Updated: with Additional Biker Story

Not having been CLOSED - Columbine is still open, but was closed for renovations after the massacre on, April 20, 1999 and reopened for the 1999-2000 school year. The science classroom where Coach Dave Sanders was murdered was completely de-walled and renovated, and the cafeteria/commons which had earlier been completely renovated in 1995 in seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold's freshman year, and hallways as well. ***************************************************************************************************************** The school district was planning to renovate the library where most of the massacre took place, but the families of the community and of the slain and injured organuzed an organization called HOPE and raised enough money and awareness for the school district to demolish the library and build a separate one next to the school's field on the south side of the school. Where the library once stood is presently an atrium (garden) with 13 pillars, representing the 13 lives of the slain that day, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold's. The new library is completely different so that the students were not to be visually reminded of what happened on April 20th. Witnesses describe more surveillance cameras throughout the school. The Columbine Rebel mascot trophy case had a musket inside prior to the massacre which was removed and the mascot was changed to be a Revolutionry War Rebel named Crispus Attucks holding a writing feather and a parchment. ***************************************************************************************************************** http://www.hopecolumbine.org OTHER: Waco Biker Gathering Shoot-Out of May 17, 2015 The fight between Bandidos, Cossacks, and allies with many as five rival biker gangs started at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco on a Sunday last May 2015 resulting in the deaths of 9 with 18 injured. Earlier reports mentioned the gangs' names, apparantly those that told reporters since reporters did not want to offend anyone. To the utter shame and scandal of CNN, they reported that one of the gangs was ficticious,"Black Widows" which reveals how they check out their stories, as in poorly. Reasons range from Bandidos wanting $100 per club for "Texas Rocker rights", to turf or territory, and revenge for grudge injuries and/or the killing of 41-year-old Ghost Rider MC member named Geoffrey Brady. The parking lot soon became a shootout zone between the gang members who had "gone after either more ammunition or guns kept in a member's car "just in case." It would have been almost impossible to secure these items on motorcycles so logically possibly one member of each gang drove a car which contained ammunition and weapons since police estimate that weapons of many varieties numbered about 300. Some gang members had concealed weapons such as guns, knives, clubs or chains. Over 100 weapons were gathered by police. The old "knife to a gunfight" maxim becomes apparent. Juan Carlos Garcia, Drew King, and James Harris were released after paying $50,000 bond (putting up $500 cash) rather than the $1 million ordered for all the suspects (which was $100,000 cash). Although two were quickly re-arrested, a third is remains "at large" like a politician. One of the three reportedly escaped with body armor under his vest or "cut" (colors). UPDATE: James Harris, 42, of Turlock, allegedly drove a motorcycle from a Glenwood Avenue business and headed south out of Turlock. Turlock Police Sgt. Stephen Webb related how officers attempting to apprehend Harris lost sight of the motorcycle somewhere in the area of Bradbury and Griffith roads. Officers eventually discovered the motorcycle abandoned alongside the roadway, with some items of clothing. When officers searched the area they found not only the stolen motorcycle, but also Harris who had climbed a tree like Zacchaeus had biblically climbed up a sycamore fig tree. Harris was arrested for "auto" theft or "theft of a motor vehicle". He sports a large star tattoo over his Adam's apple. Further details were not in the article. Although up to 192 were announced as involved, jail records reveal that a Waco judge placed a $1 million bond on a number of the approximately 170 suspects involved in the Twin Peaks espablishment biker gang shooting. All the defendants are charged possibly under the Rico Act for taking part in organized crime linked to one or more capital murder cases. All told, nine bikers were killed and an "extra" corpse was mistakenly included, that apparently had been added in error due to the same time frame and general area. Eventually official statements eliminated William Anderson, who had been included by mistake. Allegedly "suppressed evidence" has made it very difficult for determination of "who shot who" sine a biker or two may have used rifles or perhaps pistols requiring rifle-type ammunition. Toward the end of the incident, police may have shot one or more bikers utilizing different weapons. Ordinarily the autopsy retrieves bullets facilitating the determination and