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“You know, with almost no fanfare, we just had the most significant day we have had in nearly three years,†Looney said. “The state just announced that they are going to dismiss all but maybe 25 of these cases. So in a nondescript afternoon courtroom, we and the judge found out the answer about cases involving about 100 folks, and that’s a pretty big deal. … The judge has been looking to the state forever and saying, ‘Who do you want to try? Who do you want to try?’ I think three years later, it is fair to say the answer is nobody.â€
Looney said White, a disabled former construction worker, was living in Waco at the time of the shootout but has since moved to East Texas. White was walking in the parking lot and was shot in the mouth as the shootout erupted. The fight left nine bikers dead and more than 20 injured.
Looney said White ran to the bathroom at Twin Peaks, bleeding profusely from his wound.
“He has no clue who shot him. He didn’t even know there was a controversy happening at the time,†Looney said.
White is seeking a trial date because he has had the matter hanging over his head for three years, Looney said.
“I don’t want him to be on bond for a fourth year,†Looney said. “Just because they are hanging out a carrot that he may be dismissed, that doesn’t mean I don’t want to set a trial date. I want to have one or the other and let this man loose, soon. Let’s try him and let the jury cut him loose or let’s file a dismissal on him. I just want him cut loose soon.
“I don’t know what to say about his situation. You have never seen it. I have never seen it. America has never seen anything like this before. We don’t operate this way, and I think we now have an object lesson on never doing it again.â€