dying, 20 or more wounded (requiring
a trip to the hospital). Whatever was
planned that day did not go according
to plan. LE eventually got the scene
under control (about 90 seconds after
it started), and the wounded eventually
got taken to the Hospital (no hurry), and
everyone present was rounded up by
LE and detained for questioning.
The District Attorney then took over
and said, “we don’t need no stinkin’
investigation” arrest them all -- it was a
big conspiracy. Subsequently 177 folks,
most of them guilty of nothing at all,
were arrested and held on 1 million-dol-
lar bonds. I am sure the DA thought if
all were arrested, given big bonds and
threatened with life in prison, some of
them would start talking. However that
never happened. Although 155 were
indicted in a secret grand jury that was
not recorded. Why you might ask, out of
that many people why would not even
one of them talk? Because there was
nothing to say!
I think everyone was surprised at the
way things went. Except maybe LE,
after all they set up cameras ahead of
time to record it. Then there was the
spin, immediately after the confrontation
LE had several press conferences to tell
their fantasy of what happened. Then a
Judge, an old college buddy and former
law partner of the DA issued a gag
order so the bikers could not tell their
side of the story. It is worth noting that I
do not believe that this particular Judge
made a single ruling in this matter that
was upheld by the appellate court, and
this was no exception. The gag order
was overturned but about 2 months
later, so it actually did its purpose, by
then this issue was no longer front-page
oklahoma biker the riders ragazine
news.
After nearly 3 years of talking, 1 case
finally went to court. I am surprised the
DA’s office did not go to jail for all the
“Brady Violations” (withholding evi-
dence). But then again guess who the
Judge was, yes sir, the DA’s old buddy.
Trial eventually ended in a mistrial, and
was not retried. After that the DA lost
his reelection bid, and in some last ditch
effort to save face dropped the charges
on all but 24 people and superseded
their indictments to rioting and other
violations (superseding an indictment is
not permitted in Texas). Then a Judge
(not the DA’s buddy) ruled that the lame
duck DA could not proceed on any of
the cases; that would be for the new DA
to decide on.
Several cases during all this the DA had
recused his office from, and 2 Special
Prosecutors had been assigned. All of
these cases were dropped with both
separate Special Prosecutors after
reviewing the cases, saying there was
no reason they were ever filed. Now
enter the newly elected DA, and his new
staff. After reviewing the evidence for 3
months, the remaining 24 cases were
dropped. So no one was held account-
able for the Waco Twin Peaks fiasco.
The reason the new DA gave for the
dismissals, were the Statute of Limita-
tions were up on everything but Mur-
der, and there was simply not enough
evidence to convict anyone of Murder.
He basically said that the former DA
screwed the pooch! The last 24 spent
1415 days in this mess, in custody, on
bond restrictions etc. People lost jobs,
money and even families over this.
What an abuse of power!
Anonymous Biker
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