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DAVIS: There are 5 00:00:19,187 --> 00:00:20,817 between 2,500 and 4,000 Hells 6 00:00:20,821 --> 00:00:22,191 Angels in the world right now. 7 00:00:22,190 --> 00:00:23,390 >> NARRATOR: ...highly 8 00:00:23,391 --> 00:00:24,431 organized... 9 00:00:24,425 --> 00:00:25,655 >> KERRIE DROBAN: They are the 10 00:00:25,659 --> 00:00:27,659 Mafia on wheels. 11 00:00:27,661 --> 00:00:28,831 >> NARRATOR: ...and extremely 12 00:00:28,829 --> 00:00:30,259 violent. 13 00:00:30,264 --> 00:00:31,274 >> CHARLES FALCO: They may 14 00:00:31,265 --> 00:00:32,425 firebomb. 15 00:00:32,433 --> 00:00:34,273 They sniper with high-powered 16 00:00:34,268 --> 00:00:35,568 rifles. 17 00:00:35,569 --> 00:00:37,169 >> NARRATOR: But who are the 18 00:00:37,171 --> 00:00:38,811 Hells Angels? 19 00:00:38,806 --> 00:00:40,336 >> JAY DOBYNS: They are a nasty, 20 00:00:40,341 --> 00:00:42,181 vicious, international 21 00:00:42,176 --> 00:00:43,706 crime syndicate. 22 00:00:43,711 --> 00:00:44,811 >> NARRATOR: How dangerous 23 00:00:44,812 --> 00:00:46,212 are they? 24 00:00:46,214 --> 00:00:47,684 >> FALCO: They have 1,000 men 25 00:00:47,681 --> 00:00:49,351 behind them that will do 26 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:50,820 anything they can for each 27 00:00:50,818 --> 00:00:52,688 other, including kill somebody. 28 00:00:52,686 --> 00:00:54,316 >> NARRATOR: And is their 29 00:00:54,322 --> 00:00:56,092 reputation as freewheeling 30 00:00:56,090 --> 00:00:58,460 rebels simply a smoke screen for 31 00:00:58,459 --> 00:01:02,359 a more secret and terrifying 32 00:01:02,363 --> 00:01:03,463 agenda? 33 00:01:03,464 --> 00:01:05,604 >> DOBYNS: If you wonder if the 34 00:01:05,599 --> 00:01:07,469 Hells Angels have the ability to 35 00:01:07,468 --> 00:01:08,738 infiltrate our government, stop 36 00:01:08,736 --> 00:01:12,336 worrying... because they have. 37 00:01:12,340 --> 00:01:13,510 >> NARRATOR: There are those 38 00:01:13,507 --> 00:01:14,777 who believe in the existence 39 00:01:14,775 --> 00:01:17,105 of a book. 40 00:01:17,111 --> 00:01:19,181 A book that contains the most 41 00:01:19,180 --> 00:01:22,480 highly guarded secrets of the 42 00:01:22,483 --> 00:01:25,393 United States of America. 43 00:01:25,386 --> 00:01:29,516 A book... whose very existence 44 00:01:29,523 --> 00:01:33,593 is known to only a select few. 45 00:01:33,594 --> 00:01:36,534 But if such a book exists, 46 00:01:36,530 --> 00:01:39,270 what would it contain? 47 00:01:39,267 --> 00:01:41,797 Secret histories? 48 00:01:41,802 --> 00:01:46,372 Secret memberships? 49 00:01:46,374 --> 00:01:49,244 Secret crimes? 50 00:01:49,243 --> 00:01:52,653 Does there really exist 51 00:01:52,646 --> 00:01:55,316 America's Book of Secrets? 52 00:02:04,525 --> 00:02:06,655 Government officials estimate 53 00:02:06,660 --> 00:02:08,430 that there are between 300 and 54 00:02:08,429 --> 00:02:12,299 500 outlaw motorcycle gangs with 55 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:14,500 approximately 20,000 full-patch 56 00:02:14,502 --> 00:02:17,772 members and another 200,000 57 00:02:17,771 --> 00:02:19,541 associates. 58 00:02:19,540 --> 00:02:22,580 But for six decades, no biker 59 00:02:22,576 --> 00:02:25,446 gang has been more feared than 60 00:02:25,446 --> 00:02:27,276 the Hells Angels Motorcycle 61 00:02:27,315 --> 00:02:29,345 Club. 62 00:02:29,350 --> 00:02:30,850 >> DOBYNS: The Hells Angels are 63 00:02:30,851 --> 00:02:33,391 the biggest, most powerful 64 00:02:33,387 --> 00:02:36,317 motorcycle gang in the world. 