Bikers protested in downtown Waco on Sunday to show that they are against law enforcers' biased treatments on bikers during a May 17 shootout at Twin Peaks, Waco, that killed nine and left 18 others injured.

About one thousand bikers gathered in the parking lot near Sam's Club for what they dubbed as "All for 1" rally which started at 1:30 p.m. at the McLennan County Courthouse. The big gathering of bikers was to protest the arrest of 177 fellow bikers, who the group believes are innocent and were only arrested for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. 

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USA Today reported that the rally was peaceful.

Prior to their big rally, the bikers made a post on their Facebook page encouraging other bikers to bring signs with them saying they are not criminals or gang members.

Businesses in Waco were open during the rally, but the Twin Peaks restaurant remained close with its signage stripped off together with an adjoining restaurant that has not reopened yet.

At present, the authorities have not divulged much information about the incident. So far, they have only identified one semi-automatic gun as assault weapon which they claimed is one of the firearms confiscated from the bikers. The gun was reportedly found in a locked car when the shootout ended. Police say the opened fire after being shot at, according to AP.

However, many witnesses including three weapons training veterans, said that semi-automatic guns were mostly heard during the shootout.

Mail Online reported that William English, a former Marine and Iraq war veteran, heard a very fast succession of shots coming from a weapon similar to an assault rifle. He was near the front door of Twin Peaks when the shootout happened.

According to the police, there were 18 officers and four state troopers at Twin Peaks during the incident while there were over 200 bikers. The cause of the shootout is not yet confirmed, but investigators believe it started with a confrontation between motorcycle clubs called Bandidos and the Cossacks.

Meanwhile, footage of the incident proved that the shooting started outside the restaurant.

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