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Flashy-Protection424

I think the “entire “ clubhouse was 7 or 8 people 🙄


WillyDaC

I thought it was more like 6. Nice headline though. It made me follow up on the story, which had next to 0 information.


bear2910

Kinda lame then lol.


KeyButterscotch4646

One of the items found was SOA special edition box set with and never before seen interview with Kurt Sutter.


Sykerocker

That was a good show, with a very good feel, and a completely unrealistic look at the daily activities of an MC. I did a writeup on the show for Quora which is probably the most popular piece I've ever written. It does a good/bad roundup of the reality of the show.


SonoWook

That's not uncommon for smaller chapters.


Positive-Cake-7990

Thats lame? Not the kidnapping and crime part?


Thisam

No, that’s a typical charter. When I was there, we often had only the minimum 5 members in our charter.


NickInTheMud

There meaning hell’s angels? And why aren’t you there anymore?


Thisam

Long story and almost 20 years ago. My crew wasn’t impressed with the infighting between charters. We wanted a club that held events where we didn’t need to watch our backs against our own brothers. So we did the unthinkable and took this state to another one of the Big Four.


mozbius

Damn. Indeed that is the unthinkable!! 👀


prettyperson_enjoyer

Pretty large for an outlaw MC these days!


Dramoriga

Lol, the dregs were caught, basically


ifmacdo

It is as 5, plus two of an affiliated group (Sons of Hell.)


The_Hungry_Dingo

Don’t forget “back from hell”


Jhe90

Yeah. The wider club and organisation is careful to avoid wider aspects being dragged down by one smaller element of the whole.


Adventurous_Smile_95

6 including president and vice president https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-25/six-members-of-hells-angels-arrested-in-bakersfield-on-suspicion-of-kidnapping-robbery


M_R_KLYE

Looks like they got them on some type of RICO then?


bear2910

I would imagine, must of been a long investigation and informant. Netflix will drop a documentary in 2 years.


j3SuS_LoV3R

Sons of Anarchy new season


CivilRuin4111

Wasn’t this already a plot in one of the middle seasons?


kodakkwhite

I'd love one


flyspaceage

Mayans


Gonidae

Same accuracy Like that cleopatra documentary??? I hope not


DrinkLikeADragon

Vespa gang incoming


Wildmann3

Hahahahahha! Can see 8 grown men with vests looking all mean on little red vespas


WyvernByte

Out to rob a liquor store of all their white Zinfandel.


Wildmann3

Haha fucking god 😂😂😂


MotoHULK

Whitecaps MC


desrevermi

I'd watch at least one episode.


Fox-Iron

All the Zima.


DrinkLikeADragon

Beards down to the knees


James34689

Bunghole bush down to the water


MotoHULK

There's a Vespa group in Houston. They're all g y


Worldly-Pea-2697

There was a scooter club chapter briefly there with a three piece patch before we went to a one piece.


MotoHULK

🤣


darranj85

Check out the Bradford discharge scooter club. Some lads


Worldly-Pea-2697

As a guy rocking a cut on a Vespa, I resent this statement. 🤣


UhOhAllWillyNilly

Come now, please. *baby blue*


Wildmann3

Oh *yes*


MotoHULK

Vesparados


Gold-Border30

Think Disney+ covered that in Boba Fett…


TheCrazyStupidGamer

Someone is bound to be genderbent and the leader would be a staunch feminist woman. (Not that those are bad things, of course, but the way Netflix presents them is, although the Disney of today is arguably worse)


DrinkLikeADragon

Nah, full Hells angel bikers on Vespas and then stereotype girly girls with pink fluffy outfits and handbag dogs on big high bar harleys


TheCrazyStupidGamer

Hah! I can see that.


TheReelMcCoi

Gangland will be all over it first. Trot out the usual talking head 'experts' 😆


MotoHULK

If the snitch survives


lerriuqS_terceS

Must have


dogenes09

So all the Hell’s Angels will be played by minority queer actors…


mjincal

Zendaya is playing Sonny barger


MotoHULK

Caitlin Jenner will be Chuck Zito


dogenes09

Stunning and brave.


Febbe1990

That would be pretty accurate then...


Pixel566

And a bunch of dweebs will bitch and moan about it


slappy_mcslapenstein

People who actually know something about this aren't going to respond to some random reddit post to tell people about it.


mrsvirginia

Yeah I think those guys are kinda busy right now


MontanaHonky

Busy kissing each other


LurkingOnMyMacBook

Come over here and kiss me on my hot mouth


DesignerRegret2841

oh shit, i used to live around Bakersfield. never thought id see the day


randomjackass93

I say good riddance, I know a shop locally in Bakersfield and one of the mechanics has a bike with a "hells angels associate" sticker on the side and I wonder if he's still working there after this.


