Four Twin Peaks bikers seek $1 billion in civil lawsuit
Four Central Texas bikers arrested after the May 2015 Twin Peaks shootout in Waco are seeking $1 billion in damages in a lawsuit filed Monday in an Austin federal court.
Jim Albert Harris, Bonar Crump Jr., Juan Carlos Garcia and Drew King, all members of the Grim Guardian motorcycle group, claim they were arrested merely because they were wearing biker “colors” at Twin Peaks and say they are guilty of nothing.
Their lawsuit, filed on their behalf by Beaumont attorney Brent W. Coon, names as defendants Waco police Detective Manuel Chavez and Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton, former Waco Police Chief Brent Stroman, McLennan County Justice of the Peace Pete Peterson, McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna, the city of Waco, McLennan County, and the corporation that owns Twin Peaks restaurants.
The suit paints Waco as a midsize town dominated by Baylor University and its strict Southern Baptist traditions, where out-of-towners are not welcome.
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