Operation Texas Rocker

“Every Bandido in the U.S. has a Texas flag on their vest,” when it came to other outlaw clubs in Texas, “if you don’t behave like the subject of their feudal power, you’re going to be in trouble.” 

the Cossacks began wearing a Texas rocker on the back of their own vests. Federal investigators have claimed the Cossacks asked the Bandidos for permission first; and the Cossacks were given a green light. 

It’s unclear what had soured the relationship with the Cossacks — some believe it came down to the fact that the Cossacks made their Texas rocker substantially larger than the Bandidos’ — but permission to wear the patch was rescinded. And when the Cossacks refused to remove it, Fuchs says, “war was declared.”

The Waco Biker Shootout Left Nine Dead. 177 arrests no convictions.

Despite the fact that the shootings took place outside a crowded restaurant, with numerous witnesses and video evidence, the chaotic nature of the brawl made singling out bad actors difficult. "The obvious conundrum for the prosecution was that any bikers who fired shots could claim self-defense.” (Texas has a “stand your ground” law.) And while the police made a show of the 151 guns recovered at the scene, bringing a firearm to Sunday brunch isn’t necessarily evidence of much in a permissive open-carry state. “The media and law enforcement made a big deal about all these weapons,” Avery says. “Well, go to another restaurant in Waco that doesn’t have bikers and ask everybody to throw their weapons on the ground and see how many you get. You’re in Texas!”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/magazine/waco-biker-shootout.html