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Title: A federal judge in Waco has dismissed 13 civil rights lawsuits filed by 45 bikers arrested after the
Post by: Elderberry on April 09, 2020, 11:37:37 pm

Harley Liberty by Tommy Witherspoon 4/9/2020

A federal judge in Waco has dismissed 13 civil rights lawsuits filed by 45 bikers arrested after the May 2015 shootout at Twin Peaks in Waco

A federal judge in Waco has dismissed 13 civil rights lawsuits filed by 45 bikers arrested after the May 2015 shootout at Twin Peaks in Waco, a ruling that suggests more dismissals will be coming.

U.S. Judge Alan Albright, in a 13-page order issued Monday, dismissed civil rights claims against the city of Waco, McLennan County, former District Attorney Abel Reyna, former Waco Police Chief Brent Stroman and a handful of other Waco and Texas Department of Public Safety officers.

The 45 plaintiffs were among 192 bikers who were arrested and among 155 who were indicted in the Sunday noon-hour shootout at the former Central Texas Marketplace restaurant that left nine dead and 20 injured. A total of about 134 bikers filed civil suits.

Dallas attorney Don Tittle, who represents the majority of the bikers, said he will appeal the order to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

“Ultimately, this was always going to be determined by the Court of Appeals,” Tittle said. “The only thing the judge’s ruling really changes is whether we are the party bringing the appeal or the one responding to it. Either way, the ruling was going to end up on appeal.”

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Title: Re: A federal judge in Waco has dismissed 13 civil rights lawsuits filed by 45 bikers arrested after
Post by: Smokin Joe on April 10, 2020, 12:09:12 am

Appeal. That situation could not have possibly have been related, especially for each individual separately to justify individual indictments in just a few minutes. The situation at Twin Peaks stunk on ice from the moment the police set up cameras on poles and took up an 'L'-shaped ambush position around the place.