65 00:02:36,324 --> 00:02:37,794 >> STEVE COOK: A lot of other 66 00:02:37,791 --> 00:02:39,431 bikers would like to be 67 00:02:39,427 --> 00:02:40,727 a Hells Angel, but they're 68 00:02:40,728 --> 00:02:42,798 not all gonna make the cut, 69 00:02:42,796 --> 00:02:44,426 so their only other option is, 70 00:02:44,432 --> 00:02:45,832 is to start another outlaw 71 00:02:45,833 --> 00:02:47,343 motorcycle gang. 72 00:02:47,335 --> 00:02:48,965 The problem with that being is, 73 00:02:48,969 --> 00:02:50,439 unless they are openly 74 00:02:50,438 --> 00:02:51,868 subservient to the Hells Angels, 75 00:02:51,872 --> 00:02:53,542 then they're gonna have issues 76 00:02:53,541 --> 00:02:54,941 with the Hells Angels. 77 00:02:54,942 --> 00:02:56,712 >> DAVIS: There are between 78 00:02:56,710 --> 00:02:58,750 2,500 and 4,000 Hells Angels 79 00:02:58,746 --> 00:03:00,606 in the world right now. 80 00:03:00,614 --> 00:03:01,854 They're on every continent 81 00:03:01,849 --> 00:03:03,549 except Antarctica. 82 00:03:03,551 --> 00:03:05,491 To become a Hells Angel at the 83 00:03:05,486 --> 00:03:07,486 most basic level, you have to be 84 00:03:07,488 --> 00:03:10,888 white, Latino or Asian, 85 00:03:10,891 --> 00:03:13,731 a man at least 21 years old, 86 00:03:13,727 --> 00:03:15,597 and you have to have an 87 00:03:15,596 --> 00:03:16,756 American-made motorcycle with 88 00:03:16,764 --> 00:03:18,774 an engine displacement of 89 00:03:18,766 --> 00:03:22,496 at least 1,000 cc's. 90 00:03:22,503 --> 00:03:23,873 >> NARRATOR: While the Hells 91 00:03:23,871 --> 00:03:25,371 Angels keep their membership 92 00:03:25,373 --> 00:03:27,783 list a closely guarded secret, 93 00:03:27,775 --> 00:03:30,635 what is known is that most club 94 00:03:30,644 --> 00:03:32,354 members have an inherent 95 00:03:32,346 --> 00:03:34,346 distrust of authority figures, 96 00:03:34,348 --> 00:03:37,918 and, of course... 97 00:03:37,918 --> 00:03:39,788 a passion for riding 98 00:03:39,787 --> 00:03:40,787 motorcycles. 99 00:03:40,788 --> 00:03:42,258 >> BILL HAYES: There's nothing 100 00:03:42,256 --> 00:03:43,486 like getting on that bike 101 00:03:43,491 --> 00:03:44,891 and going down the road and 102 00:03:44,892 --> 00:03:47,502 doing whatever you want to do. 103 00:03:47,495 --> 00:03:48,755 All those things about 104 00:03:48,762 --> 00:03:50,262 freedom and this and that, 105 00:03:50,264 --> 00:03:51,374 they're not clichรƒยฉs. 106 00:03:51,365 --> 00:03:52,395 They're true. 107 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:53,800 >> DENISE DALAIMO: It's hard not 108 00:03:53,801 --> 00:03:55,771 to hoot and whoop when you get 109 00:03:55,769 --> 00:03:56,799 on a Harley. 110 00:03:56,804 --> 00:03:58,874 The open road... it's freedom, 111 00:03:58,872 --> 00:04:00,742 it's America, it's being in 112 00:04:00,741 --> 00:04:03,641 nature and on a machine 113 00:04:03,644 --> 00:04:06,684 at the same time. 114 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,550 >> NARRATOR: Over the years, 115 00:04:08,549 --> 00:04:10,619 however, the Hells Angels has 116 00:04:10,618 --> 00:04:11,948 established a fearsome 117 00:04:11,952 --> 00:04:14,922 reputation for being loyal, 118 00:04:14,922 --> 00:04:17,832 tough and extremely 119 00:04:17,825 --> 00:04:19,385 short-tempered. 120 00:04:19,393 --> 00:04:20,763 >> DAVIS: Among the rules 121 00:04:20,761 --> 00:04:21,801 that all motorcycle outlaws 122 00:04:21,795 --> 00:04:24,625 have to obey is to not suffer 123 00:04:24,632 --> 00:04:28,402 insults and to never let a club 124 00:04:28,402 --> 00:04:29,502 brother fight alone. 