In the 90’s most of us realized that most of the “militia members” were FBI, ATF, etc. I am certain the Bandidos, Mongols, Hell’s Angels, etc. have their share of the same. I read a thread this morning about a Facebook page that serves as a source of fictitious quotes to discredit conservative presidential candidates. Why do we fail to consider the “bootlickers” are likely as not to be coming from the same source?
I do.
Being from Texas, I have heard stories about bad actors in the Bandidos, Mongols, and Hell’s Angels clubs. Some INDEPENDENTLY sell and do drugs and that is a mixture for trouble, especially for druggies who do business with the dealers. I know an addict who was in a Christian based ten step program, fell off the wagon, and got mixed up with a Bandido drug dealer. He was hurt pretty badly but survived.
They are not all one thing and often independent people and even club members just want to ride and join these clubs to plan and go for outings on their Harleys.
There is no justice in wide berth sweeps of motorcycle people at a location. It would be like moving in on a tea party protest and arresting everyone for terrorism. We do not honor the concept of guilt by association or suspicion. If there are bad actors, the cops should be targeting them.
By the way. I don’t see them doing these kind of murderous sweeps on real Black and Hispanic gangs who really are criminals and belong to criminal organizations.
I think these guys were targeted because they are mostly white and many are veterans.