The DA Who Is Trying To Shut Up 177 Arrested Waco Bikers Won’t Shut Up

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Abel Reyna should have been careful of what he wished for.

Reyna, the McLennan County, Texas District Attorney who requested a sweeping gag order following the the arrest of 177 bikers at a shooting at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, has had a hard time complying with that order himself.

On June 30, Judge Matt Johnson issued the order at the request of his former law partner, current District Attorney Abel Reyna. In August, the 10th Court of Appeals found that Judge Johnson abused his discretion and vacated Johnson’s order. DA Reyna appealed. On August 13, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay on the intermediate court’s order to vacate, pending the high court’s review of the appeal on the merits — meaning that the gag order remains in place unless and until the CCA says otherwise. This Wednesday, October 7, the appeal was submitted to the CCA.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest court in criminal matters, must now decide whether the extraordinary order covering 177 Waco bikers, as well as officials, attorneys, and witnesses to the May 17 shooting, passes constitutional muster.

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The same person who requested the gag order in the first place has had a hard time following the gag order since Judge Johnson issued it.

You can read the full gag order here.
The DA Who Is Trying To Shut Up 177 Arrested Waco Bikers Won’t Shut Up

You can read the rest at the above link.
This just gets better and better.

 

[Jarlaxle]

This whole case smells, and has since day one.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - get dem gangs off the streets...

Federal Agents Arrest Leaders of Bandidos Motorcycle Band in Texas
January 07, 2016 — Federal agents and local police officers surrounded a house in Conroe, Texas, north of Houston, Wednesday and arrested Jeffrey Fay Pike, the national president of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club. A federal indictment issued on December 16 in San Antonio, charges the 60-year-old and two other men of directing, approving and allowing violence against members of the rival Cossacks club.

Federal agents in San Antonio arrested the other two men, Bandidos Vice President John Xavier Portillo and National Sergeant at Arms Justin Cole Forster on similar charges. They also charged Forster with possession and intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Members of motorcycle gang 'Bandidos' wait in front the regional court in Muenster.​

A defense attorney’s view

Speaking to VOA after his client’s initial hearing, Pike’s attorney, Kent Schaffer, said the specific charges against the Bandidos leader are much more limited than the general charges outlined against all three in the indictment. Schaffer said, “It does not really allege that Jeff Pike did anything other than that he was aware of the fact that Bandidos out in west Texas were fighting with Cossacks.” Deliberately remaining ignorant of criminal activity being carried out by others is a crime, but Schaffer said it is usually accompanied by other charges. He also questioned the alleged urgency of stopping further Bandidos violence against Cossacks through an indictment issued on December 16 and not acted on until now. Schaffer said, “You would think that if they were that concerned about the safety of the Cossacks that they would have either, one, indicted the case much sooner than they did or, secondly, at the time they returned an indictment they would have made the arrests.”

Authorities investigate a shooting in the parking lot of Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas. An indictment announced by the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Antonio accuses three Bandidos leaders of sanctioning a three-year fight​

Waco biker shootout

Schaffer said federal authorities may have been motivated to act because of the shootout at a biker gathering in Waco, Texas in May that left nine people dead and around two dozen wounded. Pike was not there, having just had surgery that left him recuperating for a few months. During that time, Schaffer said, Portillo took control of executive duties for the club, which was founded in Houston in the 1960s and now has some 2,000 members in 15 countries. But federal officials say the indictment is the result of a 23-month investigation that uncovered criminal activity on a broad spectrum, including plans to commit violent assaults and murders. The indictment refers to the Bandidos as “a highly organized criminal organization.” Both federal authorities and Texas law enforcement officials regard the Bandidos as a gang that flaunts the law and threatens society. Special Agent Joseph M. Arabit, the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Houston Field Division said the operation that led to the indictment "has inflicted a debilitating blow to the leadership hierarchy and violent perpetrators of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.”

Gangs or clubs?

 

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I was invited to become a Hell's Angel but declined because I was in the service and had a secret clearance. Sonny Barger's son was the president of the chapter because his dad was locked up in prison. Yes they were wearing colors and had screaming skulls on their gas tanks.