Remember the Waco Biker Shootout of 2015? What happened was Cossacks and Desperadoes fought it out in a bar/restaurant turf war at a Waco strip mall. Over, as I recall, who controlled the Twin peaks franchise drinkery.
Things got outta hand, people got shot and some say undercover LE were part of the problem. Perhaps they were, but I wouldn't know. What I do know is this, that I shop at this effluence of latter day Americana, at Best Buy, World Market (they sell Brit food, like curry essentials, Digestives and Marmite) and the evil Cabelas.
I'd never have known, as I browsed overpriced electronics, bullets and Brit biscuits, that bikers were involved in a deadly power play a mere 200 yards away, or less. But they were. Here's some dashcam:
And here's Motorhead, Hawk version, because it's Epic. RIP, Lemmy, would you have been cancelled by today's glitter pony Maoists? Doubtless, and would he have cared? No. Whatev:
Mind how you go,
LSP
The evil Cabelas? Did I miss some news about them? Or is that snark?
ReplyDeleteCan you redirect these guys? I can think of a few better targets.
ReplyDelete-Kid
Our local gang? Sons of Silence. They keep a low profile.
ReplyDeleteObviously all this happened because the shop ran out of Marmite. Lesson learned :)
ReplyDeleteYep, that was a 'cluster' of epic proportions... Most of the lawsuits have been dropped along with the charges...
ReplyDeleteJuliette, you're right. It's a rare outlaw that doesn't demand Marmite.
ReplyDeleteSure was, NFO. And I had no idea that the mall's Twin Peaks was a biker operation. Huh.
ReplyDeleteI've heard they're "small with a reputation for violence," WSF.
ReplyDeleteKid, I was thinking that very same thought.
ReplyDeleteEvil to me, Anon, because of temptation to spend $$$. Then there's the Bass Pro takeover angle:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/cabelas-decline.6980677/
About 200 bikers had gathered outside a Twin Peaks restaurant on May 17, 2015, before the fracas broke out. Most were members of the Banditos or Cossack motorcycle gangs, Johnson said. After police intervened, 177 bikers were arrested with 155 of those charged with criminal activity.
ReplyDeleteAll but 24 of those cases were eventually dropped before Tuesday.
More than 100 of those bikers would go on to file civil rights lawsuits, the Waco Tribune reported, and only one case — of Bandidos leader Jacob Carrizal — was ever prosecuted in court. It ended in a mistrial.
USA Today