assisting in ascertaining just exactly "who shot who". The fact that police used only .223 calibre rifles could mean that as many as four bikers were killed by police during the bloody melee. Ballistics reports and hours of audio and footage and hundreds of documents reveal that four of the dead and at least one of the wounded were shot by .223-caliber rifles. Further contributing to confusion was the fact that two of the four dead were wounded by .223 but the other two were shot by other kinds of guns also. A variety of other guns killed the remaining people listed in ballistics reports. No doubt, coroners' determinations will decide which bullets actually were fatal and which only wounded. Besides the Waco Police, ATF agents and all other law-enforcement officials responding to the scene used .223 but it is possible that bikers may have had a rifle or two or powerful handguns that use .223 ammunition. Weapons involved were all captured and confiscated for evidence, even the officers involved, so that test firings could make ballistic reports assisting in the re-inactment. The nine murdered persons are: Richard Matthew "Chain" Jordan, III, 31; Jesus Delgado Rodriguez, 65; Charles Wayne "Dog" Russell, 46; Daniel Raymond "Diesel" Boyett, 44; Wayne Lee "Sidetrack" Campbell, 43; Jacob Lee Rhyne, 39; Richard Vincent "Bear" Kirschner, Jr., 47.; Manuel Issac Rodriguez, 40; and Matthew Mark Smith, 27. The only unaffiliated "biker" was Jesus Delgado Rodriguez, 65, who apparently had no "colors" that would serve to identify him with a "biker club". A biker following the case noticed that “the indictments charge at least some of the defendants with murder and assault rather than just the original charge of engaging in organized criminal activity. He mentioned this in November 16, of 2015, in a blog called,"The Aging Rebel". The blogger opened with the fact that McLennan County grand jury had indicted 106 people in just under ten hours in the week before November 16 and had used fill in the blanks indictments very similar, if not identical, to the fill in the blanks criminal complaints used to arrest the defendants initially on May 17. The aging rebel mentioned that defendants were described as having used various weapons such as “knife and/or club and/or whip and/or handgun” etc. The unindividualized nature of the indictments and the rapidity with which the indictments were returned seemed to indicate that prosecutors Abelino “Abel” Reyna, Michael Jarrett and Amanda Dillon saw the indictments as a pro forma OK of legal convention rather than a genuine attempt to separate criminal actors from people who were only bystanders. Not necessarily ALL the bikers participated as that would have made "activity" very crowded and at least a few may have "hit the floor", "ducked for cover" and did not "look up" until all the "activity" had ceased. After all, Twin Peaks is a large area like McArthur Park so not being armed and having no intention of participating MAY have been an option that SOME chose to just "duck and cover". Logically, some bikers, Twin Peaks personnel and bystanders who just happened to be there, did just that. It appears that Texas will have one less “breastaurant” that allegedly advertised hot waitresses and cold beer. Nevertheless, "the aging rebel" cites that numerous persons were "capriciously selected from a pool of potential indictees" including someone going to another restaurant and guys who were simply standing in the parking lot and said to be 100 yards from the disturbance near the Twin Peaks restaurant last May 17 were also indicted. An article links to the very descriptive account at: http://www.agingrebelDOTcom/13658 It seems that Clifford Pierce, a Cossacks Motorcycle Club prospect was not indicted, although some witnesses state that he was involved and he and all his "traces" have "disappeared". This has sparked all sorts of speculative questions. And at least ONE lawyer is "blaming the police". No mention was made of that "Waco Incident" of long ago but somehow police officers of other cities were mentioned who probably had no idea that that Waco Twin Peaks Incident even happened as they have their own cases to ponder. More than one blogger has "thanked G_d that he did not become a police officer" as this is a "tough row to hoe". Movies like "Chappy" and "RoboCop" and even TV shows like "Blue Bloods" have appeared yet the general population apparently thinks that police have an "easy job" and "don't do nothing." As for this blog -- an endorsement of "The Thin Blue Line" is in order despite alleged mishandling although $1 million bail for 170 people does appear excessive and several individuals claim to be "innocent", which is a "standard over-used line". Some other recorded incidents are: Great Nordic Biker War Milperra massacre Quebec Biker war River Run Riot Shedden massacre CNN substituted "Black Widows Biker Gang" for "Cosaks" (sic) Cossacks. The "BWBG" was a ficticious biker gang from Clint Eastwood's movie,"Every Which Way But Loose". The part about "military munitions was also bogus. http://www.cnnDOTcom/2015/05/21/us/texas-biker-shooting/index.html