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Motor vessel Oro
Jackson, this is Raftel VTS,
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reading you loud
and clear. Over.
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This is motor
vessel Oro Jackson.
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Passing the St. Lawrence
reporting line and entering
Montreal Raftel Over.
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Dany Boy Kane
was a career criminal
who was a thief,
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murderer, and drug dealer.
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But he was also the most
successful informant
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in the history of
law enforcement in Canada.
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And he was doing a lot of things
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that if he got caught doing,
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he would have been killed
on sight.
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Dany Boy Kane was found dead
on August 7, 2000,
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in the garage of his
suburban Montreal residence.
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He had committed suicide
by carbon monoxide poisoning.
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I don't know whether or not
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that's believable or credible.
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He may have killed himself.
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He was also someone
who was wanted dead
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by a lot of violent people.
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The police
are investigating
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one of the bloodiest
drug-trafficking gang wars
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North America has ever seen.
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And their golden boy,
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this informant who's gonna help
them take down the Hells Angels,
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is out of the picture.
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The police investigation
is collapsing.
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But when
investigators begin going
through the things
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that he left behind,
they found a diamond in
the rough,
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they found a ledger.
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And that ledger had
the nicknames of almost every
major player
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in the Montreal underworld.
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One name stuck out, though.
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And that was the nickname Beef.
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Nobody knew who Beef was.
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Who is this man?
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Who's Beef?
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And that will lead to
a shocking discovery
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and the takedown of top leaders
of organized crime in Montreal.
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♪ I drove by the place
where we used to live ♪
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♪ I learned how to forget
But not to forgive ♪
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♪ My kindness was weakness ♪
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♪ So I'm forgetting
the forgiveness ♪
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♪ All the dirty work ♪
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♪ Go put in the work ♪
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♪ All those were good times
Y'all put in work ♪
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♪ Those were good years
Those were good times ♪
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Cocaine hit
North America in the 1980s
like a typhoon.
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The drug is getting more
plentiful, and worse,
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it's getting more powerful.
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It went from
a drug that was really just for
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the rich and famous
to a drug that was
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readily available to anybody
and everybody on the street.
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And any neighbourhood
you could go into
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by the mid to late 80s,
there was a cocaine market.
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Rich, poor...
Irish, Italian,
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French-Canadian...
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Montreal
in the 80s and 90s,
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you had 480 clubs.
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I knew one doorman.
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He was passing two kilos
of coke on a weekend.
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Two kilos.
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That's one place.
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It was hopping
seven days a week.
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Every club.
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I remember certain clubs,
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the cocaine, the lines were
already ready at the back...
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...for certain hockey
players and baseball players.
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It changed everything.
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It was a way to get rich
really quick.
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And in the underworld,
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to get powerful really quick.
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There was money to be made.
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You didn't have to do a lot
of heavy lifting.
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And the margins
were just ginormous.
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And nobody benefitted from
this more,
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at least in Canada,
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than a group of ragtag criminals
known as the West End Gang.
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Dunie Ryan, the leader
and the founder
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of the West End Gang,
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had begun to transition
from robberies, bank holdups,
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truck hijackings, to cocaine.
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I mean, you could rob a lot
of banks,
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but you're not going
to make the money you can make
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from cocaine.
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If you're
dealing with a lot of drugs
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and a lot of money,
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someone's going to take
advantage of something,
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and then you find out
the consequences are usually
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you're gonna get killed.
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In November 1984,
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Dunie Ryan is assassinated
by a rival gangster.
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There's a power vacuum.
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Alan Ross moves to the top.
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But he goes down to the States,
he gets arrested.
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Spends the rest of his life
in a US penitentiary.
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And the Matticks brothers,
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who have always been there,
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who have always controlled
the ports,
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now become the new
powerful leaders
of the West End Gang.
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The Irish gangsters.
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Everything was interlinked,
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but the Italians were
importing the narcotics.
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They had the connections.
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They had links straight
to the cartels,
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and the Irish assured
that it came in
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through the ports.
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They did basically
the clearance.
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They was getting a cut.
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You open the door,
there's money.
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The Port of Montreal
is supposed to be
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the world's largest inland port,
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something like 2000 ships
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and 2600 trucks every week.
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It's 26 kilometres long.
I mean, it's not a port,
it's a city.
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Controlling
the waterfront is
the crown jewel
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of the rackets in Quebec.
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It all starts and ends
on the docks.
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They handle
70% of goods that go straight
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to the economy,
and so obviously,
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the volume is huge.
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You can't get
anything in Montreal,
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whether it's your car
or your fridge,
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or cocaine or hash,
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unless you go through that port.
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Lots of
merchandise goes underwater.
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It's a big playground.
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That's all I'll say.
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Containers come in by the
millions every year.
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But only 1 % to 2 %
of what comes into the country
is inspected.
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Which is very little.
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And the
straw that stirs the drink for
that entire waterfront
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is Gerry Matticks.
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He is the puppetmaster there.
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In 1984,
Gerry Matticks,
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the unofficial leader
of the West End Gang,
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known criminal,
takes over as president
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of the checkers' union.
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He would make sure
who got hired, who got fired.
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So it gave him
a huge amount of power.
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It was
the checkers who had to
go through the containers
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to make sure that everything
was legit.
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And they were loyal to him,
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so they knew not to check
certain containers.
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That's how he became
known as the door
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to the Port of Montreal.
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It was really easy for him
to tell his checker,
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"Such and such container
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will be picked up by a driver
with a waybill.
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Just let him take it."
And that was that.
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My uncle Kenny
was a checker down there,
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and the guys, you know,
they would let stuff go through,
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right, you were... paid off.
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They weren't like out
hurting anybody,
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they were just
making money, right?
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So if you're
trying to move drugs
into Montreal,
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and then from Montreal
across the country
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and down to New York,
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the port is your way.
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Most of
the drugs were being brought in
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by the Italians,
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in cooperation with the Irish,
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and the bikers
were distributing.
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The bikers
were the boots on the ground.
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They were the ones that
were actually trafficking it.
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Back in
the 1970s, the Hells Angels
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set up their first chapter
in Canada, in Montreal.
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But for most of the 1980s,
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you know, the rough-looking
greasy bikers,
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they're involved in drugs,
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but they're largely
errand boys.
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In that era,
bikers were considered
a second-class,
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rough-and-tough individuals.
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They were feared because
of their lifestyle.
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And amongst themselves
was conflict.
