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On Sunday afternoon, a shoot-out that left 9 dead began in Waco, Texas. The biker gangs beat, stabbed, and shot at each other outside of a Texas restaurant called Twin Peaks. Some bikers even turned their weapons on the police that were outside.
Police and local business owners had long been scared of the violence and threats between the gangs. Police were outside in full uniform patrolling the areas as the violence began. After the mass violence ended over 100 weapons were confiscated.
On Sunday afternoon, a shoot-out that left 9 dead began in Waco, Texas. The biker gangs beat, stabbed, and shot at each other outside of a Texas restaurant called Twin Peaks. Some bikers even turned their weapons on the police that were outside.
Police and local business owners had long been scared of the violence and threats between the gangs. Police were outside in full uniform patrolling the areas as the violence began. After the mass violence ended over 100 weapons were confiscated.
Rod Aydelotte / Waco Tribune-Herald via AP
"We wanted our presence to be known," Swanton told reporters. "They knew we were seconds away and going to respond. That mattered not to them." Swanton called it "the most violent and gruesome scene that I have dealt with" in three and a half decades of law enforcement.
After news about this story broke, social media was set ablaze for the discrepancies in reporting mass crimes by white and black people. Trending topics such as #whiteonwhitecrime #aretheythugs #wacothugs, left many disillusioned in the media's treatment of black and white violence as the subjects and headlines.
Let's chat do you think the media treat criminal activity differently based on race?How about the police and public response to these violent crimes? Let's begin the conversation!
Written By: Lauren B. I @laurenbeal
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