In my former town the local Banditos chapter had a distinguished list of offenses. They specialized in drunk driving, low level sales of narcotics, and sex with minors. Not sure what part of that makes up their “code of honor.”
While I don’t consider myself a biker, I do own and ride a HD Road King. I have known bikers over the years from real honest to god a Bandidos and at least one Pagan, to lawyers, pastors, etc. like many things, there is a “dark side” and a “light side”. I won’t say which is better but I will say this for the “dark side”, it is not true they have no values or principles. They have them, and damn serious. There really are things they would never do. You could predict that. Not the same set as you and me, maybe, but still they had some sort of line they would not cross. Not like our politicians. There is NOTHING they won’t do.
In my former town the local Banditos chapter had a distinguished list of offenses. They specialized in drunk driving, low level sales of narcotics, and sex with minors.
Squares with my exposure to bikers good and bad. So WHY, USNbandit, is it that two thirds of the folks arrested had ZERO prior criminal record in Texas? WHAT explains the complete lack of a criminal record in Texas for one of the guys who was killed, biker J.D. Rodgriguez, a decorated Marine (Purple Heart) and life-long biker?
The very fact that real criminal hard-core bikers have a distinguished list of offenses, puts the BIG STINK on this thing because the vast majority of folks arrested and held in million dollar bail, have zip arrest records, at least in the State of Texas. Maybe out-of-state "biker scum" dominated this meeting to discuss legislation among a wide coalition of clubs ranging from Christian to "outlaw" ... but ... I ain't holdin' my breath.