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The Hells
Angels chapter in Montreal
got so big
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that by the late 70s,
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the leaders decided to split
the Montreal chapter into
two different factions.
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One that would be based
out of Sorel in the south,
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and the other, which would be
based in the north of Montreal
in Laval.
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The Laval chapter was
filled with coked-out cowboys
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that didn't listen to
their superiors,
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they didn't follow rules.
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Did more drugs
than they were selling.
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Getting high became more
important than making money.
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I've actually been
to biker parties.
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I mean, it's like it meets
every stereotype
you could ever have.
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You know, "last night I snorted
this much cocaine,
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"and I smoked this much meth".
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I have spoken to a number
of biker bosses
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when it's clear as day
that they're high as a kite
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when I'm talking to them.
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They wear it as a patch
of honour, and...
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But sometimes it can go...
overboard.
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The Laval guys were causing
a lot of problems
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and headaches for
Hells Angel leadership.
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They were desecrating the patch,
the brand, by their behaviour.
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Early spring of 1985,
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the Laval chapter was called
to a meeting
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to talk about resolving
their differences.
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So on the 24th,
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most of the Laval Hells Angels
chapter showed up to meet
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with the leaders of
the Quebec Hells Angels.
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Instead of a meeting,
they were massacred.
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In front of dozens
of other Hells Angels.
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June 1985,
in the St. Lawrence River,
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bodies start floating up,
and you see police divers
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and police boats lifting
these bodies onto the shores
of the St. Lawrence.
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And what people realize is
these are remains of bikers.
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The massacre shocked not
only members of the public
and the police,
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but many in the biker world.
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These guys are massacring
their own members.
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It was an act
of extreme cruelty.
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It shook the foundation
of the underworld.
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Everybody knows
the Lennoxville massacre.
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There were
two bikers in Montreal
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who had very
different reactions.
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Maurice Boucher, and his friend,
Salvatore Cazzetta.
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Mom Boucher
and Salvatore Cazzetta
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were both young leaders
of a motorcycle gang that
was called the SS.
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And the two of them
would have been ideal prospects
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for a group like
the Hells Angels to take on.
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But in the aftermath
of Lennoxville,
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their paths diverged.
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Mom Boucher was enamoured
with the Lennoxville massacre.
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He thought it was
a show of force.
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And Mom Boucher joined
the Hells Angels.
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Salvatore Cazzetta had
a very different reaction.
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His reaction was why would
you wanna kill your own, right?
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I'm not sure I wanna
be part of that.
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So, Cazzetta will
create the other bikers,
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the Rock Machine.
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And he develops,
with the Rock Machine,
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pretty strong control
over wide swaths of Montreal.
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You know, everybody
at that point was dying
for a Hells Angels patch.
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And then you had this group
that shunned the Hells Angels,
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they had an invitation
to join the Hells Angels,
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and they rejected that
invitation and went
and started their own club.
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The Rock Machine,
don't get me wrong,
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they're ruthless criminals,
but they have a set of values
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that differed from Mom Boucher
and his little clique
around him.
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Maurice Boucher,
early criminal,
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quite charismatic,
and the Hells Angels
are leaderless.
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Because of the massacre,
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not only are a lot
of their members dead,
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the members who have been
accused of the massacre
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are all in jail,
and Maurice Boucher will rise
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to become the leader of
the Hells Angels in Quebec.
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Because Boucher and Cazzetta
were close friends,
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the Rock Machine
and the Hells Angels co-existed,
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respected each
other's territories.
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Then it all fell apart.
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Salvatore Cazzetta
wasn't just the boss
of the Rock Machine,
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he was somebody that did a lot
of business with other groups,
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he was tied into
the West End Gang, the Irish,
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he was tied into the Italians,
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very closely aligned
with the Rizzuto mob.
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And through these contacts,
he made a lot of links
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in the drug game
in the United States.
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And began negotiating
a pretty massive drug deal
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down in Florida for
a 10,000 kilo purchase.
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There's a...
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picture of our friend,
Mr. Cazzetta many years ago.
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Of course, we knew who
Cazzetta was in law enforcement.
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A drug dealer, tough guy.
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He was thinking that this is it,
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boy, I'm really going to
make the big one.
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So Cazzetta
and an associate of his
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go down to Florida, and there's
a meeting on a yacht,
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and on the yacht,
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they negotiate the price
of a series
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of wholesale cocaine shipments
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that are going to go
from Florida to Canada.
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And the boat had every camera
in the goddamn world
in that boat,
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even when you went to sit
on the toilet,
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he got a picture of you.
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The guy that was
offering them the 10,000 kilos
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was a undercover DEA agent.
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It was a sting,
it was a DEA sting.
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When you get overwhelmed
in your head about money,
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you're gonna make mistakes,
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a lot of mistakes.
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Within 24 hours of arriving
back in Canada,
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Cazzetta is arrested
and charged,
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and along with
a number of associates,
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with a major cocaine
trafficking case
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out of the United States.
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But within a couple days
of being let out on bond,
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Sal Cazzetta disappears
for the next 15 months.
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Just a regular day
at the office,
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and we get a call
that Cazzetta's up
in Niagara Falls,
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and we have information that,
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I think there was two guys
going to see him,
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from a source.
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We were able to get a hold
of those two guys wherever
they were,
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I think on St. Lawrence
Boulevard,
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and we followed them to Ontario.
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To a farm.
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And that's where Cazzetta was.
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The house was surrounded
with pitbulls.
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I mean, a church mouse
couldn't go through there
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without the dogs yapping
and the alarm going off.
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And we knew he was in there...
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We spent overnight
in our cars,
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waiting to make sure
that nobody came out.
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The next day, we had a call,
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hey, there's a guy jogging down
the back road to the farm.
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And we said, okay boys,
this is our guy, here he comes.
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And John Westlake,
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big beefy cop that he is...
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...nails Cazzetta.
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Get down on
your knees, my friend.
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We got our prized package,
put it that way.
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Cazzetta is arrested
and he will be extradited
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to the United States,
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'cause it's an
American operation.
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Cazzetta was someone
who carried a lot of weight.
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So, when he was imprisoned
in the United States,
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that gave Mom Boucher free rein.
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With Cazzetta off the streets,
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Hells Angels smelled blood
in the water,
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and, you know,
they're the ultimate sharks.
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And almost immediately,
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the Hells Angels started moving
on the Rock Machine,
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pressuring them,
leaning on them,
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to give up territory
to the Hells Angels.