125 00:04:29,503 --> 00:04:31,313 >> FALCO: I can't tell you how 126 00:04:31,305 --> 00:04:32,835 many times I've seen them beat 127 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:34,310 up innocent bystanders in bars 128 00:04:34,308 --> 00:04:36,978 for giving them a dirty look. 129 00:04:41,649 --> 00:04:42,919 >> NARRATOR: Sturgis, South 130 00:04:42,916 --> 00:04:46,046 Dakota. 131 00:04:46,053 --> 00:04:47,563 Hundreds of thousands of 132 00:04:47,555 --> 00:04:49,715 bikers and their bikini-clad 133 00:04:49,723 --> 00:04:52,463 "old ladies" converge on the 134 00:04:52,460 --> 00:04:54,860 city for a week of riding, 135 00:04:54,862 --> 00:04:57,832 racing and revelry. 136 00:04:57,831 --> 00:04:59,431 >> COOK: The Sturgis 137 00:04:59,433 --> 00:05:00,703 Motorcycle Rally is 138 00:05:00,701 --> 00:05:02,941 the biggest and best motorcycle 139 00:05:02,936 --> 00:05:05,106 rally in the United States and 140 00:05:05,105 --> 00:05:07,435 arguably in the world. 141 00:05:07,441 --> 00:05:08,881 >> DALAIMO: Sturgis is an 142 00:05:08,876 --> 00:05:11,976 absolute crazy week of 143 00:05:11,979 --> 00:05:15,119 debauchery and sex and bikes 144 00:05:15,115 --> 00:05:18,715 and bad behavior. 145 00:05:18,719 --> 00:05:20,449 >> JEFF SCHWARTZ: Don't do this 146 00:05:20,454 --> 00:05:21,464 at home. 147 00:05:21,455 --> 00:05:22,855 At Sturgis, there's probably not 148 00:05:22,856 --> 00:05:25,026 a lot of G- or PG-rated stuff 149 00:05:25,025 --> 00:05:26,125 going on there. 150 00:05:26,126 --> 00:05:27,856 There's the R-rated, 151 00:05:27,895 --> 00:05:29,895 there's the X-rated. 152 00:05:29,897 --> 00:05:33,397 Anything can be had there. 153 00:05:35,636 --> 00:05:38,506 >> NARRATOR: August 10, 2011. 154 00:05:38,506 --> 00:05:39,906 Amid this carnival-like 155 00:05:39,907 --> 00:05:42,137 atmosphere, several members of 156 00:05:42,142 --> 00:05:44,512 the Mongols, a notorious 157 00:05:44,512 --> 00:05:46,052 motorcycle gang based in 158 00:05:46,046 --> 00:05:48,516 Southern California, hold court 159 00:05:48,516 --> 00:05:50,376 at a restaurant called 160 00:05:50,384 --> 00:05:51,624 One-Eyed Jack's. 161 00:05:51,619 --> 00:05:52,619 >> SCHWARTZ: The Mongols were 162 00:05:52,620 --> 00:05:53,650 kind of cranked up. 163 00:05:53,654 --> 00:05:55,024 They looked like they'd been 164 00:05:55,022 --> 00:05:56,392 drinking for quite a while, 165 00:05:56,390 --> 00:05:59,990 very loud, raucous. 166 00:06:03,897 --> 00:06:05,667 >> NARRATOR: As the sun sets, 167 00:06:05,666 --> 00:06:07,636 the Mongols walk towards a 168 00:06:07,635 --> 00:06:09,535 nearby bike shop owned and 169 00:06:09,537 --> 00:06:11,637 operated by their longtime 170 00:06:11,639 --> 00:06:16,039 rivals, the Hells Angels. 171 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:17,513 >> FALCO: The Mongols were 172 00:06:17,511 --> 00:06:18,611 Hispanic bikers that were 173 00:06:18,612 --> 00:06:19,782 not allowed to join 174 00:06:19,780 --> 00:06:20,950 the Hells Angels. 175 00:06:20,948 --> 00:06:23,678 So they decided to say "F you" 176 00:06:23,684 --> 00:06:25,154 to the Hells Angels and start 177 00:06:25,152 --> 00:06:26,952 their own club. 178 00:06:26,954 --> 00:06:28,694 >> COOK: Some Mongols made the 179 00:06:28,689 --> 00:06:30,089 approach to the business, it 180 00:06:30,090 --> 00:06:32,060 appeared that they were there, 181 00:06:32,059 --> 00:06:33,789 at least, making their presence 182 00:06:33,794 --> 00:06:35,634 known but not in a... 183 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:37,099 aggressive manner. 