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NaturalHigh

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41. Exactly right.

Reply to mythology (Reply #14)

Mon May 18, 2015, 08:53 PM

May 2015

If they had been attacking innocents who weren't involved in their criminal feud, then it would have been a riot.

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Coverage of Waco biker gang killings reveals disparities in news coverage [View all] KamaAina May 2015 OP

Thanks for this Kama JustAnotherGen May 2015 #1

Great spot malaise May 2015 #13

What your saying I agree with, I am not on board though with police account..... AuntPatsy May 2015 #2

CNN's Ashleigh Banfield called the bikers involved "thugs" pinboy3niner May 2015 #3

Probably because that, among other things, is what they are. WillowTree May 2015 #23

"Thugs" is probably the kindest thing okasha May 2015 #40

Huge K&R, KamaAina! Anansi1171 May 2015 #4

Remember this? KamaAina May 2015 #5

They were called thugs phil89 May 2015 #11

In the coverage I have heard nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #6

DOJ calls them OMGs--Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs pinboy3niner May 2015 #8

Yeah, but I am willing to bet that for example nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #9

It was a violent riot by two rival gangs. herding cats May 2015 #7

Has Obama been blamed yet? left-of-center2012 May 2015 #10

It wasn't a riot imnew May 2015 #12

it was a slaughter. more dead than the amtrak fiasco. spanone May 2015 #19

Yes. It was. bravenak May 2015 #38

Just talked to two relations down there. Said Abbott's response: MOAR GUNZ. They don't support OC. freshwest May 2015 #45

Except the violence was directed at other people not at other property mythology May 2015 #14

Exactly right. NaturalHigh May 2015 #41

This is a riot imnew May 2015 #15

It was a deadly violent gang war in public endangering the lives of innocent americans. bravenak May 2015 #37

It wasn't a riot, it was a gang war and the article is idiotic race baiting. Renew Deal May 2015 #16

Right on and exceptionally well put. WillowTree May 2015 #29

I've had the news on in the background all day B2G May 2015 #17

mmmm Skittles May 2015 #18

Have you ever heard the word 'riot' used to describe B2G May 2015 #20

nope Skittles May 2015 #22

The difference is riots are typically disorganized groups snooper2 May 2015 #21

This is not a riot. beemer27 May 2015 #24

Words and meanings are tough Blue_Adept May 2015 #25

+1 FLPanhandle May 2015 #26

+1 treestar May 2015 #49

Other than shooting and arresting a few outlaws, they were hands off mostly seveneyes May 2015 #27

This was not a Riot it was bunch of meth-head thugs in a shoot out against each other..... Puddy May 2015 #28

And yet it's often done. Igel May 2015 #33

What's wrong with using the word thug? NobodyHere May 2015 #36

Ridiculous wingzeroday May 2015 #30

Kicked&Recommended... butterfly77 May 2015 #31

Just the white trash taking itself out Matrosov May 2015 #32

Twin Peaks is a chain of "breasturant"s underpants May 2015 #34

It got my attention JonLP24 May 2015 #35

It was a shootout, not a riot. X_Digger May 2015 #39

+1 uponit7771 May 2015 #42

armed riot uponit7771 May 2015 #43

, one_voice May 2015 #44

Who took out the "h" and "k" letters from the spelling of Waco for these idiots... cascadiance May 2015 #46

A 'shootout' is worse than a 'riot', isn't it? muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #47

While I agree there are disparities treestar May 2015 #48