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Mom Boucher sets up
what are called puppet clubs.
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Almost like farm teams, right?
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These are low-level
junior clubs that can
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do the dirty work,
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and so the big leaders
won't get caught.
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And so he creates
a group called the Rockers.
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And the Rockers will start
attacking the bars
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and the streets where
Salvatore Cazzetta's
Rock Machine
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are supposed to control
the drug trade.
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So if they found out
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that the Rock Machine
had taken over a bar,
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00:18:13,802 --> 00:18:15,803
their foot soldiers would
show up with baseball bats
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00:18:15,804 --> 00:18:19,808
and the Rock Machine dealer
would get dealt with.
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00:18:23,228 --> 00:18:25,145
You can really credit cocaine,
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00:18:25,146 --> 00:18:27,981
and the cocaine economy,
with taking the violence
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00:18:27,982 --> 00:18:30,401
and the bloodshed
to a whole other level.
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00:18:31,820 --> 00:18:34,697
It was a billion-dollar trade
in cocaine in Montreal,
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00:18:34,698 --> 00:18:37,908
and that's why you had
all these different groups
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fighting over who would
have what, and at other times,
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00:18:40,495 --> 00:18:43,330
trying to muscle in
and get more.
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00:18:43,331 --> 00:18:45,332
Hells Angels wanted
to take control.
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00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:49,002
The Rock Machines
were not as powerful.
348
00:18:49,003 --> 00:18:50,254
They didn't have much,
349
00:18:50,255 --> 00:18:51,755
but they didn't want
to give it up.
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And this put the Rock Machine
on the offensive.
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They were not going to
adhere to the pressure
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00:18:58,930 --> 00:19:01,932
that was being applied to them
by the Hells Angels.
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00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:03,767
The Hells weren't
expecting it,
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that this group
would actually challenge them.
355
00:19:06,688 --> 00:19:11,442
And I don't think
the law enforcement
expected it either.
356
00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:15,070
By July, the first
body dropped.
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00:19:15,071 --> 00:19:19,033
And the Rock Machine
killed a Hells Angels
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support club member fixing
a motorcycle in his garage.
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00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:27,291
The following day,
a Hells Angel member
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00:19:27,292 --> 00:19:31,003
named Norm Robitaille survived
a drive-by shooting.
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00:19:31,004 --> 00:19:36,467
Fireworks are going off
at a rapid clip.
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00:19:36,468 --> 00:19:39,094
48 hours after
the first killing,
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00:19:39,095 --> 00:19:41,805
Mom Boucher called
an emergency meeting
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00:19:41,806 --> 00:19:46,226
of all of the top Hells Angel
chapter bosses across Canada,
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00:19:46,227 --> 00:19:48,479
and he held a vote.
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00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,358
And the vote was whether or not
to go to war
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00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:53,359
with the Rock Machine.
368
00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,402
And at the end
of the meeting,
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it was a unanimous decision
that a war would commence
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and it would
commence immediately.
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00:20:02,327 --> 00:20:04,244
It was a shoot on sight order.
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At any time they saw
a Rock Machine member
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or a support club
of the Rock Machine,
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00:20:09,292 --> 00:20:12,921
they were to murder
that person immediately.
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00:20:14,339 --> 00:20:19,678
And that will be the official
launching of what becomes
the Quebec biker war.
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00:20:20,762 --> 00:20:22,513
You know,
almost 200 casualties,
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00:20:22,514 --> 00:20:25,641
300 shootings and firebombings,
378
00:20:25,642 --> 00:20:29,771
and it rocked the province
of Quebec to its very core.
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00:20:32,399 --> 00:20:34,692
Gerry Matticks didn't choose
a side in that war,
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00:20:34,693 --> 00:20:38,153
he didn't put the West End Gang
in the Hells Angels camp
381
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or in the Rock Machine camp.
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00:20:40,031 --> 00:20:44,827
Mom Boucher was putting pressure
on him to officially align
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00:20:44,828 --> 00:20:46,829
with the Hells Angels,
and he wouldn't do it.
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00:20:46,830 --> 00:20:48,539
He rebuffed those attempts.
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00:20:48,540 --> 00:20:50,916
He said it would be bad
for my business brand.
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00:20:50,917 --> 00:20:52,209
Meaning the West End.
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00:20:52,210 --> 00:20:56,130
You donate to every party
in politics.
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00:20:56,131 --> 00:20:57,716
Whoever comes in...
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00:20:58,341 --> 00:20:59,341
...is your friend.
390
00:20:59,342 --> 00:21:01,552
It's basically the same thing.
391
00:21:01,553 --> 00:21:05,306
Keep your... Keep your friends
close and your enemies closer.
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00:21:07,142 --> 00:21:10,102
There were stories that,
during the height of
the biker wars,
393
00:21:10,103 --> 00:21:15,733
the Rock Machine approached
Gerry Matticks and tried
to get him to negotiate
394
00:21:15,734 --> 00:21:17,401
some kind of peace.
395
00:21:17,402 --> 00:21:22,323
So you just see how central
the West End Gang
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00:21:22,324 --> 00:21:25,576
and Gerry Matticks
were with all factions.
397
00:21:25,577 --> 00:21:30,539
Because the port is a goldmine
for organized crime
398
00:21:30,540 --> 00:21:32,541
to bring in their illegal goods,
399
00:21:32,542 --> 00:21:36,421
and the Irish West End Gang
controlled the port.
400
00:21:40,550 --> 00:21:43,469
At that time, at least half
the checkers
401
00:21:43,470 --> 00:21:47,848
on the Port of Montreal
were of Irish descent.
402
00:21:47,849 --> 00:21:50,476
From Pointe-St-Charles.
403
00:21:50,477 --> 00:21:52,936
It's still part of
the port here.
404
00:21:52,937 --> 00:21:55,147
Pointe-St-Charles, why they...
405
00:21:55,148 --> 00:21:56,315
You know, it's just
the location,
406
00:21:56,316 --> 00:21:58,859
it's so close to
the Port of Montreal.
407
00:21:58,860 --> 00:22:02,529
All these companies here either
fix containers, distribute,
408
00:22:02,530 --> 00:22:05,658
or they're depots
for containers, so...
409
00:22:05,659 --> 00:22:11,330
all related to
the Port of Montreal.
410
00:22:11,331 --> 00:22:12,790
I was born there.
411
00:22:12,791 --> 00:22:15,459
Grew up there.
It was close-knit family,
412
00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:16,585
and they called it
the Irish gang.