184 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:41,103 >> NARRATOR: Jeff Schwartz is 185 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:43,071 standing on a nearby balcony, 186 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:44,910 unaware of the events unfolding 187 00:06:44,905 --> 00:06:46,205 below him. 188 00:06:46,206 --> 00:06:47,936 >> SCHWARTZ: All of a sudden, 189 00:06:47,941 --> 00:06:49,711 I heard, like, a popping noise, 190 00:06:49,710 --> 00:06:51,450 pop-pop-pop. 191 00:06:51,445 --> 00:06:53,675 And I looked down, and there's 192 00:06:53,681 --> 00:06:58,051 20, 25 guys going at it. 193 00:06:58,051 --> 00:06:59,721 >> NARRATOR: The fighting lasts 194 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,460 only seconds, bue attack 195 00:07:02,456 --> 00:07:03,916 leaves two bikers bleeding on 196 00:07:03,924 --> 00:07:05,794 the ground. 197 00:07:05,793 --> 00:07:07,063 A dozen others suffer 198 00:07:07,060 --> 00:07:09,530 superficial stab wounds. 199 00:07:09,530 --> 00:07:11,530 The sudden outbreak of violence 200 00:07:11,532 --> 00:07:13,672 sends a wave of fear through 201 00:07:13,667 --> 00:07:15,197 the crowd. 202 00:07:15,202 --> 00:07:16,472 >> SCHWARTZ: I always considered 203 00:07:16,470 --> 00:07:18,110 Sturgis to be a safe 204 00:07:18,105 --> 00:07:20,705 environment. 205 00:07:20,708 --> 00:07:22,108 I'll never forget watching it. 206 00:07:22,109 --> 00:07:23,609 It's-it's, like, ingrained 207 00:07:23,611 --> 00:07:25,611 into my memory. 208 00:07:25,613 --> 00:07:27,253 >> FALCO: One of the things the 209 00:07:27,247 --> 00:07:28,847 public doesn't know and they 210 00:07:28,849 --> 00:07:30,749 should know: Sturgis is a run 211 00:07:30,751 --> 00:07:32,621 that the Hells Angels 212 00:07:32,620 --> 00:07:34,120 consider theirs. 213 00:07:34,121 --> 00:07:36,261 And if a club that they are at 214 00:07:36,256 --> 00:07:38,126 war with shows up, there is a 215 00:07:38,125 --> 00:07:39,625 huge opportunity that something 216 00:07:39,627 --> 00:07:43,127 very, very bad will happen. 217 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:44,770 >> NARRATOR: But why did it 218 00:07:44,765 --> 00:07:46,165 happen? 219 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:48,766 Was this a simple fight for 220 00:07:48,769 --> 00:07:50,999 respect or perhaps 221 00:07:51,004 --> 00:07:55,514 something more? 222 00:07:55,509 --> 00:07:57,749 According to insiders, the Hells 223 00:07:57,745 --> 00:08:00,145 Angels and Mongols have been 224 00:08:00,147 --> 00:08:02,177 fighting a war with each other 225 00:08:02,182 --> 00:08:05,892 since the mid-1970s. 226 00:08:05,886 --> 00:08:07,886 >> DAVIS: The core of the feud 227 00:08:07,888 --> 00:08:09,618 between the Mongols and the 228 00:08:09,623 --> 00:08:11,533 Angels was the Mongols were 229 00:08:11,525 --> 00:08:13,025 much more numerous 230 00:08:13,026 --> 00:08:14,656 than the Hells Angels in 231 00:08:14,662 --> 00:08:15,732 Southern California. 232 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:17,999 And so, as a result of that, 233 00:08:17,998 --> 00:08:19,598 they started wearing a bottom 234 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,800 rocker that said "California." 235 00:08:21,802 --> 00:08:24,272 Before that, they had had bottom 236 00:08:24,271 --> 00:08:25,941 rockers that said "Montebello" 237 00:08:25,939 --> 00:08:27,639 or "East L.A." or wherever the 238 00:08:27,641 --> 00:08:29,611 chapter was from. 239 00:08:29,610 --> 00:08:31,140 The Hells Angels noticed that 240 00:08:31,144 --> 00:08:32,784 the Mongols were wearing a 241 00:08:32,780 --> 00:08:34,080 "California" bottom rocker, 242 00:08:34,081 --> 00:08:37,951 and they took it as an insult. 