“Actually, I remember that the info at the very beginning was that the organization was a legitimate group of mostly decent bikers, but these two outlaw clubs came ready to rumble with each other and did indeed find a “provocation” (which can mean, “Mama, he looked at me funny, make him stop”) that set off their fragile criminal egos.”
The Bandidos run the Tx coalition. The coalition (Bandidos) determine who wears what and who riders where.
The Cossacks were not members but had put on a Texas bottom rocker against Bandidos rules. That feud had been going on for a few years.
The Cossacks showed up at the meeting uninvited with their ‘unauthorized’ patches.
The Bandidos showed up and the expected melee ensued.
Edward Winterhalder, former Bandido, explains:
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/05/19/watch-how-oreilly-interviews-a-former-white-bik/203707
You’re seriously linking to Media Matter here? Who the hell are you?