413
00:22:16,586 --> 00:22:18,837
They all grew up together,
414
00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:20,464
they'd been there
for a couple of generations.
415
00:22:20,465 --> 00:22:22,508
They were all friends
and associates.
416
00:22:22,509 --> 00:22:26,304
You would marry the neighbour
of the street's daughter.
417
00:22:26,971 --> 00:22:29,932
Pointe-St-Charles was
a very poor area.
418
00:22:29,933 --> 00:22:32,559
A lot of families had seven,
eight kids.
419
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,354
And the children
growing up there, you know,
420
00:22:35,355 --> 00:22:38,816
they see the other side,
and they wanna improve
421
00:22:38,817 --> 00:22:42,612
their lives using
whatever means.
422
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,117
Gerry Matticks grew up
in a family of 14
423
00:22:48,118 --> 00:22:50,744
with a father
who was supposedly supporting
424
00:22:50,745 --> 00:22:54,206
the family by driving a horse
and buggy for tours
425
00:22:54,207 --> 00:22:56,500
in Old Montreal.
426
00:22:56,501 --> 00:22:59,002
A mother who spent
most of her life pregnant.
427
00:22:59,003 --> 00:23:01,214
They didn't have anything.
428
00:23:01,798 --> 00:23:03,674
Gerry Matticks was a friend
of my father, d
429
00:23:03,675 --> 00:23:05,050
rinking buddy with my dad.
430
00:23:05,051 --> 00:23:07,594
You grew up around them
all your life, right?
431
00:23:07,595 --> 00:23:10,264
Like, it's... You call them
uncle, you were respectful.
432
00:23:10,265 --> 00:23:13,392
There was four or five of them
who all put their heads together
433
00:23:13,393 --> 00:23:15,644
and they decided what
they were gonna steal.
434
00:23:15,645 --> 00:23:16,895
And they stole everything.
435
00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:20,524
In that era,
the Irish mafia
436
00:23:20,525 --> 00:23:22,735
were doing truck heists
437
00:23:22,736 --> 00:23:24,486
because they knew what was
in the containers
438
00:23:24,487 --> 00:23:27,489
and they would rob the trucks.
439
00:23:27,490 --> 00:23:30,367
Gerry and the other
Matticks brothers
440
00:23:30,368 --> 00:23:34,038
are hijacking trucks,
stealing food,
441
00:23:34,039 --> 00:23:37,041
televisions, appliances.
442
00:23:37,042 --> 00:23:39,168
Back then, there was no GPS,
443
00:23:39,169 --> 00:23:42,087
there was no trackers,
there was no nothing, right?
444
00:23:42,088 --> 00:23:43,797
We're talking about
before cellphones.
445
00:23:43,798 --> 00:23:44,923
We're talking
about those days,
446
00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:46,675
that's when they
were in their heyday.
447
00:23:46,676 --> 00:23:48,761
The guys who weren't involved
never said nothing,
448
00:23:48,762 --> 00:23:50,512
the guys who were involved
got paid.
449
00:23:50,513 --> 00:23:53,307
And nobody's gonna say
nothing because if you did,
450
00:23:53,308 --> 00:23:54,433
you'd end up in the water.
451
00:23:56,644 --> 00:24:00,981
In 1971, the police got a call
from Alan Seller,
452
00:24:00,982 --> 00:24:03,901
who was working on the docks
in the Port of Montreal,
453
00:24:03,902 --> 00:24:07,112
saying that the Matticks
brothers were stealing
from the port.
454
00:24:07,113 --> 00:24:11,325
When the Matticks brothers
got wind of this...
455
00:24:12,452 --> 00:24:14,578
They allegedly kidnapped
Alan Sellers...
456
00:24:16,623 --> 00:24:20,794
And Sellers was taken
into a car...
457
00:24:22,921 --> 00:24:24,798
...and shot twice.
458
00:24:29,427 --> 00:24:31,053
They didn't get rid
of the witness,
459
00:24:31,054 --> 00:24:33,430
they said he shot him,
but the guy never testified
against them.
460
00:24:33,431 --> 00:24:36,934
So there's no proof
that he shot him even.
461
00:24:36,935 --> 00:24:39,770
All I know is, nobody was
that good a shot
462
00:24:39,771 --> 00:24:41,606
'cause he was
still alive, right?
463
00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:46,193
There were witnesses
who came forward,
464
00:24:46,194 --> 00:24:49,947
including a former RCMP officer,
465
00:24:49,948 --> 00:24:53,242
who then later became a member
of the West End Gang,
466
00:24:53,243 --> 00:24:55,703
and they said, that no, no,
467
00:24:55,704 --> 00:24:57,913
they were all drinking with us
at this bar,
468
00:24:57,914 --> 00:25:00,457
so they couldn't have done it.
469
00:25:00,458 --> 00:25:03,377
And they all got off,
of course, because...
470
00:25:03,378 --> 00:25:08,549
...they had witnesses who placed
them in a bar that very moment
471
00:25:08,550 --> 00:25:13,721
that Sellers was shot twice.
472
00:25:13,722 --> 00:25:17,599
All of them grew up
in the same neighbourhood.
473
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:18,892
They all knew each other.
474
00:25:18,893 --> 00:25:21,437
And even if they
weren't criminals,
475
00:25:21,438 --> 00:25:26,191
they had an affinity towards
their friends that they
grew up with.
476
00:25:26,192 --> 00:25:29,862
And they all were prepared
to fall for each other.
477
00:25:29,863 --> 00:25:32,156
When the police try
and investigate,
478
00:25:32,157 --> 00:25:37,286
nobody talks either out of fear,
out of respect, or out of love.
479
00:25:37,287 --> 00:25:40,581
It's like the mafia
in some parts of the world,
480
00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:43,334
they give all their towns
full of food and money,
481
00:25:43,335 --> 00:25:44,960
and they're the good guys and...
482
00:25:44,961 --> 00:25:47,796
and so nobody talks.
Yeah, the Matticks were giving
483
00:25:47,797 --> 00:25:51,091
contributions to
different places,
484
00:25:51,092 --> 00:25:55,055
and very nice to people at
Christmas and New Year's.
485
00:25:56,014 --> 00:25:58,932
There is a side
to Gerry Matticks, you know,
486
00:25:58,933 --> 00:26:04,021
that Robin Hood side,
where he gives food to the poor,
487
00:26:04,022 --> 00:26:06,899
he gives out turkeys
every Christmas,
488
00:26:06,900 --> 00:26:10,862
he's there for families who
need him in the Irish community.
