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marmar

(77,064 posts)
Wed May 20, 2015, 12:41 AM May 2015

Another 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 they’re fighting motorcycle gangs?” Rios said during her radio show on Monday. “I find myself thinking, let’s have a little retraining for motorcycle gangs and put them on our side fighting our enemies. That’s 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 OP
Bikes on the ground pinboy3niner May 2015 #1
this particular wingnut should be.......... olddots May 2015 #2
They're mostly 'white' xfundy May 2015 #3
Yep. Cali_Democrat May 2015 #4
Police have their hands full w/Islamists? Iris May 2015 #5
 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
2. this particular wingnut should be..........
Wed May 20, 2015, 01:19 AM
May 2015

a life guard in a car wash or maybe purchase a clue .

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
4. Yep.
Wed May 20, 2015, 02:15 AM
May 2015

Would she say the same thing about black gang members?

Of course not.

Racism is a big part of the right wing worldview.

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