Waco "Ride for the First" protest draws hundreds of riders
Let's get something straight. I don't condone groups of grown men getting into brawls in public. People get hurt, people die, and at the end of the fracas, people end up in jail.
The Waco shootout was 'started' by any of a number of things - use of a parking space, someone got called a dirty word, or maybe even a bunch of guys showing up where they weren't welcome, but it boils down to this word: TEXAS.
5 letters, 1 word.
Two rival gangs got into a fight over who gets to display that word on their jackets, and who gets to pay for the privilege. And 9 men died, 18 went to the hospital, and over 170 people went to jail over that one word.
My issue isn't with the brawl. The cops did their jobs, and amazingly, the only people hurt or killed were the brawlers.
My issue is the dragnet and the subsequent judgement of ALL bikers present following the event.
Think about this: If 170+ people got into a fight, why only 18 hurt? Since so many "weapons" were found, why only 9 dead? And if we have cause to doubt that all 170 people were indeed 'involved'... why are a hundred of them still in jail three weeks later?
And what gives anyone the right to hassle anyone else over the patches on their jacket or the vehicle they use?
More thoughts after the fancy pinstripes.
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