489
00:26:11,696 --> 00:26:13,697
Oh, they did a lot
for a lot of people.
490
00:26:13,698 --> 00:26:16,241
Like... and cops can say
what they want,
491
00:26:16,242 --> 00:26:19,162
oh, they did this,
they stole that. Yeah, so what?
492
00:26:21,331 --> 00:26:23,332
If you look at Matticks,
493
00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:26,585
who at the age of 12 years-old
494
00:26:26,586 --> 00:26:32,383
was taking a rowboat to row over
to Bickerdike Pier, jump off,
495
00:26:32,384 --> 00:26:37,429
grab something, and row back
to Pointe-St-Charles.
496
00:26:37,430 --> 00:26:40,808
When you have that type
of upbringing,
497
00:26:40,809 --> 00:26:44,019
you end up further
and further away
498
00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:47,648
from the authorities
in your dealing.
499
00:26:47,649 --> 00:26:51,944
So, you could start off
being a street trafficker,
500
00:26:51,945 --> 00:26:55,197
and if you're lucky,
you become a little wiser,
501
00:26:55,198 --> 00:26:58,868
you end up dealing
with boatloads of drugs.
502
00:27:01,121 --> 00:27:04,248
In the spring of '94,
Canada Customs
503
00:27:04,249 --> 00:27:06,126
discovers suspicious containers.
504
00:27:07,335 --> 00:27:09,920
There were allegedly containers
carrying narcotics,
505
00:27:09,921 --> 00:27:13,966
from Mozambique,
on a ship called Thor.
506
00:27:13,967 --> 00:27:17,261
The information indicated
a container number,
507
00:27:17,262 --> 00:27:21,599
so we requested that container
be removed from the ship.
508
00:27:23,893 --> 00:27:28,440
Then, we put it under
24-hour surveillance
509
00:27:29,024 --> 00:27:31,775
to see if anyone would come
pick them up,
510
00:27:31,776 --> 00:27:34,529
and we could catch them
red-handed.
511
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,240
Pretty quickly,
we suspect the Matticks clan
512
00:27:38,241 --> 00:27:41,118
because it's in
the Port of Montreal,
which they control.
513
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,495
This place right
at the corner.
514
00:27:43,496 --> 00:27:46,665
That was their watering hole
while they were waiting
staff at the port,
515
00:27:46,666 --> 00:27:48,542
they'd all hang out.
516
00:27:48,543 --> 00:27:50,711
It was a restaurant,
Italian restaurant
517
00:27:50,712 --> 00:27:52,046
they would come in,
they had the key.
518
00:27:52,047 --> 00:27:54,299
Always overlooked
by the police, also.
519
00:27:56,676 --> 00:27:59,928
Allegedly, Gerry Matticks
knows about this,
520
00:27:59,929 --> 00:28:03,974
he's organizing this,
the police know about this,
521
00:28:03,975 --> 00:28:08,103
and eventually,
Gerry Matticks knows
that the police know.
522
00:28:08,104 --> 00:28:14,068
So the Matticks never tried
to take control
of the drug shipment.
523
00:28:21,701 --> 00:28:23,744
26 and a half
tonnes of hashish,
524
00:28:23,745 --> 00:28:28,082
15 % pure, worth
$ 360 million dollars
525
00:28:28,083 --> 00:28:28,958
on the street.
526
00:28:29,626 --> 00:28:33,462
At the time, 26 tons of hash
was the largest-ever
Canadian seizure.
527
00:28:33,463 --> 00:28:36,048
Worth 360 million on the market.
528
00:28:36,049 --> 00:28:37,384
It was massive.
529
00:28:39,219 --> 00:28:41,178
We had enough information
about the Matticks clan
530
00:28:41,179 --> 00:28:44,808
to start surveillance
on the organization.
531
00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:47,601
There was one person
we wanted to identify.
532
00:28:47,602 --> 00:28:50,187
He knew about
the containers
533
00:28:50,188 --> 00:28:51,855
and was clearing them
through customs.
534
00:28:51,856 --> 00:28:52,940
That was Pierre Friedman.
535
00:28:55,276 --> 00:28:59,447
He was about 45 or 50,
an average Joe.
536
00:29:00,031 --> 00:29:04,535
We decided to arrest him
and bring him in
for questioning.
537
00:29:04,536 --> 00:29:10,875
Within 15 minutes,
he had admitted,
"Yep, I did it. It was me."
538
00:29:12,043 --> 00:29:17,965
He was nervous,
but he agreed to wear a wire
539
00:29:17,966 --> 00:29:21,051
to meet with Gerald
and Richard Matticks.
540
00:29:22,595 --> 00:29:25,848
Now that we have an informant,
541
00:29:25,849 --> 00:29:30,019
the goal is to gather evidence
about Gerry Matticks.
542
00:29:30,937 --> 00:29:34,398
He goes to Gerald Matticks'
place of business
543
00:29:34,399 --> 00:29:38,444
and explains that he's afraid
he's going to be arrested.
544
00:29:38,445 --> 00:29:39,862
"I'm feeling the heat.
545
00:29:39,863 --> 00:29:42,115
I need money to get away."
546
00:29:43,450 --> 00:29:46,035
The Matticks brothers give him
about five or ten thousand.
547
00:29:46,036 --> 00:29:47,870
It's unexpected evidence,
548
00:29:47,871 --> 00:29:51,124
especially considering
certain admissions are recorded
on the body-pack.
549
00:29:52,334 --> 00:29:53,917
We now have solid proof.
550
00:29:53,918 --> 00:29:57,463
26 tonnes
of Hashish found at
the Port of Montreal.
551
00:29:57,464 --> 00:29:59,965
It belonged to a group
of suspected drug traffickers
552
00:29:59,966 --> 00:30:02,593
known as the Matticks Clan.
553
00:30:02,594 --> 00:30:04,053
Police arrested seven people,
554
00:30:04,054 --> 00:30:05,971
including the Matticks
brothers,
555
00:30:05,972 --> 00:30:07,432
Gerald and Richard.
556
00:30:07,891 --> 00:30:11,101
Throughout his long career
as a criminal,
557
00:30:11,102 --> 00:30:15,647
Gerry Matticks hardly spent
any time in jail.
