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2015-12-29 -Land of the Free

Waco Blunders Through Its 'Biker Shootout' Investigation

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Posted by badanov 2015-12-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 This whole story stinks to high heaven, and keeps getting worse with each revelation.

On the L.E. side this has the smell of a drug bust (based on bad info) gone horribly wrong. Like a 'wrong number/address' raid.

With the un-ignoreable number of fatalities involved, everyone on the L.E. side felt it necessary to lie to cover up that fact.

I suspect that before all is said and done, there will only be convictions in the single (or low double) digits, and only for previous, outstanding warrants and or b.s. 'process' charges of perjury.

Posted by Nguard 2015-12-29 01:33|| 2015-12-29 01:33|| Front Page Top

(I also wonder if, when the AP reports that .223-caliber rifles were “the only type of weapon fired by police that day,” that includes ATF agents and all other law-enforcement officials responding to the scene.)

Appears to be at least some precedence for a Waco Federal law enforcement cock-up.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-12-29 04:11|| 2015-12-29 04:11|| Front Page Top

#3 In cities around the country, pressure from media outlets and protesters has forced police departments to acknowledge reports of wrongdoing that would otherwise have been suppressed. The killings of Laquan MacDonald and Noel Aguilar are two recent examples. With nine dead, the likelihood that some died by police bullets, a concerted campaign to suppress evidence, many official screw-ups, and more than 100 people facing charges, the fact that the aftermath of the Waco shootout hasn’t garnered more press attention or spurred more protests is a hugely unfortunate mistake.

That's because Black Lives Matter, but bikers are all - to the last - a waste of skin.
[A Klingon term of contempt.]

Posted by Bobby 2015-12-29 08:05|| 2015-12-29 08:05|| Front Page Top

#4 but bikers are all - to the last - a waste of skin.

Bobby, did somebody cut off your Schwinn at the traffic light?

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2015-12-29 10:01|| 2015-12-29 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 I think Bobby was being sarcastic.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2015-12-29 10:07|| 2015-12-29 10:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes, sarcastic. Bikers, in general, make a lot of people nervous, I think. But I've seen Rolling Thunder in D.C. a couple of times and those guys wandering around the Capitol Mall, and they were not scary then. Odd, maybe... Colorful, certainly! But also proud of their Country.

Posted by Bobby 2015-12-29 13:45|| 2015-12-29 13:45|| Front Page Top

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