Sons of Anarchy in real life

[LongTimeListener]

Crazy couple of weeks for Hells Angels in the Bay Area. The leader of the San Jose chapter was shot to death in a bar in Reno. Funeral was today in San Jose. Heavy police presence all over the city -- but another Hells Angel is shot dead at the funeral. The one killed today, he was a defendant in a beating death at a strip club 15 years ago.

http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_19121442

The original story about the murder that started it all:

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_18971523?source=pkg

What wasn't in that story, which oddly painted the guy as a good dad who just rode bikes as a hobby, is that video surveillance shows him pistol-whipping people in the bar just before he's shot dead.

Those irascible, lovable biker boys.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

I guess after the Mongols disintegrated the Vagos decided to step up an challenge the Hells Angels for control.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Members of Vagos biker gang cleared of all charges in U.S. court

 

[Inky_Wretch]

A member killed another member at a third one’s funeral. Brotherhood!

 

[Batman]

Crazy couple of weeks for Hells Angels in the Bay Area. The leader of the San Jose chapter was shot to death in a bar in Reno.

The suspect is already in custody. Wasn't even part of a gang beef. Sick son of a ***** just wanted to watch the guy die.

 

[HanSenSE]

The suspect is already in custody. Wasn't even part of a gang beef. Sick son of a ***** just wanted to watch the guy die.

Fifth post. Not bad.

 

[Batman]

Fifth post. Not bad.

That curveball was just floating in mid-air.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Still rising.

 

[DanOregon]

Crazy couple of weeks for Hells Angels in the Bay Area. The leader of the San Jose chapter was shot to death in a bar in Reno. Funeral was today in San Jose. Heavy police presence all over the city -- but another Hells Angel is shot dead at the funeral. The one killed today, he was a defendant in a beating death at a strip club 15 years ago.

Hells Angels member gunned down at San Jose funeral – The Mercury News

The original story about the murder that started it all:

San Jose Hells Angels leader killed during shootout in Nevada casino – The Mercury News

What wasn't in that story, which oddly painted the guy as a good dad who just rode bikes as a hobby, is that video surveillance shows him pistol-whipping people in the bar just before he's shot dead.

Those irascible, lovable biker boys.

Well, he was complicated. / cross thread.

 

[Driftwood]

The acquittals came in the same courtroom and before the same judge who in December 2017 found flagrant misconduct by prosecutors and dismissed criminal charges against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his sons and supporters in a 2014 armed standoff with government agents. An appeal of that dismissal is pending.