558
00:30:15,648 --> 00:30:18,317
Now, the headlines are
kind of like,
559
00:30:18,318 --> 00:30:20,402
"Death blow to
the West End Gang",
560
00:30:20,403 --> 00:30:22,112
the Matticks brothers, you know,
come down...
561
00:30:22,113 --> 00:30:24,698
THE MATTICKS' MISTAKE...
26,5 TONS OF HASH!
562
00:30:24,699 --> 00:30:26,784
It did look like
it was gonna be game over
563
00:30:26,785 --> 00:30:28,161
for the Matticks.
564
00:30:31,206 --> 00:30:33,791
I had just started
at the courthouse
565
00:30:33,792 --> 00:30:36,293
as the reporter there,
566
00:30:36,294 --> 00:30:38,879
and there were
these men on trial,
567
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,298
a whole tableful of lawyers,
568
00:30:41,299 --> 00:30:45,302
and Gerry Matticks was
in the prisoners' dock
569
00:30:45,303 --> 00:30:48,347
with everyone else,
and he was leaning forward
570
00:30:48,348 --> 00:30:49,473
like a bull,
571
00:30:49,474 --> 00:30:54,603
and he had the most
personality in that courtroom.
572
00:30:54,604 --> 00:30:55,688
Just he...
573
00:30:55,689 --> 00:31:00,484
He radiated rage
and interest and...
574
00:31:00,485 --> 00:31:03,237
...a little bit of humour, too.
575
00:31:03,238 --> 00:31:07,449
Richard Matticks was much
quieter than his brother.
576
00:31:07,450 --> 00:31:11,121
But he was also
very much in charge.
577
00:31:13,373 --> 00:31:16,917
The Crown's evidence
was unbelievably strong.
578
00:31:16,918 --> 00:31:20,838
I think everybody was
focused on the fact,
579
00:31:20,839 --> 00:31:22,881
we are in a tight space,
580
00:31:22,882 --> 00:31:26,760
and how are we going to
get out of this.
581
00:31:26,761 --> 00:31:30,681
Gerry turned to me,
and he said,
582
00:31:30,682 --> 00:31:32,850
if you's guys don't win,
583
00:31:32,851 --> 00:31:33,809
you's dead!
584
00:31:36,146 --> 00:31:39,982
Gerry could be
a very friendly guy,
585
00:31:39,983 --> 00:31:43,986
and at the same time,
a very scary guy,
586
00:31:43,987 --> 00:31:47,489
and you got the impression
587
00:31:47,490 --> 00:31:49,576
you didn't wanna cross this guy.
588
00:31:50,869 --> 00:31:52,786
It was a clear-cut case,
589
00:31:52,787 --> 00:31:54,747
but with the chain of evidence,
590
00:31:54,748 --> 00:31:57,750
chain of possession
of the evidence,
591
00:31:57,751 --> 00:31:59,044
they screwed up.
592
00:31:59,711 --> 00:32:04,173
The Defense claimed that
Sûreté du Québec officers added
incriminating documents
593
00:32:04,174 --> 00:32:07,384
into evidence, stating
they were seized at the house
of one of the accused.
594
00:32:07,385 --> 00:32:11,889
It turned out that
three bills of lading
595
00:32:11,890 --> 00:32:13,307
had been planted.
596
00:32:13,308 --> 00:32:17,978
In addition to that,
there were French documents
597
00:32:17,979 --> 00:32:21,774
with his signature,
and he claimed to
598
00:32:21,775 --> 00:32:24,443
not speak French,
to be illiterate,
599
00:32:24,444 --> 00:32:28,155
to be incapable
of signing his own name.
600
00:32:28,156 --> 00:32:30,616
A judge ruled
the investigating officers
601
00:32:30,617 --> 00:32:33,619
fabricated evidence against
the accused Matticks brothers.
602
00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:37,957
They really wanted to
get the Matticks brothers.
603
00:32:39,209 --> 00:32:42,461
Very stupidly,
they didn't count on the fact
604
00:32:42,462 --> 00:32:44,505
that there was maybe,
605
00:32:44,506 --> 00:32:47,424
I don't know, seven lawyers
involved in the file.
606
00:32:47,425 --> 00:32:50,219
One of them was bound
to see something,
607
00:32:50,220 --> 00:32:53,263
and so we were able
to demonstrate that
608
00:32:53,264 --> 00:32:57,059
you could no longer have
any confidence in any
609
00:32:57,060 --> 00:32:58,769
of the evidence that
they were producing,
610
00:32:58,770 --> 00:33:00,897
and the case blew up.
611
00:33:03,149 --> 00:33:07,696
The defendants have avoided
a possible life sentence.
612
00:33:07,946 --> 00:33:10,280
The cops are furious
'cause they know
613
00:33:10,281 --> 00:33:12,199
he's the leader of
the West End Gang,
614
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,369
controls the ports, and yet,
they blow it.
615
00:33:15,370 --> 00:33:17,955
So it just increases
the hatred between
616
00:33:17,956 --> 00:33:20,125
the cops and the West End Gang.
617
00:33:21,251 --> 00:33:22,751
I think they should lose
their job anyway,
618
00:33:22,752 --> 00:33:25,004
and not give them
another job in
the government building.
619
00:33:25,005 --> 00:33:26,631
Throw them out.
620
00:33:27,882 --> 00:33:30,300
Fabricating evidence is a crime.
621
00:33:30,301 --> 00:33:34,054
The Sûreté du Québec's
reputation was shattered.
622
00:33:34,055 --> 00:33:39,393
The police were undisciplined
and thought they could
get away with anything.
623
00:33:39,394 --> 00:33:44,274
The Matticks case devastated
their public image.
624
00:33:46,151 --> 00:33:48,318
Bad enough that
the Quebec Provincial Police
625
00:33:48,319 --> 00:33:51,196
had failed to convict Gerry
and Richard Matticks,
626
00:33:51,197 --> 00:33:55,409
but they were also failing
to stop the biker gangs,
627
00:33:55,410 --> 00:34:00,164
who were bloodying the streets
of Montreal in a biker war
628
00:34:00,165 --> 00:34:03,792
that would see mounting
and mounting casualties.
629
00:34:03,793 --> 00:34:07,546
Bikers have been battling it
out in Montreal for more
than a year,
630
00:34:07,547 --> 00:34:09,340
with deadly results.
631
00:34:10,425 --> 00:34:13,553
27 people have been
blown up or shot dead.
632
00:34:15,263 --> 00:34:18,182
Mom Boucher was a war general.
633
00:34:18,183 --> 00:34:21,227
And this was something
that he was built for.
