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It wouldn’t surprise me if this is what happened. I don’t know what it is about those Confederation of Clubs meetings but it sure gets the local police fired up. Does it around here too.

All the swat team guys needed to see is one gun and they would probably have mowed down as many of the bikers in sight with their fully automatic rifles as they could. It wouldn’t surprise me if this is in fact what happened. The police may have even been right with the law in this but it doesn’t make it right.

I’m familiar with these meetings but have never gone to one. I can say they primarily deal with legal problems bikers in that state are dealing with like harassment and helmet laws. Many times there is an attorney there to give advice on how to handle police stops. There isn’t any illegal stuff going on at the meetings. What private citizens do between themselves before and after those meetings has nothing to do with the meetings themselves. There is an opportunity for two clubs, while there, to straighten out a problem or misunderstanding which I’m sure happens all the time. Not usually with a gunfight though.

I have a feeling, although there is no way to know at this point, that the police in this instance are as much to blame as those guys who were arguing over a parking place. If true justice is done; there will be police officers going to jail too.

What really bothers me is a lot of innocent bikers have been charged with something they had nothing to do with. This was between two clubs (Bandidos) with one (Cossacks) absorbing a smaller one (Scimitars). The rest should be released immediately. It sounds childish and petty to outsiders but this is the world to them.

I know this isn’t going to be a popular thing to say here but after reading and gathering as much info as I can so far; that’s pretty much what it looks like happened.

For anyone who is quick to judge these bikers; just remember they are private citizens who, for the most part, just want to be left alone to live their life their way without hurting anyone. Not all of course; but most. That’s why one percenter’s are just one percent of the biker population. The other 99% are just as normal as anyone here.