Over 170 in the outlaw motorcycle club shootout that left nine bikers dead and 18 wounded have now been arrested, amid heightened police security and reports of retaliation threats against the cops who fired upon them.
The violent Waco brawl over the weekend is still under investigation by Texan authorities as well as the federal government, but the number of offenders involved in the unprecedented bloodbath has overshadowed initial claims that police did much of the shooting.
In fact, that accusation has some credence since, hours before the biker brawl erupted, heavily armed officers in marked cars had reportedly already assembled outside the Twin Peaks bar-and-grill were five rival gangs were arriving.
In the wake of Sunday’s deadly gangland violence at the outlaw motorcycle club, police snipers are situated on Waco rooftops and have ordered all bikers to “stay off the streets” or use alternate modes of transportation.
Even the local Harley Davidson dealership has temporarily shuttered its doors, in a goodwill gesture intended to diffuse tensions in the biker/police standoff.
