Posted March 10, 2017 11:06 am by Comments

By Jennifer Cruz

Morgan English, right, filed a $350 million federal lawsuit for civil rights violations. (Photo: KWTX)
A 32-year-old former bank teller who was arrested after the fatal biker brawl two years ago at a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco filed a $350 million lawsuit Wednesday claiming civil rights violations.
Morgan English filed claims in a Texas federal court that names city officials and police as violating her Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights when they arrested her alongside more than a 175 others on May 17, 2015, after a melee that ultimately resulted in gunfire. Despite being a bystander, authorities kept her in jail for 16 days, the lawsuit says.
According to the complaint, English, her husband and two friends drove some 120 miles to attend a Coalition of Clubs and Independents meeting at the restaurant that day. The meeting was set to discuss recent legislation that affected motorcyclists.
The lawsuit says the group heard gunfire as they tried to enter the front door of the restaurant shortly after arriving, so they quickly took cover and stayed out-of-sight until the shooting ended.
The violence, which included an assortment of weapons besides firearms, largely involved rival biker clubs the Bandidos and the Cossacks, but law enforcement on

Source: Guns.com

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