Charges filed against 170 motorcycle gang members in Texas

About 170 members of rival motorcycle gangs were charged with engaging in organized crime Monday, a day after a shootout at a Texas restaurant that killed nine people and wounded 18. The crowd of suspects was so large that authorities opened a convention center to hold them all before they were arrested, police said.Sunday’s melee at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco drew a broad police response that included placing officers atop buildings and highway overpasses to watch for other bikers rushing to the scene to retaliate.McLennan County Justice of the Peace W.H. Peterson set bond at $1 million for each suspect.

I am not about to give them the respect of mentioning their names.

Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton

Many men detained in the hours after the shooting were seen wearing leather vests that read Bandidos or Cossacks. More than 100 motorcycles were in the parking lots around the restaurant Monday, along with an additional 50 to 75 vehicles that probably belong to gang members, Swanton said. Authorities were having them towed from the scene, 95 miles south of Dallas. Swanton said authorities had received threats against law enforcement “throughout the night” from biker groups and stood ready to confront any more violence.

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