re: Biker Shootout at the Twin Peaks in Waco, TX

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I hope this chickenshit, lowlife, lying sack of shite, pig is left without a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out.

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Thought you said you weren't going to judge anyone since you didn't know the facts yet?

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So you think they are going to start looking at it on an individual basis now? How novel.

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I would like to know how you know that they have locked up any innocent people? Unless you are prejudging the facts.

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Authorities on Sunday swept up around 170 bikers who descended on the restaurant. Among those arrested was Theron Rhoten, who had just pulled into the parking lot on his vintage Harley chopper when the bullets started flying.

Rhoten showed up at the Twin Peaks restaurant for a regional motorcycle club meeting. But, according to his wife, he soon found himself in the middle of a deadly shootout involving scores of other bikers.

Katie Rhoten said her husband ran for cover and was later arrested, along with motorcycle-riding friends and other "nonviolent, noncriminal people."

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There may be some guilty people in the Waco jail but the vast majority of them are totally innocent.

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Clendennen is a resident of nearby Hewitt, Texas and a 2011 graduate of Baylor University. The 30-year-old, married father of four and employer of six “has no previous criminal record.” He is represented by Dallas attorney F. Clinton Broden.

The suit complains that although “Clendennen was present at the Twin Peaks restaurant” he “did not engage in any criminal activity…nor did he travel to Twin Peaks on that day with the intent to engage in any criminal activity nor did he anticipate that any criminal activity would take place.”

He “was on the patio area of Twin Peaks on that day when violence began among other individuals in or around the Twin Peaks parking lot. At the time the violence erupted, Plaintiff Matthew Alan Clendennen took cover by attempting to hide in a hallway inside Twin Peaks.” He “did not engage in any violence at or around Twin Peaks” or “encourage or solicit any criminal activity.” He “did not possess any weapons while present at Twin Peaks that day except for a closed Benchmade mini pocket knife given to him as a Christmas gift by his parents in December 2011 and which he has carried regularly since then. That knife never left Mr. Clendennen’s pocket while he was at Twin Peaks. Despite the fact that Plaintiff Matthew Alan Clendennen committed no criminal acts he was arrested at Twin Peaks on or about May 17, 2015 without probable cause and his motorcycle was illegally seized.”

The suit further alleges: “It was also the policy of the City of Waco, as decided and approved by their policymakers to illegally seize vehicles from those illegally arrested with the hopes of selling those vehicles for a profit.”

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As gunfire broke out in the parking lot of a Texas restaurant, dozens of motorcycle riders ran inside seeking cover and tried to guide others to safety, security video reviewed exclusively by The Associated Press showed Wednesday.

The video, shared by representatives of the restaurant, shows bikers on the patio ducking under tables and trying to get inside. At least three people were holding handguns. One biker was seen running with blood on his face, hands and torso.

The footage shows only one round being fired — by a biker on the patio who then ran inside.

Authorities have said the shooting began during an apparent confrontation between two rival motorcycle gangs — the Bandidos and the Cossacks. Some bikers have complained that police acted too hastily in making arrests and scooped up riders who had nothing to do with the violence.

Before the shooting begins, the inside of the restaurant appears to be mostly empty. Bikers and other patrons can be seen walking to the windows facing the parking lot where most of the shooting happened.

When gunfire erupts at 12:24 p.m., most bikers, other patrons and staff immediately run away from the windows and into the restaurant's interior. At least three people can be seen holding handguns.

One camera angle shows bikers running into the men's bathroom. When there's no space left in the bathroom, they dash toward the kitchen.

Another camera angle, on the far side of the restaurant from the gunfire, shows patrons who are not wearing biker gear crawling behind tables toward the kitchen. At least three bikers appear to be gesturing for the patrons to crawl to safety.

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Authorities on Sunday swept up around 170 bikers who descended on the restaurant. Among those arrested was Theron Rhoten, who had just pulled into the parking lot on his vintage Harley chopper when the bullets started flying.

Rhoten showed up at the Twin Peaks restaurant for a regional motorcycle club meeting. But, according to his wife, he soon found himself in the middle of a deadly shootout involving scores of other bikers.

Katie Rhoten said her husband ran for cover and was later arrested, along with motorcycle-riding friends and other "nonviolent, noncriminal people."

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So everyone sitting in jail protesting their innocence is, in fact, innocent? I don't don't there are some but who knows how many.

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