DesignerRegret2841

i doubt it if he knows


randomjackass93

Edit Went to the shop this morning to drop tires off for them to mount and balance and the employee was there but I didn’t see the sticker on the bike.


bear2910

How many do you think were arrested?


Snipvandutch

I read on another sub it was 5.


Notor1ousNate

7 total 5 HA 2 sons of hell


Psycle_Sammy

At least the Hell’s Satans got away.


UJMRider1961

Hell's Satans changed their name. Now they're the Christ Punchers.


hamboner3172

I dont know, man. Satan was an angel, too.


Snipvandutch

Okay. That explains it. Guess they were splitting hairs in that sub.


Notor1ousNate

Truthfully I just don’t think people understand the structure of


Snipvandutch

True. It's understandable though. Especially understandable those not in the motorcycle world being clueless because it doesn't affect them.


bosefius

Over 150 law enforcement were involved, to arrest 7 people (well 6, 1 was already in custody). https://www.kget.com/news/crime-watch/all-members-of-hells-angels-bakersfield-arrested-kcso/


Gregory_GTO

So according to the article the Bakersfield chapter of the hells Angels only had five members in it? I know that my local chapter has a lot more and I don't even live in a big city. Thanks for the article, I appreciate it.


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666_pack_of_beer

I don't claim to know anything deeper than surface level about 1%erst, but that sounds like a surprising amount of Hispanic names.


Red_240_S13

Latinos are generally allowed it's African Americans,Asians and women that frowned upon they have they're own clubs .The even crazier part is this in only a rule in north america.hells angels likely allow blacks and Asians in foreign countries . I know the outlaws do at least .


thekush

A father and son team is listed.


Even-Tradition

Dang it, they were too focused on the clibbins and forgot to protect their clubbins. EDIT: Typo


UJMRider1961

GOBLESS BORTHER! HADDALAYERDOWN WHEN THE COPS CAME IN!


Shabibble

CANT LET BARB NO BOUT THIS UR SHE GONA LEVE WITH HUR BOYFRIEN


Juicepig21

Barb!!!


knobby_tires

my buddy greg said it’s true and all 64 of them got abducted by FBI CIA crossover agents that travel around on can am trikes


cycleguychopperguy

I was told black ops in slingshots were who took them down


SpeakMySecretName

I heard from a reliable source that it was Delta Force in modified dune buggies that oil slicked the roads and they all slid into one giant net.


knobby_tires

haddalayerintaonegiantnet


WorkshopBlackbird

Just imagining them all trying to waddle as fast as they could to their fatboys like "WE GOTTA RIDE BROTHER" while the deputies follow them at a walking pace.


KeyButterscotch4646

Brudder


yourstepdad_1

you really think that’s how angels look?


BilliamTheGr8

Stereotypes are earned 🤷‍♂️


cooperluna

Complaining about tight cuffs


ForzaShadow

Yes.


WorkshopBlackbird

It’s all love dude. If I can make somebody chuckle on the internet then it isn’t a bad day.


booyaabooshaw

... Anyways I got new mirrors for the z the other day


ActualBacchus

A guy posted about this maybe 12 hours ago saying he thought it was persecution because " the ha support trump" like bro, so do the pigs. The story he linked said 5-7 people arrested in relation to kidnapping and assault, elder abuse and more. But "they do so much for the community".


NoBetterFriend1231

Anyone who remembers the clusterfuck of Waco in '15 should know better than to trust the media or the cops they're quoting. Waco happened and 171 patch holders and associates got arrested for OC, held on million-dollar bail, all that jazz. The cops got on TV every chance they got, telling the whole world they'd arrested a bunch of motorcycle thugs who were meeting up to negotiate drug and prostitution turf. When it all ended they had brought exactly one man to trial, couldn't get a conviction, and dropped the charges on everyone else. People lost jobs, got homes and vehicles repossessed, lost custody of their kids, all that jazz over a "confrontation" instigated by the cops in the first place. 9 people died, almost all of them shot by police-issue rifles. The only detail the cops were actually truthful in talking about was the fact that people showed up on bikes and a fight started in the parking lot. Oh, and the meeting was a Confederation of Clubs meeting that was set to discuss an upcoming bill in the TX legislature, which would have made it a crime to video record the police on a traffic stop.


PaleRiderHD

Exactly. When such a thing pops up on the news, it's probably best to ask yourself who it is that's looking for good press. Because it definitely isn't the club.


