To commemorate the Friday, October 13, 1307, arrest of 15,000 Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon by the Sept. 9 order of King Philip IV, lest we forget…
Six Shooter Junction – The legend is clear. They say that as Jaques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, burned slowly over a charcoal fire, he screamed to the heavens that within one year, both the Pope who condemned him and the King who ordered his arrest would die.
His words came true.
His sin: His order of warrior monks, the special forces of the day with a chain of command that bypassed the church hierarchy of cardinals and bishops, reported directly to the Pope, had too much money, owned too much prime property acquired through foreclosure from defaulted loans, and held too many mortgages of nobility and royalty alike.
He was a dangerous man, and he confessed to a litany of sins rather than face torture in hopes that by remaining alive, he could help his men. But when he reneged on a planned public confession from a scaffold in the forecourt of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, recanting his earlier confession, he was sentenced to burn alive in order to save his soul from everlasting perdition.
Not all the Templars perished. Some escaped in ships and began to fly the death’s head as a flag of convenience, symbolizing no quarter given – and none expected. They sailed from their redoubt on the Firth of Forth near Midlothian, in the Kingdom of Fife. Hence, the traditional approach to what some call piracy and others from the British Isles have often considered a business.
Speak of Sir Francis Drake to any Hispanic of Caribbean origin, and you will hear the rejoinder, “Do you mean Drake the Pirate?”
Precisely.
And now, on Saturday, May 14, at 1 p.m. on the Courthouse Square in this city, members of the motorcycle enthusiasts’ community will gather to inveigh against all law enforcement officials from the Lord High Sheriff and Criminal District Attorney to the Chief of Police and all their staff, for what they perceive as cold-blooded murder of 9 men, the wounding of 20, and the arrest of 177 persons who were held on a bond of $1 million on May 17, 2015, nearly a year previously.
The keynote speaker is to be Paul Looney, a Hempstead attorney who has established through cross examination of the Department of Pubic Safety Lieutenant in charge in examination hearing that the key element of the state’s case against those charged and indicted on the fill-in-the-blank set of identical charges is that anyone wearing a patch signifying a club affiliation was arrested, and that a support patch featuring the Bandidos Motorcycle Club logo in red and gold was considered evidence of affiliation with a “criminal street gang.”
Those whose clothing featured the black and gold colors of the Cossacks Motorcycle Club received equal treatment under the eyes of the Texas.
Looney has made motions to the Court, saying that he needs no further discovery of the evidence to be presented against his clients. He just wants a trial date, be it four years from now, or day after tomorrow. He cares not.
Prosecutors continue to demur.
What happened last time the motorcycle enthusiasts gathered on the square, on August 22, 2015? The Sheriff ordered them to leave when his men noticed someone had dropped off a cooler, a suitcase and a backpack, then left them on a street corner at 5th and Austin, a block away from the Courthouse without returning to claim them.
What happened previous to this development?
A contingent of members of the Texas Motorcycle Rights Association had arrived bearing AR-15-style assault rifles, locked and loaded. They took a position on the corner of 5th and Washington under a shade tent in the parking lot.
CID Capt. Bubba Colyer asked the Legendary, “Are they down here to hassle us?”
I replied, “No, sir, they were always about rumbling each other, remember?”
When he asked why they had rifles, I replied, “Because they can, Captain. It says here.” True story. Both the U.S. and Texas Constitutions say so, unequivocally.
Sheriff McNamara let the throng pray, listen to a singer intone the National Anthem, and waited while a chaplain rang a bell and read the name of each man who lost his life.
And then, the organizers of the All For 1 rally, including members of the Sons of Liberty Riders and Two Million Bikers to D.C., agreed to mount their scooters and leave the area quickly as Sheriff McNamara and his men stood by, watching carefully. The bomb squad found no explosives in the abandoned luggage and beer cooler.
American Biker Community Rights has prepared a Department of Justice complaint letter that conforms to the rules of court for violations of civil rights both criminal and civil by persons acting under color of law.
The form includes the names of all the alleged victims of the Twin Peaks massacre and the names and titles of all law enforcement staff members who participated. One may download it by clicking here.
These addenda are produced by the Western District of Texas U.S. District Court at San Antonio. They explain in more detail the procedure that may be followed to make similar complaints at law to the Department of Justice at Washington, D.C.
https://www.justice.gov/crt/addressing-police-misconduct-laws-enforced-department-justice
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/victim-witness-assistance
This is the Beauseant, the banner carried into battle by the Poor Knights of Christ, emblazoned by the Templar cross. Some 15,000 soldiers burned alive for wearing this regalia by order of a Pope and a King, both of whom died within one year of their order to execute their Grand Master.
I am sincere.
So mote it be.
- The Legendary