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INNOCENT BYSTANDERS ARBITRARILY CHARGED AND HELD ON MILLION DOLLAR BONDS FOLLOWING WACO SHOOTOUT

By Roxanne Avery
May 29, 2015
For Immediate Release
Waco, TX - In what may be among the greatest abuses of police authority inflicted upon American citizens in modern times, innocent people continue to be held in the Jack Harwell Detention Center in Waco, Texas on charges of engaging in organized crime in the aftermath of the deadly shoot-out with police at the Twin Peaks restaurant on May 17. Few of the 175 people arrested have posted the $1 million bonds set by Justice of the Peace Pete Peterson. Most of those arrested have no prior criminal history and were innocent bystanders.
"My client William English, a decorated Iraq war veteran, has been informed by authorities that he is being charged with engaging in organized criminal activity. This charge completely astonishes me because he was never close enough to anybody to commit a crime," stated Paul Looney, Houston criminal defense attorney with Looney & Conrad, P.C.. "He wasn't even close enough to see what happened, and yet he sits in jail with a million dollar bond with his reputation besmirched by the media without having been brought swiftly to a courthouse where these issues can be addressed and a reasonable bond obtained. Yesterday, his writ hearing was scheduled for June 26, which means he will be sitting in jail for at least six weeks for being in the parking lot, unarmed, when shots were fired on the side of the restaurant. The Court Coordinators are using the high volume of cases as an excuse for these hearings being set at such a later date. The high volume of cases is exactly the reason we need additional judges assigned to this county by the regional presiding judge. This is a sickening conspiracy against Americans conducted with the complicity of law enforcement, prosecutors and justices of the peace. Sadly it appears Waco and McLennan County have learned very little about the lawful treatment of American citizens in the 22 years since the Branch Davidian debacle."
William English, 34, an honorably discharged Infantry veteran of the United States Marines served two tours of duty including Iraq. For the last nine years, he worked at Valmont in Brenham where he was among 160 fellow employees recently laid off when their division was shut down company-wide. Last week his severance pay was terminated because he hasn't been able to check in since his arrest. William and his wife Morgan, a teller at Chase Bank in Brenham, ride motorcycles with a group of friends who regularly get together to host fundraising events for local charities. William and Morgan arrived at Twin Peaks on Sunday, May 17 anticipating a fun day with fellow motorcycle riders. However, before reaching the front door to the restaurant, they heard commotion on the side patio and walked over to see what was going on. But before they could see anything, gunfire broke out.
"I heard two pops that sounded like small caliber gunfire," William recalled. "Following that, I heard several bursts of assault weapon shots. I recognized the sound because I carried one of those weapons for six years as a marine. That's all the gunfire I heard. Then the police started screaming 'Get down!'"
William and Morgan found themselves arrested a short time later with zip tie handcuffs around their wrists for 12 hours. "He has no business getting dragged into this," Looney says.
"Due process requires that every individual arrested be individually considered when bond is set. Their assets, the strength of the evidence, their criminal history or lack thereof, their ties to the community, and the likely threat they pose all have to be weighed to determine what a fair, just and reasonable bond may be," said Clay S. Conrad, Looney's law partner. "When, as in these over 170 cases, everyone is given the same identical and unattainable million dollar bond, due process is jettisoned in order to 'send a message.' I'm not sure what that message is, unless it is that the U.S. and Texas Constitutions do not apply in McLennan County, Texas."
For More Information, Contact:
Roxanne Avery
Media Relations, Looney & Conrad, P.C.
(405) 388-6191
Roxanne@LooneyConrad.com

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Local man suing for release from jail

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I hope he prevails. Interestingly, his attorney will not reveal what "club" he is associated with, citing attorney/client privilege.

Any guesses at to which "club" he belongs? Certainly, the power of TxAgs' mojo can find out.

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I don't really have a problem with the PD initial reaction. The actually charging of everyone initially held is where I have issue which isn't the PD.

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I don't really have a problem with the PD initial reaction. The actually charging of everyone initially held is where I have issue which isn't the PD.

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Who do you think charged them?

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It states he was arrested "without probable cause and his motorcycle was illegally seized."

His lawsuit names the city of Waco and the McLennen County sheriff's as well as individual officers working the Twin Peaks case.

"It was the policy of the City of Waco ... to cause the arrest and detention of numerous individuals ... regardless of whether or not there was individualized probable cause to arrest and detain a particular individual and to do so based on "fill in the name" complaints without individualized facts," the lawsuit states.

It makes no specified claim of damages, but says Clendennen's constitutional rights were violated.

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