What's really ironic is that the paranoid conspiracy nuts on this board are the ones who actually believe that ordinary law-abiding American bikers armed with wallet chains, nail clippers, and legal firearms, conspired to commit murder and mayhem.
Only a wildly nutso conspiracy theorist could believe that the vast majority of these dangerous "criminals" are so wily and professional as to have ZILCH police or arrest histories in spite of the fact that said police are "wise" to the inside meanings of these mysterious criminal biker "gang" patches and insignia.
The ONLY real conspiracy theorists here, are the ones who believe the line of crap that LEO is claiming about the folks arrested at Waco.
Texas Gator, for example, is a conspiracy theorist. But because his conspiracy theory is the same one advanced by government officials in law enforcement, he doesn't even think of it as a conspiracy.
Those of us, on the other hand, with enough real-life experience to realize that our leg is being pissed on instead of rained on, are accused of being "conspiracy theorists" because we know the difference between water and piss.
The jail there (50 million dollar bond issue) was supposed to be a private venture (for profit). There had been concern about the viability of the facility. After all, there were 177 vacancies, and at $1 million per detainee, they were going to fill them for a while.
Ka-ching!
Seldom does one who privately posts bond get the full amount back, often there are 'fees' assessed against the returned bond, or the person who puts up surety and cash for a bondsman will pay a fee for the service. Either way, Ka-ching!
Of course, having such a well ballyhooed 'criminal biker gang' problem can lead to gobs of anti-gang task force and other Federal funding (need I say, "Ka-Ching!"?)
More toys, more people, task forces, workshops, full jail, promotions, awards, raises, money, money, money...
I might observe that the loss of freedom doesn't begin in the middle of Main Street in broad daylight, but on the darkened back alleys of society, away from the Country Club and Golf Course, along the easily demonized fringes of any culture. Those not understood by most are most easily treated as the cause of Society's evils, and least likely to get full faith and credit under any legal system.
Sadly, the most foul deeds are done in broad daylight by well dressed men with the approval of the society around them.
” those who had “medium” caliber wounds. “
LOL!
From the dude that thinks the Bandidos are a Sunday-go-to-church crowd ...
Oh, that’s right, the gangs call their headquarters ‘the church’.
The gangs get a ‘pastor’ to carry their arsenal to the gang wars.
I guess we can say they are good ‘church’ goers but can we say that they are good family men?
YEP! The club becomes their ‘family’. Wives and kids become third rate people.