243 00:08:37,951 --> 00:08:40,921 >> NARRATOR: The Hells Angels 244 00:08:40,921 --> 00:08:42,561 would not let this insult 245 00:08:42,556 --> 00:08:44,286 go unpunished. 246 00:08:44,291 --> 00:08:47,831 In 1977, on a freeway near San 247 00:08:47,828 --> 00:08:49,958 Diego, they opened fire with 248 00:08:49,963 --> 00:08:51,933 machine guns on a pack of 249 00:08:51,932 --> 00:08:55,572 of Mongols... 250 00:08:55,569 --> 00:08:56,699 killing two members 251 00:08:56,704 --> 00:08:59,814 of the rival biker gang. 252 00:08:59,807 --> 00:09:01,677 But just to make sure 253 00:09:01,675 --> 00:09:02,835 the message got through, 254 00:09:02,843 --> 00:09:05,213 at the funeral of one Mongol, 255 00:09:05,212 --> 00:09:08,822 the Angels set off a car bomb. 256 00:09:08,816 --> 00:09:11,716 And it didn't end there. 257 00:09:11,719 --> 00:09:13,249 >> DAVIS: Within the next month, 258 00:09:13,253 --> 00:09:14,353 there were three bombings 259 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:16,224 against the Mongols. 260 00:09:16,223 --> 00:09:17,593 And the Mongols have never 261 00:09:17,591 --> 00:09:19,861 forgotten those three bombings. 262 00:09:19,860 --> 00:09:21,090 >> FALCO: Once these wars start, 263 00:09:21,094 --> 00:09:24,704 they never stop. 264 00:09:24,698 --> 00:09:26,068 >> NARRATOR: According to law 265 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:27,736 enforcement officials, the 266 00:09:27,735 --> 00:09:29,195 Mongols and Hells Angels are 267 00:09:29,202 --> 00:09:32,142 members of a secret society of 268 00:09:32,139 --> 00:09:36,009 outlaw motorcycle gangs known as 269 00:09:36,009 --> 00:09:38,709 "one-percenters" that are waging 270 00:09:38,712 --> 00:09:41,252 a bloody turf war across 271 00:09:41,248 --> 00:09:43,278 America. 272 00:09:43,283 --> 00:09:44,893 >> COOK: They are one percent 273 00:09:44,885 --> 00:09:46,845 that don't conform. 274 00:09:46,854 --> 00:09:48,824 They don't follow the laws, they 275 00:09:48,822 --> 00:09:50,122 live life on their terms, and 276 00:09:50,123 --> 00:09:51,793 they don't worry about 277 00:09:51,825 --> 00:09:53,855 repercussions. 278 00:09:53,861 --> 00:09:55,831 >> CHRISTOPHER BRUNWIN: An 279 00:09:55,829 --> 00:09:56,829 outlaw motorcycle gang is gonna 280 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:57,830 be comprised of a group of 281 00:09:57,831 --> 00:09:59,171 people who are going to engage 282 00:09:59,166 --> 00:10:01,166 in anything that can make them 283 00:10:01,168 --> 00:10:03,168 money. 284 00:10:03,170 --> 00:10:05,310 Drug trafficking, heroin, 285 00:10:05,305 --> 00:10:07,035 marijuana. 286 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,140 And you'll also see assaults, 287 00:10:09,142 --> 00:10:13,882 murders, extortion. 288 00:10:13,881 --> 00:10:15,651 >> NARRATOR: But are the Hells 289 00:10:15,649 --> 00:10:17,279 Angels just another motorcycle 290 00:10:17,284 --> 00:10:20,124 gang with violent tendencies? 291 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,320 Or might there be something more 292 00:10:22,322 --> 00:10:24,762 to fear? 293 00:10:24,758 --> 00:10:25,788 >> DROBAN: If there were an 294 00:10:25,793 --> 00:10:27,133 America's Book of Secrets, the 295 00:10:27,127 --> 00:10:28,757 big secret of the Hells Angels 296 00:10:28,762 --> 00:10:30,702 would be that they are the Mafia 297 00:10:30,731 --> 00:10:32,931 on wheels. 298 00:10:32,933 --> 00:10:35,073 The Hells Angels have members 299 00:10:35,068 --> 00:10:36,998 who hold down real jobs. 300 00:10:37,004 --> 00:10:39,074 They're stockbrokers and pilots, 301 00:10:39,072 --> 00:10:40,412 and they have this persona that 302 00:10:40,407 --> 00:10:42,007 they give out to the public. 