634
00:34:23,188 --> 00:34:25,314
If anyone needed
to be eliminated,
635
00:34:25,315 --> 00:34:28,193
or any territory taken,
that was Maurice Boucher's job.
636
00:34:29,027 --> 00:34:31,737
Along with seven other members,
637
00:34:31,738 --> 00:34:34,199
Mom Boucher created
the Nomad chapter.
638
00:34:34,449 --> 00:34:38,911
The Nomads were the Navy SEALs
of the Hells Angels.
639
00:34:38,912 --> 00:34:40,746
And if you had a Nomad patch,
640
00:34:40,747 --> 00:34:42,790
if you were one of what
he called the Filthy Few,
641
00:34:42,791 --> 00:34:45,918
which meant that you had killed
for the club,
642
00:34:45,919 --> 00:34:49,963
you were able to roam free,
coast to coast, in Canada.
643
00:34:49,964 --> 00:34:53,384
They didn't have to stick
to any one city
or one region.
644
00:34:53,385 --> 00:35:00,266
Mom always wanted to be
"the" boss of the entire market.
645
00:35:01,684 --> 00:35:06,814
So they were becoming
good players in Ontario as well.
646
00:35:06,815 --> 00:35:10,109
Mom would see himself as
in charge of drug trafficking
647
00:35:10,110 --> 00:35:11,485
across Canada.
648
00:35:11,486 --> 00:35:16,532
Meanwhile, Mom Boucher's
enemies form what becomes
649
00:35:16,533 --> 00:35:19,326
known as the Alliance.
It's the Rock Machine
650
00:35:19,327 --> 00:35:23,414
and other gangs that
are worried and fearful
651
00:35:23,415 --> 00:35:27,167
about the Hells Angels takeover
of the drug trade.
652
00:35:28,378 --> 00:35:31,922
And it starts turning
against the Alliance
653
00:35:31,923 --> 00:35:33,550
and the Rock Machine.
654
00:35:38,096 --> 00:35:41,181
Bodies were dropping
on a weekly basis.
655
00:35:41,182 --> 00:35:43,726
There were shootings
and fire bombings
656
00:35:43,727 --> 00:35:45,145
almost every day.
657
00:35:46,146 --> 00:35:48,647
They had no respect for rules,
658
00:35:48,648 --> 00:35:51,735
and they cultivated
a climate of fear.
659
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,654
I was horrified by the deaths,
660
00:35:55,655 --> 00:35:59,366
but the police didn't seem
to be too horrified,
661
00:35:59,367 --> 00:36:01,452
because it was, basically,
662
00:36:01,453 --> 00:36:04,788
biker gangs cleaning house,
663
00:36:04,789 --> 00:36:06,165
until Daniel Desrochers.
664
00:36:12,547 --> 00:36:16,383
That day, an 11-year-old child,
Daniel Desrochers, was outside
665
00:36:16,384 --> 00:36:20,220
with one of his friends,
coming back from the park.
666
00:36:20,221 --> 00:36:24,308
Near his house,
a Jeep was parked.
667
00:36:24,309 --> 00:36:26,435
Someone was sitting in it,
668
00:36:26,436 --> 00:36:30,189
and someone else was just
about to get in.
669
00:36:36,905 --> 00:36:39,990
The vehicle exploded into
a thousand tiny pieces.
670
00:36:39,991 --> 00:36:44,870
The explosion was
so violent that many windows
were shattered.
671
00:36:44,871 --> 00:36:47,998
Metal flew across the street.
672
00:36:47,999 --> 00:36:52,336
One of the pieces of the vehicle
landed on Daniel Desrochers.
673
00:36:52,337 --> 00:36:54,296
He was hit in the head.
674
00:36:54,297 --> 00:36:55,923
A car bomb exploded
in the middle
675
00:36:55,924 --> 00:36:58,467
of a residential neighbourhood
in Montreal today.
676
00:36:58,468 --> 00:37:00,386
The driver was killed
on the spot.
677
00:37:00,387 --> 00:37:03,389
Five people were injured,
including an 11-year-old boy,
678
00:37:03,390 --> 00:37:05,808
who is currently
fighting for his life.
679
00:37:05,809 --> 00:37:07,768
Broad
daylight. Mid-afternoon.
680
00:37:07,769 --> 00:37:11,480
On a busy street.
I mean, come on.
681
00:37:11,481 --> 00:37:13,065
It's 2:00 in the afternoon.
682
00:37:13,066 --> 00:37:16,527
What are the chances
that there'll be
some innocent bystanders?
683
00:37:16,528 --> 00:37:18,320
It could've been anybody,
could've been your mother,
684
00:37:18,321 --> 00:37:19,988
my mother,
could've been anybody.
685
00:37:19,989 --> 00:37:23,450
Hundreds of people attended
a funeral today for
a young victim
686
00:37:23,451 --> 00:37:26,203
of the war between
motorcycle gangs in Montreal.
687
00:37:29,499 --> 00:37:32,751
I can still see the images
of his mother on television
688
00:37:32,752 --> 00:37:36,172
at the funeral,
it was unbelievable.
689
00:37:37,215 --> 00:37:39,883
When criminals kill each other,
it's not pretty,
690
00:37:39,884 --> 00:37:41,760
we don't like it
and we don't want it,
691
00:37:41,761 --> 00:37:45,723
but when it stays
in their own little underworld,
692
00:37:45,724 --> 00:37:48,058
we tell ourselves
that we're safe,
693
00:37:48,059 --> 00:37:49,435
because we're not
a part of that.
694
00:37:49,436 --> 00:37:51,645
But when the victim is a child
695
00:37:51,646 --> 00:37:54,273
who has absolutely nothing to do
with the biker war,
696
00:37:54,274 --> 00:37:56,984
who's simply playing outside,
697
00:37:56,985 --> 00:38:01,281
that's so unforgivable
that it affects us.
698
00:38:01,823 --> 00:38:06,577
You have a young kid
becoming collateral damage
699
00:38:06,578 --> 00:38:11,958
in a war that suddenly became
a war that affected everybody.
700
00:38:12,250 --> 00:38:18,213
That was the worst part,
realizing that nothing
was beyond the bikers.
701
00:38:18,214 --> 00:38:20,382
It was terrifying.
702
00:38:20,383 --> 00:38:22,551
That's how everyone felt.
703
00:38:22,552 --> 00:38:25,095
In honour of Daniel Desrochers!