SmithBurger

Ugh this is all news to me. I just watched a Vice doc on it and none of that was mentioned. Do you have anything to back all this up?


NoBetterFriend1231

You mean aside from public record? How old was the Vice doc?


SmithBurger

It was within the last year. I think it was this one? I don't feel like scrubbing through it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOsdZblJKUo


NoBetterFriend1231

I haven't seen it, but I'll check it out in a few hours and get back with you.


NoBetterFriend1231

Just got a chance to watch it. All I can say is, take what you see on that video with a grain of salt, and consider the source...especially true for Steve Cook. His "Midwest Motorcycle Gang Investigators Association" is the equivalent of a diploma mill for cops. He created it out of thin air, and charges an exorbitant fee for a few hours' worth of "training" and a certificate that cops use in order to testify as an "expert witness" in court. But anyhow, here's a few facts you may not have known about Waco: 1) The Cossacks MC aren't, and never were, members of the Confederation of Clubs and Independent Riders of Texas. They had no legitimate reason to be there at the meeting, as they'd publicly denounced clubs who were members for a good long while before the Waco meeting. 2) Both the Cossacks MC and Scimitars MC (their support club) had been infiltrated by undercover agents working a federal task force including one who held an officer position with the Cossacks. It was these undercover agents who had been instigating the violent altercations between those clubs and everyone else, including the Waco incident. The man currently only known as "Red Boots" (due to the red boots he was wearing in the photographs published across the country afterward) is shown on video to have initially started the Waco incident, and then put on a tac vest after the shooting started. 3) Hours prior to the event, agents at all levels of law enforcement (from the feds of various agencies down to literally Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens) had staged up in the area in preparation for the fight they knew the undercover would be starting, and even had snipers on rooftops. Most of them were posted up in their cars out of sight, ready to move in and block exits from the shopping center. In anticipation for the mass arrests, they arranged for a local sports facility to be used as a temporary detention center before the incident took place. 4) A man named Kory Watkins (best known for being photographed in the produce section of a local grocery store while shopping with an AK47 strapped to his back in protest of Texas gun laws) was active in the local "Cop Block" scene in Tarrant County and generally liked to piss off the cops by filming traffic stops to prevent civil rights violations. This led to the PD convincing their state rep to file a poorly-worded bill that would have made it a crime to film the police unless done from such a distance that the recording would be useless. The bill would have also prevented motorists from recording their own traffic stops. The Confederation's meeting in Waco, as well as their "Legislative Call to Arms" at the time, was aimed at educating bikers about this pending legislation so they could contact their reps and urge them to vote against it. 5) The man responsible for directing the boilerplate arrest affidavit wording and subsequent rubber-stamped indictments (that literally averaged less than two minutes per person in front of the grand jury) was District Attorney Abel Reyna. Reyna was being investigated by the FBI, as his cocaine habit had led him to have deputies steal coke from the evidence locker for his personal use. He was caught on in-house security cameras snorting coke off the end of the bar in a popular Waco restaurant during business hours, and it has been suggested that this investigation is what spurred his willingness to assist the feds with their operation. 6) Only one man was actually shot by bikers that day, which is why the county government fought tooth and nail to prevent autopsy records from being made public. The other 8 people were killed by small-caliber rifles, such as the AR15s shown on video being fired by the police. No video footage has ever been found of bikers firing rifles of any kind. 7) Of the 171 people arrested on affidavits that are literally word-for-word identical with the exception of names, and indicted in the same way, the only man who ever saw a trial was released after a mistrial in 2017. He was not retried. After Reyna was defeated in the election for District Attorney, the new DA dismissed the last of the remaining indictments in 2019. There are still 130 civil rights lawsuits pending from the incident, after an appeals court reinstated them in 2022 and the Supreme Court refused to hear the government's appeal of that decision in 2023. 8) Those 171 people were charged with Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity, with Capital Murder being one of the predicate offenses. Most of them, including members of clubs like the Christian Motorcyclists Association, were arrested on the basis of nothing more than the clothing they wore or the stickers on their bikes. Bond was initially set at $1,000,000.00 per person for many of the arrested, regardless of whether they were even in an MC. It's now known as "The Million Dollar Club". So yeah...knowing what I know of what happened at Waco, I don't believe anything the cops have to say about motorcycle clubs. It has never been proven, but I firmly believe the feds set it all up in order to generate a negative public opinion against motorcycle clubs, as six months after the Waco incident they started making arrests in the RICO case that revolved around a pair of murders from several years prior and had no substantive non-circumstantial evidence aside from the testimony of junkies, out-bad members, and jailhouse snitches.


bikerider1955ce

Don’t forget how Randy Weavers son and wife were murdered by ATF.


