Tuesday, May 19, 2015

“These guys become very violent to each other very quickly over nothing”

"Parking dispute may have lit fuse in Waco biker shootout." 
An argument over a restaurant parking spot may have ignited the horrific shootout between rival motorcycle gangs that killed nine, wounded 18 and led to the arrests of 170 bikers, police said Monday.

Gang tensions over turf, respect and statewide power have been boiling for months, police said, so when two skirmishes erupted Sunday in the parking lot and in the restroom of the Twin Peaks restaurant along Interstate 35 where 200 bikers met, the disputes quickly escalated into carnage. Investigators are still trying to piece together what happened... (read more)
"Organized crime charges filed against 170 motorcycle gang members after Texas shootout"
Approximately 170 members of rival motorcycle gangs were charged with engaging in organized crime Monday, a day after nine people were killed and 18 others injured in a shootout at a Texas restaurant.

A Waco judge set bond at $1 million for many of the suspects. McLennan County Justice of the Peace W.H. Peterson defended the high amount, citing the violence that quickly unfolded in a shopping market busy with a lunchtime crowd.

"We have nine people dead, because these people wanted to come down and what? Drink? Party?" Peterson said. "I thought [$1 million] was appropriate."
Update: "Waco biker shooting came after gang showed up uninvited, police say"


10 comments:

Calypso Facto said...

Still waiting to hear how many of the dead and wounded were shot by cops.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

They should have arranged for vale parking.

Lessons learned.

AllenS said...

HA HA, Lem!

Patrick said...
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Patrick said...

I'm terribly upset at the thought of all of those young ladies out on the street with no jobs.

Trooper York said...

I blame the serious camel toe action evident in this photograph!

Chip Ahoy said...

Now they can begin a new life with improved footwear choices.

edutcher said...

In Texas, they do it right.

They let the bad guys kill each other, then come in and sweep up the survivors.

PS I didn't think they even allowed biker gangs in Texas.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Instapundit has the photographic evidence!

I'm Full of Soup said...

Hmm not too many visible tattoos.

At the Tilted Kilt in King of Prusia, PA the girls have way too many visible tattoos.