motorcycle biker gangs

In mid-June, “news” started circulating on social media platforms that the Hells Angels and Mongols were riding together “on their way” to Seattle, Washington, to scrap with Antifa, or anti-fascists, in the city’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), a so-called “cop free” area that was set up by protesters amid widespread rioting against police brutality and racial injustice. An outlaw motorcycle club is a motorcycle subculture that has its roots in the immediate …

Given the recent George Floyd protests to have erupted throughout the United States, various cities have been destroyed in parts due to rioting. According to various reports on social media, several biker gangs coalesced to prevent an Antifa demonstration from taking place in Placerville, California.

The Hells Angels are often referred to as an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMG), mainly because of their links to illegal criminal activities. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Criminal Intelligence Service Canada have designated four MCs as "outlaw motorcycle gangs": the Hells Angels, the Pagans, the Outlaws, and the Bandidos, known as the "Big Four". However, the two motorcycle gangs did not unite against Antifa, a structureless grouping with a political ideology dedicated to fighting "fascism." The California Attorney General also lists the Mongols and the Vagos Motorcycle Club as outlaw motorcycle gangs. "We are not familiar with this," officer Johnna Watson, a spokeswoman for the Oakland, California Police Department, where one of the oldest Hells Angels chapters was founded, told AFP by email when asked about the purported biker alliance. If you’re a fan of motorcycles especially Harley-Davidson then you must’ve heard about the Hells Angels.

They are one of the oldest biker gangs in America. Like the Vagos, the Mongols have a long rivalry with the Hell’s Angel, who we will be …

The Mongols. These four have a large enough national impact to be prosecuted under the U.S. Federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. The Bandidos Motorcycle Club is one of the more infamous outlaw biker gangs, and it is also regarded as one of the Big Four outlaw biker clubs. The club was founded in Texas in 1966, and today, it has a presence in more than 20 countries across the globe.