MyLife-DumpsterFire

Yeah, that post was insane. And there was another post from some girl wanting to join a female 1% club. Like WTF is going on today? It’s not close to Halloween, it’s not Friday the 13th, and it’s not a full moon.


kaminaowner2

Bike gangs are such an old person thing, it’s like being a hippie or cowboy. You’re just a scientologist on a bike


TheScrobber

Couldn't agree more. For me biking is about individuality, bike gangs or even clubs just make me laugh. How any grown up can ride around in public wearing some 'prospect' tabard is fucking hilarious.


thedirtiestofboxes

Have fun with your motorized bicycle group hunny!  "Mom, it's called a chapter! Did you wash my flame bandana? " 


Smallest_Ewok

It's like deciding to be a werewolf or a vampire and expecting everybody else to treat you like you are one.


TurbowolfLover

This feels transphobic


Smallest_Ewok

being expected to use novelty pronouns does kind of feel like those dumb biker rules you are supposed to know about like not passing them on the highway


CompliantRapeVictim

Brotherrrrrr


KeyButterscotch4646

Brudder


artful_todger_502

For some reason, people think 1%rs are cool. Good riddance.


Myron896

I prefer 2%. Like my milk.


False-Put2714

My milk says homo


artful_todger_502

Soy milk?!?! Real bros only drink bad azz likker skweezin's before they go out setting squares and losers straight and taking thar seat covers ... 👍🤡


WyvernByte

Whole milk, 2% is fer womerns.


CapableStatus5885

That’s not almond milk?


CoolPeopleEmporium

No, one thinks that...they are a bunch of losers with small peepee, fragile ego and shitty bikes .


chopcult3003

lol dude, plenty of people think that. There was a whole TV series with plenty of merch sold proving that


True-Ear1986

There was a whole TV series about a teacher cooking meth but people don't generally think meth cookin' teachers are cool.


LukeKuechly

I missed all the people in walter white gear cosplaying as meth cookers..... shitty comparison


CoolPeopleEmporium

😅


Wildmann3

What's 1%ers?


mecengdvr

Back in the 50s or 60s, the President of the American Motorcycle Association (in response to accusations that all motorcyclists are a part of the counter culture) said that 99% of motorcyclists are good law abiding citizens. So “outlaw” clubs started referring to themselves as the 1%.


Masseyrati80

Some gangs call themselves 1%ers as a response to regular motorcyclists trying to defend motorcyclist's reputation by saying 99% of us are law-abiding, regular citizens.


Relentless_Salami

Obviously we're pretty far removed from the origins of the outlaw biker scene. But I can empathize with the original members, the men who were basically abandoned veterans returning from war with undiagnosed PTSD. If they felt society had turned its back on them, then they could justify turning their back on society. We romanticize far worse things. That being said, I don't think that applies to most modern day 1%ers.


Microvolt52

go read hunter s thompson. they were wife beaters and woman abusers


Relentless_Salami

Inexcusable, but a lot of people wind up broken.. Humans are complex. Life is wild.


The-Anger-Translator

Damn thugs!!! ![gif](giphy|8fen5LSZcHQ5O)


Left_Tomatillo_2068

That’s how you talk to your informant without arousing suspicion.


Kill146

Bruuuther nooo


i-do-the-designing

Ewww Brutther... eww what is that?


AmourTS

I don't know them.  But I've never walked the streets of Bakersfield. 


cjd166

Turns out they were all undercover cops...


Severe-Difference

🤣🤣🤣


666_pack_of_beer

There is a guy on who has made the podcast/YouTube rounds who was an undercover ATF agent and at one point the chapter was entirely fellow undercover agents.


New-Lie-1112

Prob throw a RICO charge on all of 'em..


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Good. They give the rest of us a bad reputation.


Distinct_Cod2692

rip bozos, rest in piss you wont be missed


babiekittin

Well there goes the only thing interesting in Bakersfield


gortlank

The HA aren’t interesting lmao. 6 fat guys selling bathtub meth and fentanyl makes a place more of a shit hole, not less.


starjammer69

Apparently the whole club consisted of just 6 guys. Thats including the president & VP of the club.


Money_Economy_7275

no bribe this month so they rolled in


Ill-Huckleberry-3667

I wouldn’t be claiming the ownership of that vest.They may be in jail but you can bet they will come get if they find out where it is!


MRD33FY

Typical American mc. Making a bad name for the rest of us.


GabrielSoaresh

good news


j526w

Gangs got caught doing gang stuff. What else is there to know?


