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What are your experiences with motorcycle gangs? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by electric_nan@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hells Angels are moving into my area for the first time. I have a generally negative view of them, but have some friends who feel otherwise. I would love to hear your experiences related to the Angels specifically, but "1%" clubs as well.

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grown men riding their bicycles and going to their clubhouses. Bunch or losers as far as I'm concerned

[–] Synthead@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's wrong with people enjoying their hobbies?

[–] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Maybe the part with the drug trafficking, racketeering and gang violence inside their hobby club?

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to work at a restaurant owned by some shady folk back in the day. They don't want heat or attention so by and large they don't fuck with regular people. They'd all hang out and gather at the restaurant, but it was always very social and never saw any violence or anything.. Mostly they were running scams etc.

[–] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What kind of scams? Amway, Tupperware, herbalife?

[–] stergro@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A friend joined them to get protection because he got beaten a lot. He left again after his first drug trafficking job was offered to him. (and fortunately he was allowed to leave because he didn't know enough yet)

My schoolmates rented a club house for parties and the bikers wanted to do the security themselves. The have beaten people and kicked one drunken guy lying on the floor who argued too much with them. Completely unprofessional.

This was late 2000s in rural Germany.