Posted on 10/03/2015 6:12:21 AM PDT by Elderberry
Nearly 200 bikers were arrested after the deadly Waco melee in May, but one of the men in the middle of the action has not been charged with any crime.
People who were at the scene say they helped carry an injured Clifford Pierce to a triage area in the parking lot and believe he may have been paralyzed.
But they are unsure of his current whereabouts.
The last time Pierce was seen at the house he rented in Waco was the morning of the shooting, and he hasn't been back, said his former landlord. Family removed his belongings.
Messages left for him by the Houston Chronicle have not been returned. Pierce, who has previously lived in California, does not appear to have any prior arrests in Texas.
Houston lawyer Mark Thiessen, who represents a biker charged in the case, said it is too soon to jump to conclusions about why Pierce has not been accused in the incident, in which nine people were killed and 18 wounded.
"It is strange, absolutely," Thiessen said. "It is one of a bunch of questions right now."
Police and prosecutors have declined to talk, citing a gang order issued by a judge, which prohibits them from publicly commenting on the case.
All of the 177 bikers arrested after the incident, including many who were bystanders and claim they did not throw a punch or fire a gun, were accused of engaging in an organized crime conspiracy to commit assault and murder. They face 15 years to life if convicted.
Tensions had been running high between rival motorcycle clubs – the Cossacks and the Bandidos – in the weeks running up to the clash at a Twin Peaks restaurant, where a regional meeting of several biker clubs was to be held.
According to several of those who were at the event, the Cossacks showed up early and uninvited, and that led to a parking lot face-off between Pierce, a prospective member of the Cossacks, and David Martinez, president of the Dallas chapter of the Bandidos.
Martinez, who was riding a 2015 Harley Davidson and leading Bandidos into the lot, "nearly struck" Pierce, according to an affidavit by Waco police officer Vincent Glenn.
Glenn does not elaborate on what else happened between the men, both of whom were shot and wounded.
Witnesses have said Pierce, 50, was standing beside several Cossacks' motorcycles outside the restaurant. It is unclear if Pierce said anything to Martinez.
Violence "swiftly erupted," according to police, with bikers wielding guns, knives, brass knuckles and other weapons.
Martinez was later arrested at a hospital. Glenn's affidavit states police have video of Martinez firing a handgun, but he does not say if Martinez hit anyone.
Martinez, who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, could not be reached for comment, and he does not have a lawyer listed in files at McLennan County District Clerk.
Police have yet to reveal who among the dead or wounded were shot by officers. Waco's police chief has said his officers fired to save their lives as well as those of others.
“Or another using the same login.”
Could be the same person with multiple logins. I have seen that on other forums.
They were all wearing Bandidos or Cossack identification.
So what? Thats not a conviction in a court of law and no not all 177 were. Its actionable slander what the giv boot licker said for many if not most of them arrested.
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