New Yorker on the Twin Peaks shootout

Mark Matassa Jul 1, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>New Yorker on the Twin Peaks shootout</h1>
                <h2><p>Days now after the Waco biker-gang shootout, The New Yorker weighs in to sort out and wrap up conflicting stories and theories. In just the first hour after the fight, more than 100 weapons were found on the premises. “There is blood everywhere,” said a police spokesman. The story’s</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mmatassa-mac-com/">Mark Matassa</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>Days now after the Waco biker-gang shootout, <em>The New Yorker</em> weighs in to sort out and wrap up conflicting stories and theories. In just the first hour after the fight, more than 100 weapons were found on the premises. “There is blood everywhere,” said a police spokesman. The story’s big reveal is that <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/the-twin-peaks-shootout?mbid=nl_052015_Daily&CNDID=22232368&mbid=nl_052015_Daily&CNDID=22232368&spMailingID=7758620&spUserID=MjY0MzU4NzU5MTkS1&spJobID=682244523&spReportId=NjgyMjQ0NTIzS0&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">18 law-enforcement officers were set up</a> around the <a href="http://www.twinpeaksrestaurant.com/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Twin Peaks</a> girly bar in anticipation of trouble. But still they were unable to prevent the massive violence.</p>
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Days now after the Waco biker-gang shootout, The New Yorker weighs in to sort out and wrap up conflicting stories and theories. In just the first hour after the fight, more than 100 weapons were found on the premises. “There is blood everywhere,” said a police spokesman. The story’s big reveal is that 18 law-enforcement officers were set up around the Twin Peaks girly bar in anticipation of trouble. But still they were unable to prevent the massive violence.

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