Nealand Liquor
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That seems like a smashingly wonderful idea chap!
Or if that name is taken you could always
call yourselves the "420azzazz1n187killaz69". Nothin but upside there
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Biker gang shoot out in Waco, TX
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Or if that name is taken you could always
call yourselves the "420azzazz1n187killaz69". Nothin but upside there
Plexirvones
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PartlyCloudlike
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i blame DMX
Metaphoreus
This is semantics, and nothing more
Really? What reason would your average person have to know the first thing about motorcycle gangs?
Also, kudos to the Waco PD for being on top of this. A gunfight in a shopping center parking lot on a Sunday afternoon could have gone a hell of a lot worse. I hope those responsible go away for a long time.
Nealand Liquor
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Soooooo bikers and titties seem like an odd match to you?
Darren870
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I'm almost positive thats from a movie. I've seen that image before.
Probably from Wild Hogs or something like that.
Anyways, come to Australia. We have a lot of biker gangs! Though, I knew a bunch of people whose family was in biker gangs in the states. One of my friends dad owns a tattoo parlor and they were a top customer of his.
You just don't hear about them much any more I guess. Other gangs are more rampant I guess....
Here they push a lot of drugs.
Actual titties? Sure. Not the pg 13 shit at hooters/twin peaks. I'd just expect something like this to happen outside of a seedy dive bar. Not at a national chain restaurant in the middle of a shopping center.
Metaphoreus
This is semantics, and nothing more
Yikes. That one shot is not for the squeamish. Sounds like this restaurant knew there was something brewing and alerted the cops.
PaleFolklore
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Have they said which biker gangs it was?
They haven't, but there are people in Bandidos, Scimitar, and Cossack vests in the photos.
That NYT article says enough at the end.
EatinOlives
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Apparently both the police and the management of that local Twin Peaks knew that there was a good chance that something might go down, but when police approached them Twin Peaks "refused" to cooperate:
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/crime/2015/05/17/twin-peaks-management-police-deadly-brawl/27505571/
Now, this really could just be the local police department covering their asses, but it's hard to believe that the restaurant didn't know or even suspect something might go down, since apparently they host a weekly "biker's night" and probably had an idea of which gangs frequent the place.
It's like you're not even reading the thread.
Or looking at the pictures. There are plenty of younger guys there.
Huh? Reading the thread is what caused me to post it. This is a bunch of old men who society has left behind clinging to ridiculous codes and putting innocent people in harm's way.
Hopefully there'll be plenty of video evidence to help prosecute the right ones. I'm sure they are all getting gun shot residue testing.
I wouldn't be surpriesed if least some of the dead were just defending themselves and were shot by cops. From the outside looking in, it would be hard for the cops to make the distinction before firing.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
From the AP -
So you have gangs up there causing issues in the past, the management refusing to cooperate to stop it and now this. I am sure corporate will shut down the location and act like they had no clue what was going on there, even though that office is about an hour away. It was all about the $$$ for location management atleast.
Really? Maybe I take it for granted living in the southwest, but these gangs exist and they are not to be fucked with.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
..or they were too scared to turn them away. You going to tell them they can't come in?
VaultBoy101
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What do biker gang members do when they're not having shootouts? Ride around and look threatening? Do they have day jobs or does gang membering pay a living wage on its own? I'm genuinely curious.
A lot are clubs just like any other. With a higher tendency towards violence, probably. Motorcycles have their own society.
For example Hells Angels do charity to pretend the are good people.
Drugs mostly and lots of petty crime too. Pretty good book on the topic: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345487524/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Lol. I thought biker gangs were supposed to be peaceful though?
Drug and weapon trafficking. Just like any other gang, really.
^HariKari has it covered. I haven't seen a single episode of Sons of Anarchy so I don't know how they're trying to show motorcycle clubs, but in real life they're just like any other gang of cunts. If some of the responses in this thread are indicative of how the public at large views them, than the general perception is off.
Yep, they're absolutely real.
mechashiva
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I know a lot of Twin Peaks do biker nights/days. I wonder if it was just one of those.
It's Texas, you really think someone is going to listen to warnings from the law about what some freedom loving bikers can and can't do?
It's Texas, you really think someone is going to listen to warnings from the law about what some freedom loving bikers can and can't do?
Yeah, the Bandidos were involved in the Great Nordic Biker War. A Hell's Angel clubhouse in Sweden was blown up a with a rocket launcher during that. A legit anti-tank weapon, stolen from the army.
entremet
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They more like more serious fraternities lol. They have initiations and everything. It's an interesting sub culture.
They're a lot of lawlessness as well.
There are a lot of really peaceful motorcyle groups, clubs, etc. Many times people get together in a group just for the love of driving around. There are also many good groups that do charity and other benefits to society. So for those saying I thought motorcycle gangs or whatever were good guys, well there are good and bad. Just like saying all video game folks are nerds with no girlfriends, both are stereotypes and you have a variation no matter how you group people.
I too am actually surprised there is groups with more violence and illegal activities that are active and as many as I thought they were few and far between now a days. It has nothing to do with living under a rock, the majority I know are nice and good folks that associate with such "hobby".
I too am actually surprised there is groups with more violence and illegal activities that are active and as many as I thought they were few and far between now a days. It has nothing to do with living under a rock, the majority I know are nice and good folks that associate with such "hobby".
I know you're joking but this shit just happened to occur here. This is the spot on the interstate that was a close enough drive for those coming in. All those fools are not from Waco. We just had the privelidge of being located directly between two major metropolitan areas on a major interstate
choodi
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Some of the so-called bikies in Australia have abandoned all pretence of actually being a motorcycle club and are just drug dealing scumbags.
We have groups of people within some of the clubs which the media and police have dubbed the "Nike Bikies" because of their preference for Nike shoes and clothes over traditional biker gear.
Some of these guys don't even have motorbikes, preferring to drive around in BMW X5s instead.
A great deal of the meth in Australia apparently goes through bikie gangs.
We have groups of people within some of the clubs which the media and police have dubbed the "Nike Bikies" because of their preference for Nike shoes and clothes over traditional biker gear.
Some of these guys don't even have motorbikes, preferring to drive around in BMW X5s instead.
A great deal of the meth in Australia apparently goes through bikie gangs.
Of course there are nice clubs and friendly people within the MC community, but Hells Angels, Bandidos and so on are not really an MC club, they are more of an criminal enterprise than an MC club. I think comparing them to an Mafia is more correct.
I can't speak for the situation in the US but here in Sweden the MC clubs outright kill each other quite often, at least once a year some shit goes down and some people end up dead, it was not that long ago we had an all out war with anti tank rockets being fired, car bombs and so on, I think it's still going on in Denmark.
SOA is basically a show with a villain protagonist. In a cast over 7 seasons and dozens of regulars, there were like maybe 5-7 out and out good guys.
Was that a Shield reference?
If they don't have a day job they most likely sell drugs and/or illegal firearms. I don't see why they would be any different than other gangs in that regard.
And they are not people you want to cross, nor do you want to be associated with anyone who does cross them.
I was going to mention this, I find it odd that these guys haven't been widely called "thugs"...
If they don't keep to themselves then they are thugs.
Did you think SOA was all make believe?
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