303 00:10:42,009 --> 00:10:43,739 And yet they have been known to 304 00:10:43,744 --> 00:10:46,954 do arms deals, murder for hire. 305 00:10:46,947 --> 00:10:49,217 They have beat down people that 306 00:10:49,216 --> 00:10:51,276 have tried to leave the club. 307 00:10:51,284 --> 00:10:53,194 >> COOK: They are extremely 308 00:10:53,186 --> 00:10:54,416 violent. 309 00:10:54,421 --> 00:10:56,961 They're very dedicated, and 310 00:10:56,957 --> 00:10:59,027 whereas the Mafia tends to try 311 00:10:59,026 --> 00:11:01,286 to hide who they are, the Hells 312 00:11:01,294 --> 00:11:02,464 Angels proclaim it on their 313 00:11:02,462 --> 00:11:03,462 backs. 314 00:11:03,463 --> 00:11:04,463 They want people to know who 315 00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:05,474 they are, and there's an 316 00:11:05,465 --> 00:11:06,895 intimidation factor that comes 317 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:10,700 along with that. 318 00:11:10,704 --> 00:11:11,714 >> NARRATOR: The Angels and 319 00:11:11,705 --> 00:11:14,035 their supporters insist that any 320 00:11:14,041 --> 00:11:15,981 crimes committed are the acts of 321 00:11:15,976 --> 00:11:18,106 individuals, and that the club 322 00:11:18,111 --> 00:11:20,211 itself shouldn't be judged by a 323 00:11:20,213 --> 00:11:22,983 few bad seeds. 324 00:11:22,983 --> 00:11:26,123 But are the Hells Angels really 325 00:11:26,119 --> 00:11:28,259 victims of propaganda? 326 00:11:28,255 --> 00:11:33,355 Or are they domestic terrorists? 327 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,860 How did the Hells Angels become 328 00:11:35,863 --> 00:11:38,433 America's most infamous outlaws? 329 00:11:43,937 --> 00:11:46,067 >> NARRATOR: In September 2008, 330 00:11:46,073 --> 00:11:49,213 the TV series Sons of Anarchy 331 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:52,009 premiered and quickly became 332 00:11:52,012 --> 00:11:53,482 one of the most popular shows 333 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,480 in America. 334 00:11:55,482 --> 00:11:57,352 For the first time, a program 335 00:11:57,350 --> 00:11:59,950 featured an inside look at an 336 00:11:59,953 --> 00:12:03,023 outlaw motorcycle club caught up 337 00:12:03,023 --> 00:12:05,163 in the violent world of illegal 338 00:12:05,158 --> 00:12:08,058 drugs, guns and contract 339 00:12:08,095 --> 00:12:10,095 killings. 340 00:12:10,097 --> 00:12:12,097 >> HAYES: You know, in 43 341 00:12:12,099 --> 00:12:13,229 minutes, you've had all these 342 00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:14,303 gunfights and you're burying 343 00:12:14,301 --> 00:12:16,101 bodies and castrating a 344 00:12:16,103 --> 00:12:17,943 pedophile clown and bribing 345 00:12:17,938 --> 00:12:19,308 government officials. 346 00:12:19,306 --> 00:12:20,836 And it's like, man, that's a day 347 00:12:20,841 --> 00:12:23,511 in the life. 348 00:12:23,510 --> 00:12:24,510 >> NARRATOR: Hollywood's 349 00:12:24,511 --> 00:12:26,051 fascination with motorcycle 350 00:12:26,046 --> 00:12:28,476 gangs is nothing new. 351 00:12:28,481 --> 00:12:31,851 In the 1950s and '60s, movies 352 00:12:31,852 --> 00:12:34,252 such as The Wild One and Easy 353 00:12:34,254 --> 00:12:38,964 Rider created a lasting image 354 00:12:38,959 --> 00:12:41,389 of the rebel biker. 355 00:12:41,394 --> 00:12:42,404 >> DROBAN: The Hells Angels are 356 00:12:42,395 --> 00:12:44,395 the only biker gang that has 357 00:12:44,397 --> 00:12:46,527 branded the idea of the rebel 358 00:12:46,533 --> 00:12:47,533 biker. 