re: Hearings starting for bikers caught up in Waco shootout

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That isn't an update. Can you at least provide a summary? No one is going to listen to 20+ minutes.

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Well the news conference was from yesterday or the day before so I'd call it an update.

As for what's on the video, first the biker gets up and details what happened to him that day. He is a member of the Scimitars MC. Basically he got to Twin Peaks, went inside and sat on the patio. Shortly thereafter he heard some sort of argument out in the parking lot, right after that a gunshot followed by another. He heard this going on in the parking lot but never saw who was fighting or shooting. While this happened he and everyone else ran inside to get out of the line of fire. After a few minutes the cops came in and arrested everyone who looked like a biker and hit them with a felony "participating in organized crime" charge. They confiscated the only weapon he had on him, a small pocket knife. He was held on $1,000,000 bond for like two weeks before his attorney got him out. But basically his life is already ruined due to the damage to his business.

After he was interviewed his attorney got up and talked to the press and gave details of how this was a railroad job by the Waco PD. He also discussed the controversial "waiver" that's been mentioned before where supposedly in return for signing a paper agreeing to not sue the city of Waco, the bikers could get their bonds reduced. Apparently, there may be some legs to that story but the attorney was not exactly clear on the matter. Basically he said he was in a judge's chamber where it was discussed.

After this attorney came two more attorneys who also spoke to the press and gave details of how what's happened in Waco is very wrong and what continues to happen is very wrong. One of them is representing a decorated combat vet marine who is still in jail on $1,000,000 bond.