Comments by "yankee2 yankee" (@yankee2yankee216) on "The Fugitive"
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I was in Sturgis in 1983 (selling biker stuff), when the Hells Angels rode into town. Apparently they were 500 strong. They had previously been 1000, 500 approaching from 2 directions, but the other half had been stopped by police outside town. They rode in military formation, and stopped and parked their motorcycles simultaneously. Sonny Barger himself came up to our table, in full battle dress, flanked by his sergeant at arms and some other club officer, all armed to the teeth. They bought all our Sturgis rocker pins, with the name of the town (the site of the giant annual biker meet we were attending) and the year. They would wear them as an insult to the Jokers. See, Sturgis was Gypsy Joker territory, and the Hells Angels were are war with them. The Jokers thought it best not to stay around! They had all left the day before. The town was tense for a few hours, then they all returned to their bikes, started them all simultaneously, and rode back out of town.
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