Hells Angels get apology from Denver

Denver Post ^ | 24 jan 08

[rellimpank]

For the second time in five years, Denver Police have apologized to the Hells Angels motorcycle club for possibly violating the group's Constitutional rights.

In a settlement released Thursday, attorney David Lane said Denver and Mountain View Police agreed to pay a total of $14,000 to the group, and apologize for a Sept. 2, 2005 traffic stop in Mountain View

[rellimpank]

--humor break--(unless you pay taxes in Denver)--

[fortheDeclaration]

During that stop, which the Angels lawsuit said was made without probable cause, Denver Police arrived for backup and held the Hells Angels at the rifle-point for about an hour while each was searched.

They are hells angels that is enough for 'probable cause'.

And we are going to win the WOT with this PC nonsense!

[TheBlueMax]

Oh, for the love of G@d! That’s what it’s come down too, my friends. The police have to apologize to the Angel’s because their feelings were hurt. BTW, for those of you who might side with the Hell’s Angels’ on this one, just imagine the probable cause one would have just explaining the propensensity for violence the Angel’s have, and how they make their money, i.e. drugs. Case closed.

[uglybiker]

HOOLIGAN PING

[servantboy777]

What...only people that look like, you, have rights.

[fortheDeclaration]

What...only people that look like, you, have rights.

Hells angels is a known criminal gang, just like the Mafia.

Thus, they should be harassed every chance the police get to do so.

[weegee]

Either it is profiling or it isn’t. And how many times have they held other suspects under a gun while they were searched?

[weegee]

Police are a gang too. Lots of corruption on the inside.

Not all “outlaw bikers” engage in criminal enterprise and neither do all cops. But one gang has “the law” on their side and operate a legal shakedown racket for the State.

[Melas]

Sorry, the only way we can guarantee that we’ll enjoy protect from unwarranted searches is if every one is protected from unwarranted searches, even Hell’s Angels. This was wrong, period.

[fortheDeclaration]

Police are a gang too. Lots of corruption on the inside.

Now, don't get goofy!

I much rather see a police car coming along aside of me then a gang of hells angels!

[Melas]

What’s wrong with you that you’re openly advocating harassment (a crime) in a conservative forum?

[fortheDeclaration]

Either it is profiling or it isn’t.

And what is wrong with profiling?

I think police need to deal with those more likely to be involved in a crime then little old ladies.

[dljordan]

“And we are going to win the WOT with this PC nonsense!”

Read your tag line. People don’t lose their rights according to what group they belong to.

[zencat]

Thus, they should be harassed every chance the police get to do so.

Citizens should be harassed without probable cause by the police?

The fact that they are officers of the law makes that statement all the more repugnant.

[dljordan]

“Hells angels is a known criminal gang, just like the Mafia.”

Libs think gun owners are a criminal gang too.

[fortheDeclaration]

What’s wrong with you that you’re openly advocating harassment (a crime) in a conservative forum?

Yes, I believe gangs of criminals should be constantly harassed and made to be as uncomfortable as possible.

That is the one of the costs of being a criminal or hanging with criminals.

[massgopguy]

Around 1980, the HA’s started wearing suits and carrying brief cases. And don’t even think about copyright infringement.

[fortheDeclaration]

Libs think gun owners are a criminal gang too.

Hells Angels are criminals, what they are involved in is against the law.

Libs harrass gun owners but give Hells Angels settlements.

[fortheDeclaration]

Citizens should be harassed without probable cause by the police? The fact that they are officers of the law makes that statement all the more repugnant.

When a gang of Hells Angel thugs drive into a town, they should be stopped by the police and checked.

It is a criminal gang.

Citizens-LOL!

[hiredhand]

...and when the authorities determine that you and I are criminals because an ATF Form-4473 reveals that we own assault weapons, then we too will deserve to be harassed every chance the police get?

Due process, rule of law, and the application of the law must be indiscriminate, otherwise you and I, and everybody else are in grave danger.