afternoon at a public plaza instead of at church with their families.

135 posted on 08/27/2015 5:55:39 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Boogieman
Yeah, here.
136 posted on 08/27/2015 5:56:08 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: TexasGator

Careful, some of these guys can’t seem to process sarcasm, so they may claim you are on their side now :)


137 posted on 08/27/2015 5:58:57 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Darksheare

I’m asking about the two groups in the two pictures in my post. Can you tell the difference between those two groups of bikers or not?


138 posted on 08/27/2015 6:00:33 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: trisham

Strangest exchange ever for me. Baffled.


139 posted on 08/27/2015 6:02:58 PM PDT by don-o (I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
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To: Boogieman

Why use a picture of a Crip to try and make a point about bikers?


140 posted on 08/27/2015 6:04:53 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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