There isn't much, just enough to keep me pissed off about this whole situation.
So May 17th was the shooting, and it's now been over 3 months, and we have learned nothing about the facts.
Why?
The local judge was asked by his DA to impose a gag order.
He did
Because, he used to work for the law office of the DA's dad.
http://abovethelaw.com/2015/08/the-reason-you-havent-heard-more-about-the-177-bikers-arrested-in-waco/
The first examining trial related to the Waco shooting concluded with the judge finding sufficient probable cause for the arrest and charge of a married couple present at the Twin Peaks on May 17, 2015. There was no evidence presented of either individual committing an actual crime. The judge found probable cause to arrest Mr. And Mrs. English as parties engaging in organized criminal activity. Their association with one of these groups, displayed through a support patch, was determined to be sufficient probable cause to send the question to a grand jury to consider an indictment. It was also asserted that members of criminal street gangs do not have the legal right to carry weapons even if they have a concealed carry permit.
https://motorcycleprofilingproject.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/clubs-are-crimes/
Looney said Monday he was told by the district attorney’s office that they would present the biker cases to a McLennan County grand jury between October and December.
So May 17th was the shooting, and it's now been over 3 months, and we have learned nothing about the facts.
Why?
The local judge was asked by his DA to impose a gag order.
He did
Because, he used to work for the law office of the DA's dad.
Johnson and Reyna’s onetime partnership extends back until at least 2001, when Johnson joined the Reyna and Reyna law firm, which was owned by Reyna’s father, former McLennan County district attorney and state appeals court judge Felipe Reyna.
Johnson and Abel Reyna stayed in practice together when the firm later became Reyna, Johnson and Reed, said former partner Damon Reed, who still practices in Waco.
Johnson left the firm when he was first elected to the bench in 2006.”
Chief Justice Tom Gray of the 10th Court of Appeals, an intermediate appellate court, found that Judge Johnson had abused his discretion by shutting out press coverage. Gray ordered Johnson to vacate the protective order.
But that isn't going to happen either,
Last Thursday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest criminal court, issued a stay on the intermediate court’s move to vacate the gag order. Unpack the negatives in that procedural history and you’ll find that the gag order remains in place during the pendency of the appeal.Chief Justice Tom Gray of the 10th Court of Appeals, an intermediate appellate court, found that Judge Johnson had abused his discretion by shutting out press coverage. Gray ordered Johnson to vacate the protective order.
But that isn't going to happen either,
http://abovethelaw.com/2015/08/the-reason-you-havent-heard-more-about-the-177-bikers-arrested-in-waco/
The first examining trial related to the Waco shooting concluded with the judge finding sufficient probable cause for the arrest and charge of a married couple present at the Twin Peaks on May 17, 2015. There was no evidence presented of either individual committing an actual crime. The judge found probable cause to arrest Mr. And Mrs. English as parties engaging in organized criminal activity. Their association with one of these groups, displayed through a support patch, was determined to be sufficient probable cause to send the question to a grand jury to consider an indictment. It was also asserted that members of criminal street gangs do not have the legal right to carry weapons even if they have a concealed carry permit.
https://motorcycleprofilingproject.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/clubs-are-crimes/
Morgan was appointed to hear the examining trial of Matthew Clendennen after the Hewitt man’s attorney, Clint Broden, was successful in having McLennan County Justice of the Peace W.H. “Pete” Peterson recused from hearing the case.
Waco Tribune-Herald courts reporter Tommy Witherspoon covered the examining trial
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/twin-peaks-biker-shooting/judge-rules-biker-wife-jailed-with-sufficient-probable-cause/article_7f6da5d8-b70f-55fc-9cd3-6f7dc9d56964.html?mode=jqm
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