Sadly, he IS laying the groundwork for assuming guilt because of someone wearing an insignia which all people have a right to wear regardless of who, where, or when. Navy Vet assures us that wearers of the 1% patch are guaranteed bad dudes ... frankly, I think that may have been true at one time, MAYBE, but now it is just a big drama great for TV "reality" shows, a lot of soap opera, people love thinking they can tell something about someone because they're "in the know" about this "secret sign" stuff.
I like that Navy Vet shares details about what he makes clear are a TINY MINORITY of the bikers, and which squares completely with my own, more limited experience with Hells Angels and bad biker dudes, but ... I think the 1% patch nowadays is as much a gimmick as anything else, more likely to mean what the wearer intends for it to mean, than what "police gang experts" think it means and which tools like Gator swallow like spoon-fed baby food.
This is ALL and ONLY about the right of free association. 177 Americans were arrested and harshly punished (being captured and prevented from working, paying bills, going home, meeting financial and professional obligations, taking care of family, etc., for a minimum of two weeks to a month, and then having to come up with thousands of dollars in order to rejoin normal life again is harsh punishment) for exercising a perfectly legal and quintessentially American right to free association.
Let's call a spade a spade.
Correction — 150 Americans were arrested and harshly punished for exercising their right to free association.
“... frankly, I think that may have been true at one time, MAYBE, but now it is just a big drama great for TV “reality” shows, a lot of soap opera, people love thinking they can tell something about someone because they’re “in the know” about this “secret sign” stuff. “
I think you have drunk the Biker Bootlicker Koolaid.
“This is ALL and ONLY about the right of free association. “
Nine people dead. It was a gang war.
Sorry guy, you couldn't be more wrong. I just got out of the biker culture and the 1% designation is still true. They even have worse patches for those who have killed and who are "enforcers". I keep trying to tell you and others watch the History Channel Gangland series. Some are about MS-13 or 18th Street hispanic or black gangs. They often do episodes on the 1%er criminal bikers. Don't take my word for it. Do some research.