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Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs Flying Colors in Oregon
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 An outlaw biker and his “colors” declare membership in a particular club. Colors usually consist of a three-piece patch embroidered on a leather or denim jacket which contains the name of the club, the club’s logo, and the club’s location.
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35,000 motorcyclists expected in Reno; cops ready
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 Nevada - RENO -With as many as 35,000 motorcycle enthusiasts expected in Reno this weekend, area law enforcement agencies have been receiving calls of concern about the potential for problems in the wake of recent violence in the Bay Area between rival gangs.
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Hells Angels biker pleads not guilty in barroom br
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SD - STURGIS -- A California man shot by an off-duty policeman at the Sturgis motorcycle rally pleaded not guilty to alternative charges of aggravated assault and simple assault. Joseph McGuire was shot and wounded during a brawl in a bar. The 33-year-old Hell's Angels biker is due back in court in November.
The county prosecutor said off-duty Seattle police officer Ronald Smith shot McGuire in self defense during a fight.
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Tension between rival Hells Angels, Mongols biker
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BY: Denis C. Theriault
California - ~Tension between rival Hells Angels, Mongols biker gangs on the rise~ INVESTIGATORS EXAMINING CLUES IN THIS WEEK'S BOMB BLASTS IN SAN JOSE
First came the gunshots that left a San Francisco Hells Angels leader bleeding to death on a sidewalk earlier this month, victim of a rival gangster, police say. Then, two days ago came a trio of pipe bomb blasts in a humble San Jose cul-de-sac, targeting a member of that rival gang, the Mongols Motorcycle Club.
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Iron Pigs members appear in Sturgis courtroom
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STURGIS, S.D. (Map, News) - Five members of the Iron Pigs, a motorcycle club made up of law officers and firefighters, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor weapons charges Tuesday in Meade County Circuit Court in Sturgis.
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Re: Seattle Police officer held in Sturgis shooting
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By Jennifer Sullivan
Seattle Times staff reporter
Monday, September 15, 2008 - Story updated at 04:48 PM
Prosecutors in South Dakota have dismissed a second felony charge against a Seattle police detective who shot a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club last month during a bar fight.
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Mongols club member sought in slaying of S.F. Hell
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BY: Jaxon Van Derbeken
California - ~Mongols club member sought in slaying of S.F. Hells Angels leader~
SAN FRANCISCO -- Just days before Hells Angels bikers from around the West are expected to converge in the Bay Area for the funeral of the club's slain San Francisco leader, police said today they are seeking a member of a rival club in his murder.
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Perjury charges have been dismissed against a Seattle police detective
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BY: Susan Gilmore
seattle - Perjury charges have been dismissed against a Seattle police detective who shot a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club last month during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.
In late August, Smith was charged with aggravated assault and perjury after a two-day grand jury hearing by the Meade County, S.D., Circuit Court. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit.
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Pueblo Biker Gang Involved In Stabbing
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Colorado - Police are investigating an early morning stabbing and shooting in downtown Pueblo.
Police say a fight broke out outside the Branch Inn, near Union and C-street, and then it continued down the street to Zippers bar.
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Authorities delayed arrests to sort out chaos of bar shooting
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SD - Authorities delayed arrests to sort out chaos of bar shooting ~ Local authorities didn't make immediate arrests at the Loud American Roadhouse after a shooting there during the Sturgis motorcycle rally because the scene was chaotic and needed sorting out, Sturgis Police Chief Jim Bush said.
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Law officers: Gang violence a constant at Sturgis
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BY: Carson Walker
SD - ~Law officers: Gang violence a constant at Sturgis Rally~
STURGIS – Shootings stemming from the annual Sturgis motorcycle rally in 2006 and this year were the first major violence since 1990, but outlaw biker gangs generally have been no more violent than usual, law enforcement officers say.
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More on the Sturgis shooting
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Seattle officers charged in Sturgis shooting
BY: CARSON WALKER
SD - Grand jurors have indicted a Seattle police detective, a Hells Angel biker he shot, and four other people following a bar fight at this year's Sturgis motorcycle rally.
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BREAKING NEWS: Seattle cop, five others charged in Sturgis shooting
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Seattle cop, five others charged in Sturgis shooting
By Ryan Woodard, Journal staff
The off-duty Seattle cop who shot a member of the Hells Angels during a bar scuffle at the Sturgis motorcycle rally is now facing charges of assault, perjury and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit.
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Sturgis bar site of weekend shooting
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Twenty-five witnesses spent seven hours testifying before a Meade County grand jury on Sunday about what they saw during an early Saturday morning shooting at a Sturgis bar involving an off-duty Seattle (Wash.) policeman and a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club.
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Yonkers Cop Indicted On Civil Rights Charges
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White Plain, NY - Yonkers Cop Indicted On Civil Rights Charges Grand Jury Says Wayne Simoes Used Excessive Force; Female Victim Suffered Broken Jaw, Cuts And Bruises WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) ? Indictment in cop's body-slam of unarmed woman
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Orange Co Cops indicted in assault on Youths
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BY: William Kleinknecht and Kevin C. Dilworth
New Jersey - 3 East Orange cops indicted in assault on youths
by William Kleinknecht and Kevin C. Dilworth/The Star-Ledger
Wednesday August 13, 2008, 6:26 PM
Three East Orange police officers have been indicted on charges they threatened to kill two teenagers they believed had thrown rocks at their patrol car, prosecutors said today.
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Bad cop, no donut!
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Rhode Island - Ex-cop indicted on murder charge in shooting
August 5, 2008 WARWICK, R.I.-A former Providence police officer has been indicted on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a Cranston firefighter.
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Biker gang expected to invade Moab tomorrow
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August 20th, 2008 @ 11:16pm
By John Hollenhorst
More than 100 law enforcement officers are converging on southeastern Utah, bracing for an invasion of bikers. It's not the mountain bikers Moab is used to, it's the Bandidos. Several hundred members of the notorious and sometimes violent motorcycle club are coming from all over the world for a meeting.
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Cop says he feared for his life in biker-bar attack
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The Seattle police officer who wounded a member of the Hells Angels during a barroom shooting in South Dakota early Saturday says he was forced to open fire after being attacked and pinned to the floor by up to three members of the notorious motorcycle gang.
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Sturgis bar's staff sensed trouble before shooting
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SD - he philosophy of the Iron Pigs Motorcycle Club, Seattle chapter, couldn't be more straightforward: to have fun.
"In our professions we are forced to deal with a lot of crap on the job; we don't need it when we play," says the Web site of the club, which is made up of Seattle-area police officers and firefighters.
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More charges filed after Hells Angels bar fight
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Hells Angels MC
BY: My-Thuan Tran
California - The bikers brawled last month in Newport Beach with members of Set Free Soldiers, which calls itself a Christian ministry but which police say is a motorcycle gang involved in criminal activity.
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