Texas Police Play "lets make a deal" With The Constitution - Twenty Five Waco "Twin Peaks" Bikers Released Since Bond Negotiations Began Last Thursday....

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. ~ VI amendment ~

Remember, according to Waco PD -numerous times- every person arrested was a member of an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. According to Waco PD Spokesperson W. Patrick Swanton (in four different interviews where he justified the mass arrest, incarceration and million dollar bonds) each of the arrested “gang bikers” represented a similar risk profile and danger to the public if they were allowed to be released.

Yet somehow, the Waco PD is now allowing 25 “heavily armed” and “notoriously dangerous gang members” to have bond reductions. Also, important note, the article states the prosecutor’s office has reviewed all of the video evidence.
WACO TEXAS – Twenty-five bikers arrested in the May 17 shootout at Twin Peaks have been released from jail since Thursday, when prosecutors and defense attorneys started negotiating the reduction of bonds.
Two of those released recently include Sandra “Drama” Lynch, of Mart, and her husband, Mike, a plumber.
Sandra Lynch is a well-known advocate for bikers’ rights who reserved the patio for the meeting of a regional bikers’ rights coalition two weeks ago at Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco.
The deadly shootout erupted in the Twin Peaks parking lot about 30 minutes before that meeting was to begin.
Also released on a reduced bond this week was Matthew Clendennen, 30, of Hewitt, who filed a federal civil rights suit against the city of Waco and McLennan County last week, alleging he was wrongfully arrested and detained.
The 175 bikers rounded up after the deadly shooting, which left nine dead and 18 wounded, were arrested on engaging in organized criminal activity charges and placed under $1 million bonds.
Attorneys flooded into Waco from around the state last week seeking bond reduction hearings and claiming their clients were not guilty and merely in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Prosecutors waited to receive more information from police investigators, including reports and videos of the incident, before beginning negotiations with attorneys to reduce bonds and start the process of freeing many of the bikers.
Judges Ralph Strother and Matt Johnson, the county’s two primary felony court judges, have approved the negotiated bond reductions and also have scheduled bond-reduction hearings for every Friday in June and a few in July.
That is, unless they are recused from hearing the cases. Austin attorney Adam Reposa, alleging the judges are biased against the bikers, filed a motion last week to replace the judges. A hearing on his motion has been set for Thursday morning. Retired State District Judge Doug Shaver of Harris County was appointed to hear the recusal motion. (read more)