Waco Is Suppressing Evidence That Could Clear Innocent Bikers
The city is fighting to keep videos of the May shoot-out at the Twin Peaks restaurant out of the press, and still hasn’t confirmed how many victims were shot by police.
by Conor Friedersdorf
Jul 21, 2015
3 minutes
Why is Waco, Texas, fighting to suppress multiple videos of the shoot-out that killed nine bikers at the Twin Peaks restaurant on May 17? Why are some attorneys in the case now prohibited from talking to the press? And why haven’t Waco officials revealed how many of the nine victims were killed by bullets from police officers’ guns?
These are the most pressing questions as 177 people await a grand jury’s decision about whether they will be indicted for murder, conspiracy, or on lesser charges after attending a regularly scheduled meeting of motorcycle enthusiasts that turned violent.
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