Posted on 08/29/2015 6:17:21 PM PDT by Elderberry
The Texas Court of Appeals has determined over the last week that officials had probable cause in only five of the 177 arrests following a shootout between two rival biker gangs and local, state and federal authorities outside of a Waco restaurant in May, with just over a dozen more cases set to be reviewed over the next two weeks.
Among those still facing charges are a Bandidos chaplain and a husband and wife. Officials also found probable cause against Bandidos members Marcus Pilkington, 36, and Reginald Weathers, 43, who ascertain they are “being illegally confined” and authorities lack sufficient evidence to prove they engaged in organized criminal activity the day of the shootout, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported.
Nine men were killed during the exchange of gunfire that day and another 20 were injured. Authorities confiscated more than 475 weapons, including 151 firearms. No innocent civilians or law enforcement were injured during the shootout.
The incident remains under investigation, which is headed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, but a great deal of questions still remain, including who fired the fatal shots, which authorities have yet to disclose. However, Waco Police Chief Brent Stroman confirmed in June that a total of 12 rounds were fired by three Waco officers that day, leaving the remaining rounds at the hands of either the bikers or state and federal authorities.
At last count, 44 shell casings were recovered from the scene, including multiple .223 rounds, but ballistics evidence has not been made public at this time, despite the fact that autopsy reports were already released earlier this month, including vague descriptions of the injury-causing projectiles.
Weathers said the whole incident unfolded over a dispute about a parking space and a perceived act of disrespect, but while the melee initially involved the bikers, it’s unknown when authorities engaged.
According to Weathers, he and more than a dozen other members were outside of the Twin Peaks restaurant, while numerous members of the Cossacks, a rival biker gang, were near the patio area. A member of the Cossacks allegedly yelled at Bandidos club President David Martinez, saying he could not park in a particular space, but Weathers said he had not even pulled into the space at that point. Weathers, feeling his club president had been disrespected, then told the Cossacks member not to talk to his president that way, to which that member responded by punching Weathers in the face, he alleges.
Weathers said he covered his face in a defensive stance, but was soon pushed to the ground. Moments later, he heard gunshots, what he described as a “double tap.” Weathers was shot in the arm, but admitted that he did not know where the first shots came from because he was engaged in a fight with other bikers at the time.
Weathers said altogether the entire incident only lasted about four or five minutes.
Do you have a personal story for us regarding wallet chain fights.....I’m all ears....spit it out
Your big fights and all
I gotta hear this.
Nice!
Just ignore the mouth breathers and window lickers.
However the fact remains however that wallet chains can used as weapons and some are even marketed that way. doubles as a weapon
The original poster asked it be pulled. Yet it endures. Ridiculous.
So you are OK with using FR to spread misinformation?
All righty, then.
“Skinny jeans”
Shouldn’t be worn by fat chicks.
They don’t pull all the stuff posted by conservative treehouse. That website’s blogging on Waco has consistently attributed facts to news articles that aren’t found in those articles.
Prove it.
Obviously, from his viewpoint, the shooting was coming from the bikers, not the police.
“After being shot, Weathers reportedly ran to take cover behind cars near Don Carlos restaurant. Police arrived quickly and told everyone to get on the ground, he said.”
Then you should have no problem pointing out examples to back your claim. (Not stuff from the comm boxes.)
I'd like to see that too.
And this "they". Who they? Here?
But in comparison, this riding the short bush going out to lunch conspicuously lacking french fries (no joy) article, in comparison, would remain?
That Festivus. Is that a crappy holiday, or what?
I posted several times in the past how CTH will distort facts to make clickbait. A bunch of dudes have been suckered into believing them.
Shouldn’t be worn by fat chicks.
Add enough extra skinny to match (and then add some more) and they're good to go
home
but not to my house
unless they get their own moped,
and bring beer, you know, the usual.
“That Festivus. Is that a crappy holiday, or what?”
The tradition of Festivus begins with the airing of grievances.
Post some examples.
CTH had stated that the police had fired thousands of rounds.
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