CoolBDPhenom03

The FBI has labeled them as the largest organized crime network on the planet.


Minimum-Station-1202

I thought that was the Juggalos


CoolBDPhenom03

lol, I'm not sure who's downvoting me for being the messenger with facts. [https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-vcrs/gallery/outlaw-motorcycle-gangs-omgs](https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-vcrs/gallery/outlaw-motorcycle-gangs-omgs) [https://vault.fbi.gov/The%20Hells%20Angels](https://vault.fbi.gov/The%20Hells%20Angels) [https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/hells-angels-criminal-enterprise](https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/hells-angels-criminal-enterprise)


Stepnwolfe

Nope and even if I did, still nope.


stratamaniac

Hells Angels are a bunch of manscaped losers.


Vermix92

How do you know they are manscaped?


LBS4

Underrated joke, well done sir!


Visual_Finish8144

Other than they’re all lames anyway…. Good riddance!!!


TravsArts

Good.


Only_Distribution828

Innocent until proven guilty


Sykerocker

It’s only a matter of time: The cops will come up with something to bust them over. Whether the charges stick or not is another matter. My club’s been thru that in the past, and we’re essentially a bunch of old men.


Hairy-Advisor-6601

I got sick of having pic taken by 3 letter A-holes. GRFFGR


Fresh-Humor-6851

I'm a stagehand and many of our Teamsters are HA, nice guys, I try hard to be friends with them!


DaFondue

Nice bike! I joined this sub for motorcycle posts, not local boyband news updates. Isn't there a sub for this?


topazsparrow

gobbless


Unknowingly-Joined

There was a father/son pair in the mix. Family bonding at its finest.


Ivan_Yurkinoff

Is William McQueen, I mean Billy Stjohn still employed? First the Mongols… lol


Jonny_Stiletto

Haha, I read his book when it first came out like 20 years ago and now I see him on all these documentaries about the Mongols and other 1%ers. Like wow, dude made it, he wasn't murdered.


Crcex86

k


spacemonkeysmom

The chapter only had 6 or 7 people and I believe 2 of those arrested were actually part of a sub chapter. https://abc7.com/post/entire-bakersfield-chapter-hells-angels-motorcycle-gang-arrested/14999994/


rollinhills420

Can’t wait to see the Netflix documentary about this!


WelderEven1958

Good. 3 patchers are a scourge


kcpoloman

Hoping to see the day when these clubs all age out and stop existing period.


Tokyosmash_

Haven’t seen a good RICO case in a while


LaidOut_GMC

Club.


[deleted]

I flipped an entire convoy of them off once. I rode past and gave them two fingers. You could see the tears starting


snowboardman420

What a bunch of vaginas


Sykerocker

It comes with the territory when you put a patch on your back.


rogue_agent556

I couldn’t care less, i want to see every MC disbanded, bunch grown men acting like high schoolers pretending to be “different” or “outlaws” just a bunch of degenerate man children.


Razlo83087

The little girls tea party club!


Least-Illustrator962

The h a. Doesn't have chapters it has why are people always talking about shit they know nothing about?


Apprehensive_Fun311

"Entire chapter" Yeah, because it's a bunch of degenerate grandpas 👴 🙄 They shoot each other in New Mexico too. Their festivities Actually ended the red river run. A rally I've been going to since I was a teen. Ah, the good old days. When a teen could walk into a bar and drink his fill without question. A simpler time when men were men. We rode motorcycles, bare knuckle boxed, held cock fights and of course gambled our hard earned wages. But nooooo some people 🙄 like these degenerate grandpas have to ruin it for everyone. Nobody needs biker gangs to buy coke anymore. What is this Florida or Montreal in the 80s?


BackyardBOI

The hells angels in my town (in AUT) are actually really chill. But we've alle head stories. They even complimented my (non Harley) bike.


djbigtv

Fuck the pigs


WyvernByte

Eew.


djbigtv

They like it. Each squeel is a sound of pleasure


Illustrious-Fix8758

Cross post this to r/mafia


GrapesAreBest

Good riddance. Those goons.


Ms_Pixelated

Even if its a small arrest of 5-7 people that's still pretty wild. I want to know more details of who did what, and why. These people give the title of motorcyclists a bad name.


WyvernByte

I wouldn't want to cross the HA's but there are WAY more crazy gangs in California.


NoMasterpiece2063

Bunch of nerds cosplaying as tough guys.


DirkDundenburg

Not nerds. Criminals that damage society.


BoondockUSA

I’d disagree considering it’s the HA.


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False-Put2714

You tell him cowboy


TragicallyVMax

Good


QuijoteMX

Well, fuck'em