704
00:38:25,096 --> 00:38:28,098
When you go on a murder scene,
and it's a member
of organized crime,
705
00:38:28,099 --> 00:38:32,144
you say, you go,
you live by the sword,
you die by the sword.
706
00:38:32,145 --> 00:38:33,605
Yeah, your call.
707
00:38:34,314 --> 00:38:36,565
When you see some idiot
708
00:38:36,566 --> 00:38:39,819
that puts a bomb and it explodes
and it kills a child,
709
00:38:40,904 --> 00:38:43,948
it gives you a reason
to be a detective.
710
00:38:44,574 --> 00:38:48,619
It angers...
that's when your blood
starts boiling.
711
00:38:48,620 --> 00:38:52,582
And you wanna go
on the front line.
712
00:38:55,835 --> 00:38:59,088
There was pressure
on the government to respond,
which it did.
713
00:38:59,089 --> 00:39:00,672
The Wolverine Squad was created.
714
00:39:00,673 --> 00:39:05,929
This was the signal
for law enforcement
to counter-attack.
715
00:39:07,764 --> 00:39:13,603
We finally had a squad
that united the various
police forces.
716
00:39:26,157 --> 00:39:28,492
When we
started the Wolverine squad,
717
00:39:28,493 --> 00:39:32,079
the first month,
it was like hell.
718
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:36,000
You're putting three
different cultures together.
719
00:39:36,001 --> 00:39:38,460
I... I was very fortunate,
720
00:39:38,461 --> 00:39:42,006
I was just promoted
sergeant detective.
721
00:39:42,007 --> 00:39:47,136
I came out of a patrol car,
and they placed me there
722
00:39:47,137 --> 00:39:50,931
because of my interest
in the Italian organized crime,
723
00:39:50,932 --> 00:39:53,809
we knew that the Italians
and the bikers were close,
724
00:39:53,810 --> 00:39:57,354
so they needed somebody
that could've made them
bridge together.
725
00:39:57,355 --> 00:40:00,107
We're over 100 guys there,
of detectives.
726
00:40:00,108 --> 00:40:04,069
It was just...
it's over, guys.
727
00:40:04,070 --> 00:40:06,655
And it reminded me of,
728
00:40:06,656 --> 00:40:09,616
you know, the fourth quarter
in football.
729
00:40:09,617 --> 00:40:13,078
And it's a tie game
and you take a 30-second break.
730
00:40:13,079 --> 00:40:17,916
And your coach says
it's either now or never.
731
00:40:17,917 --> 00:40:19,168
Don't fuck up.
732
00:40:20,962 --> 00:40:23,964
As this law enforcement effort
was stepping up,
733
00:40:23,965 --> 00:40:27,384
Mom Boucher wanted
to make a case that
734
00:40:27,385 --> 00:40:28,677
you're not gonna stop us,
735
00:40:28,678 --> 00:40:31,430
you're not going
to bring us down.
736
00:40:35,268 --> 00:40:37,978
Boucher wanted to make
a statement,
737
00:40:37,979 --> 00:40:39,521
and he did that.
738
00:40:42,776 --> 00:40:45,027
Diane Lavigne
was shot and killed in June,
739
00:40:45,028 --> 00:40:46,320
on her way home from work.
740
00:40:46,321 --> 00:40:48,530
We're gonna hit
prison guards...
741
00:40:48,531 --> 00:40:52,952
that's how out of control
it had become.
742
00:40:57,248 --> 00:40:59,083
Pierre Rondeau
was ambushed while behind
743
00:40:59,084 --> 00:41:00,626
the wheel of a prison van.
744
00:41:00,627 --> 00:41:03,963
Four bullets to the chest,
two more to the throat.
745
00:41:05,131 --> 00:41:07,549
Maurice Boucher
was determined
746
00:41:07,550 --> 00:41:11,970
to extinguish
any of his members' desire
747
00:41:11,971 --> 00:41:14,515
to talk to the police,
to become informants.
748
00:41:14,516 --> 00:41:20,354
He figured, if they killed
people associated
with the judicial system,
749
00:41:20,355 --> 00:41:26,276
no one in the police would agree
750
00:41:26,277 --> 00:41:28,655
to anyone becoming an informant.
751
00:41:28,947 --> 00:41:31,824
He started with
correctional officers.
752
00:41:31,825 --> 00:41:33,867
He figured that if
that didn't work,
753
00:41:33,868 --> 00:41:37,454
they would move on
to police officers,
754
00:41:37,455 --> 00:41:40,290
prosecutors or a judge.
755
00:41:40,291 --> 00:41:42,126
In his madness,
that was the plan.
756
00:41:42,127 --> 00:41:44,878
The bikers began to feel,
757
00:41:44,879 --> 00:41:47,464
hey, we... We've got power,
758
00:41:47,465 --> 00:41:49,174
we can do whatever we want.
759
00:41:49,175 --> 00:41:52,720
It was all on behalf of Mom.
760
00:41:52,721 --> 00:41:55,806
Because Mom wanted
the supremacy.
761
00:41:55,807 --> 00:41:57,891
It's hard to control
a wild horse.
762
00:41:57,892 --> 00:42:01,520
And that's what led
to this bloodbath.
763
00:42:01,521 --> 00:42:04,064
The Irish kind of looked at it
764
00:42:04,065 --> 00:42:05,482
and said, what do we do?
765
00:42:05,483 --> 00:42:08,402
Let's not get involved.
766
00:42:08,403 --> 00:42:10,070
And that's what happened,
they weren't...
767
00:42:10,071 --> 00:42:11,031
They didn't get involved.
768
00:42:11,531 --> 00:42:12,906
The bikers are killing
each other,
769
00:42:12,907 --> 00:42:15,868
and the West End Gang
is working with both sides.
770
00:42:15,869 --> 00:42:17,786
'Cause while they were
cooperating with
771
00:42:17,787 --> 00:42:19,997
the Hells Angels
and Maurice Boucher,
772
00:42:19,998 --> 00:42:23,125
they were also working with
the Rock Machine.
773
00:42:23,126 --> 00:42:25,377
This is in the middle
of a biker war, right?
774
00:42:25,378 --> 00:42:27,380
This is dangerous work.
775
00:42:28,423 --> 00:42:31,884
There was some concern
among investigators in the US
776
00:42:31,885 --> 00:42:37,057
that if this is getting this bad
in Quebec, could it spread?
777
00:42:41,353 --> 00:42:44,022
difuze