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A 'War' On Wheels: The Biker Shootout At Waco, And What Came Next

10:17pm April 07, 2016

by NPR Staff

A shootout between two rival biker groups in Waco, Texas, left nine people dead. On this episode of Embedded, Kelly McEvers tries to understand what caused the fight.

Sgt. Patrick Swanton of the Waco Police Department speaks to the media as Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper D.L. Wilson (left) stands near a Twin Peaks restaurant where nine members of a motorcycle gang were shot and killed in Waco, Texas, on Tues

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On 'Menace II Society' And 'Easy Rider': Why All The Talk On Bikers And Thugs Matters

1:15pm May 22, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Many have contrasted media treatment of bikers in the Waco shootout with its treatment of black protesters. Charles Blow says this speaks to an underlying fear "of the otherness of blackness."

Police officers observe the scene at Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas, the site of the recent motorcycle gang-related shooting.

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Uneasy Rider: The Origins Of Motorcycle Gangs And How They Remain A Force

11:52am May 22, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Steve Cook, who heads the Midwest Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigators Association, tells NPR that soldiers returning from World War II formed biker gangs, which became infamous during a 1947 riot.

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Motorcyles sit in the parking lot of the Twin Peaks restaurant, the scene of a deadly biker gang shootout in Waco, Texas.

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Biker Shootout Update: 7 Remain In Hospital; Uninvited Gang Had Come To Meeting

2:03pm May 19, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Giving an update on Sunday's violence, Waco Police Sgt. Patrick Swanton dismisses media reports that law enforcement officers had killed four bikers.

Here's What People Are Saying About The Waco Shootout And Race

10:42am May 19, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

People are contrasting media and police reaction to the Texas shootout with their reaction to the recent protests in Baltimore and Ferguson, Mo.