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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother right-wing whackjob climbs down from the trees......
On Sunday, over 190 members of a biker gang were arrested after a bloody shootout in Waco, Texas, that left nine people dead. Waco Police Sgt. Patrick Swanton said the scene was "probably one of the most gruesome crime scenes I've ever seen in my 34 years of law enforcement."
But Sandy Rios, governmental affairs director for the conservative American Family Association, sees potential in these men to put their talents to good use.
Police have their hands full fighting our real enemies -- the cartels, the Islamists -- and now theyre fighting motorcycle gangs? Rios said during her radio show on Monday. I find myself thinking, lets have a little retraining for motorcycle gangs and put them on our side fighting our enemies. Thats what we really need.
It might be tough to get these gangs to start combating drug cartels, since they themselves are drug cartels. Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, according to the 2013 report from the FBI's National Gang Intelligence Center, are "highly structured criminal organizations whose members engage in criminal activities such as violent crime, weapons trafficking, and drug trafficking." ............(more)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/19/waco-texas-sandy-rios_n_7337188.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013
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Another right-wing whackjob climbs down from the trees...... (Original Post)
marmar
May 2015
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pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)1. Bikes on the ground
Quick, somebody tell Lindsey. He'll love this!
olddots
(10,237 posts)2. this particular wingnut should be..........
a life guard in a car wash or maybe purchase a clue .
xfundy
(5,105 posts)3. They're mostly 'white'
so of course they're trustworthy and trainable.
Sickening.
Would she say the same thing about black gang members?
Of course not.
Racism is a big part of the right wing worldview.
Iris
(15,652 posts)5. Police have their hands full w/Islamists?
Really? Where? Nor in my local department.