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Flier to say hey bikers or any other group not inherently criminal, come on over. thats not going to support a claim for negligence or gross negligence. lots of biker groups are good citizens, good customers. the local twin peaks restaurant has said they had seven biker nights and nothing bad happened. so absolutely thats going to be their defense. they didnt know how could they have known something like this would happen? and the flip side is what were they told by law enforcement? how specific...

Advice to several biker groups in texas. thanks for joining us so much. i want to get to that really startling bulletin that evan perez was laying out in just a second. first, to your client and what happened in waco. what does your client say went down? >> well, he was in the parking lot and the meeting hadnt started. he heard a gunshot, fell to the ground and then the melee grobr out. he was just there to attend the meeting. >> no involvement according to your client. let me ask you about this...

Events. >> ive read that you have been to meetings like this in the past. you were not at this meeting of course. we should point out. in all of the time, 18 years you said that youve been involved with working with these biker groups, youve never seen any violence at these types of meetings, these gatherings. what do you suspect -- what are you hearing now went so wrong here? >> well, we dont know. ive been going to meetings across texas for almost 18 years. weve never had a physical altercatio...

Them of the situation. there is a lot of things he didnt do that the prosecution. >> the they were driving in the range rover in the streets of new york and passed the biker groups bikers offended them. the bikers swarm around their vehicle. one guy gets in front, tries to slow down the car. they bump him, knock him off his bike. he later gets run over by the car. that doesnt exactly sound like thats an innocent victim brian. >> yeah. heres the problem with this case against this detective under...

>> well i think what happened this weekend looks terrible. something went off, okay. some bad mistakes. i also heard, i have my sources that were at the scene, and it sounded like some cops were doing some shooting also. so it went bad. it started inside with fist-to-fist worked its way out, somebody pulled a gun, and its on when you have that many organized people together like that biker gangs. biker groups. you know its very sad that it happened. every one of them is not like that. but someon...

Fight. good morning. welcome to "early start." im poppy harlow. it is 4:00 a.m. on the east coast. we start in waco texas. motorcycle gangs could go to war at twin peaks restaurant where nine people were dead and 170 others under arrest. the leaders of the bandidos biker gang will attack one another. a member of the bandidos says the club is not violent. >> it is something we are concerned about. we would encourage biker groups to stand down. there has been enough bloodshed and death here. we do...

It is something we are concerned about. we would encourage biker groups to stand down. there is enough bloodshed and death here. we dont need additional death in the waco area. >> we are not a gang. we do not do gang things. they have been reading too many comic books and watching too many "b" rated biker movies. they are not thugs. mainly when we find a thug in our bunch, we get rid of them. >> late on monday a judge set bail for the suspected at $1 million each. sources tell cnn the brawl was ...

Told members to arm themselves and head to the waco area. >> when the threat was put out toward law enforcement officers caused us to step up our game. obviously, it is something we are concerned about. we would encourage biker groups to stand down. theres been enough bloodshed and death here. we dont need additional death in the waco area. >> we are not a gang. we do not do gang things. they have been reading too many comic books and watching too many "b" rated biker movies. we have been stereo...

Encourage biker groups to stand down theres been enough bloodshed, enough death here we dont need additional death in the waco area. obviously, we were still sorting through the scene behind us well process that evidence and continue the investigation through the coming days and weeks. >> >>. >> do you know what it was that actually began the fight? the franchise is just saying didnt happen inside the restaurant or in the bathroom they believe it happened in the parking lot, do you know what act...

Biker groups big arrested. many of the others part of the bandito motorcycle club. >> we are not a gang. we do not do gang things. we are not affiliated with gangs. >> jimmy graves is high up the texas chain, but hes also the state chairman for the texas confederation of clubs, a multi-group biker association. he says this wasnt a recruiting meeting, but a friendly organizational one. >> they want to be out laws. >> the cossacks want to be the out laws. >> weve been straight. we didnt do nothing...