"Nothing good ever comes of Waco"
I know that it is entirely (well, OK - maybe just mostly) an emotional response, but I've had this unshakable malaise regarding the Waco incident. I don't identify with the biker culture (although I have friends and family who do) but I reject the narrative that the cops have attempted to sell us.
From what I've see thus far the bulk of the true violence was perpetrated by cop, not biker. The notion that possessing a weapon automatically equals bad actor is only valid if you include LEO into the mix. That is to say, it is a logical fallacy and a slander. So why are they trying so desperately to sell it to us?
I will say one thing - this has changed forever the relationship between the biker community and cops. Or I should say it had better if they wish to survive. We've seen amply demonstrated the tendency to "shoot first, shovel dirt over the consequences" by the ever increasingly militarized LEOs. What this tells me in a progressively louder voice is that pretenses about civil liberties should be kept where they belong - in fairytale books. In the real world assuming that you have a right to speak, or especially the right to resist can (and will) get you killed.
Sleep with one eye open...