Race Activists Try to Exploit Texas Biker Shootout, Fail

Black Lives Matter activists on Twitter wasted absolutely no time trying to twist Sunday’s Waco, Texas gun battle between biker gang members into a story that fits their narrative of perpetual, systematic racism against black Americans.

The chaos in Waco that left 9 gang members dead and 18 other people injured appeared to involve almost exclusively white people, a fact that many black activists seized upon to draw comparisons between the treatment by the police and media of whites vs. blacks in America.

Prominent Ferguson activist Shaun King tweeted:

Did the police use pepper spray or tear gas on the bikers Waco today? Did they injure anyone during any arrests?

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 17, 2015

Which elicited this angry response:

@ShaunKing 3 White Gangs with guns blazing & all the Police did was watch. Black & Mexican gangs would have been blown away…all of them! — Derrick Thompson (@DerrickT4) May 17, 2015

Until someone pointed out:

@DerrickT4 actually the police shot some of them..

— cozart (@CaseKeef) May 17, 2015

WacoTrib.com reported that police had been monitoring the situation developing with the gangs for weeks.

There is a very significant increase in law enforcement in McLennan County right now, Swanton said. Local, county, state and federal agencies are involved in investigations into the biker gangs. DPS and intelligence agents were working on the investigation long before today and Waco police have been aware of the inquest for more than a month, said Swanton.

So far, there has been no outcry from white groups or the media that police were racist to target the white biker gangs. The cries of racism continued unabated by hashtag activists on Twitter, however.

Media coverage of killings by demographic of perpetrator: Black: Thug Muslim: Terrorist White: Biker gang #TwinPeaksShooting — Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) May 18, 2015

 

Nine dead. These guys cuff-free & maybe texting? Black ppl get pepper-sprayed just for gathering. #TwinPeaksShooting pic.twitter.com/ljvTdu1Jy9

— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) May 18, 2015

Is anyone asking if these armed biker thugs are fatherless, or do we only wonder that about Black people? #TwinPeaksShooting #Waco

— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) May 18, 2015

9 dead. 18 injured. 100+ weapons recovered. & the gang is literally hanging out at the scene. #TwinPeaksShooting pic.twitter.com/FfSs24CK5Z

— deray mckesson (@deray) May 18, 2015

Please, tell me. Which genre of music influenced #Waco #TwinPeaksShooting? What narrative will corporate media force down our throats?

— Wilkine Brutus (@wilkinebrutus) May 18, 2015

no handcuffs, no riot gear, no mass arrests, no names released, no mention of neo nazi tattoos or symbols on vests #TwinPeaksShooting

— Aisha Satterwhite (@smarttechgirl) May 17, 2015

Meanwhile in Chicago, 39 people were wounded over the weekend and one killed. In one drive-by, 81-year-old great-grandmother Iola Buress and her 34-year-old grandson were shot.

However, since it was just another weekend in Chicago, there appear to have been no protests from the #BlackLivesMatter crowd.