“When I rode with a Ma and Pa two patch (read lawyers, doctors, police, fireman, Veterans, Christian clubs, etc) we were expected to attend as well.”
Why would they attend a community event with ANY 1% crime gang? If the Sinaloa cartel, or the Bloods and Crips were known to be equal members in any organization, decent citizens would completely avoid it.
Doesn’t work that way. In order to be a club in a territory it is required to have the blessing of the number 1 club in that territory. In this case I guess it’s the Banditos. In North Calif and Arizona, it’s the Hells Angels. If a club does not get permission it could be dangerous to wear that clubs colors. I have been to many confederation meetings. None I went to had any problems even with several chapters of Hells Angels attending. It’s like not going to a Sons of Italy
event because there might be mafia members there.