359 00:12:47,534 --> 00:12:50,274 So they have brilliantly, 360 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,970 masterfully created a PR 361 00:12:52,973 --> 00:12:56,013 campaign that has enabled them 362 00:12:56,009 --> 00:12:57,409 to franchise their brand 363 00:12:57,410 --> 00:12:59,880 worldwide. 364 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:01,510 >> DOBYNS: You ask a 365 00:13:01,514 --> 00:13:03,154 schoolteacher, a housewife, 366 00:13:03,150 --> 00:13:06,020 a businessman to describe the 367 00:13:06,019 --> 00:13:08,559 stereotype of a biker... they 368 00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:11,155 say, "A Hells Angel." 369 00:13:11,158 --> 00:13:12,158 >> FALCO: Our society looks at 370 00:13:12,159 --> 00:13:13,889 them as rebels without a cause. 371 00:13:13,894 --> 00:13:15,304 They look at them as a cowboy. 372 00:13:15,295 --> 00:13:16,295 A bandito. 373 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:17,996 Uh, an outlaw, but with a 374 00:13:17,998 --> 00:13:21,568 romantic view. 375 00:13:21,568 --> 00:13:23,098 >> DALAIMO: Women are drawn to 376 00:13:23,103 --> 00:13:25,113 danger and power. 377 00:13:25,105 --> 00:13:26,865 And the Hells Angels embody 378 00:13:26,874 --> 00:13:28,384 both of those beautifully. 379 00:13:28,375 --> 00:13:29,575 And I don't think it gets much 380 00:13:29,576 --> 00:13:32,306 more dangerous than riding on 381 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:35,182 the back of-of a Hells Angel. 382 00:13:35,182 --> 00:13:37,452 There is something sexual and 383 00:13:37,450 --> 00:13:39,250 sensual about that. 384 00:13:39,252 --> 00:13:40,852 Would you ride on the back of 385 00:13:40,854 --> 00:13:42,564 Jesse James' horse? 386 00:13:42,589 --> 00:13:45,289 I would. 387 00:13:45,292 --> 00:13:47,262 >> NARRATOR: This image, 388 00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:48,600 however, has proven to be a 389 00:13:48,595 --> 00:13:49,995 double-edged sword for 390 00:13:49,997 --> 00:13:51,927 the Hells Angels, who have both 391 00:13:51,932 --> 00:13:54,402 prospered and been persecuted 392 00:13:54,401 --> 00:13:55,941 because of their outlaw 393 00:13:55,936 --> 00:13:58,206 reputation. 394 00:13:58,205 --> 00:14:01,065 But what is fact and what is 395 00:14:01,074 --> 00:14:03,344 fiction when it comes to the 396 00:14:03,343 --> 00:14:07,613 notoriously secret biker gang? 397 00:14:07,614 --> 00:14:10,954 The image of the outlaw biker 398 00:14:10,951 --> 00:14:13,491 can be traced back to July 4, 399 00:14:13,486 --> 00:14:18,356 1947, when 4,000 motorcyclists 400 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:20,428 from around the country 401 00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:22,357 converged on the sleepy town of 402 00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:26,232 Hollister, California. 403 00:14:26,233 --> 00:14:28,243 The media coverage painted a 404 00:14:28,235 --> 00:14:30,635 picture of a town taken over by 405 00:14:30,637 --> 00:14:32,507 packs of out-of-control 406 00:14:32,505 --> 00:14:34,435 motorcycle gangs. 407 00:14:34,441 --> 00:14:37,181 And when LIFE magazine published 408 00:14:37,177 --> 00:14:39,077 a photograph of a drunken club 409 00:14:39,079 --> 00:14:41,309 member surrounded by beer 410 00:14:41,314 --> 00:14:43,484 bottles, the image of the rebel 411 00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:48,223 biker was born. 412 00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:49,661 But did the picture tell the 413 00:14:49,656 --> 00:14:51,516 whole story? 414 00:14:51,524 --> 00:14:53,394 >> HAYES: The secret truth in 415 00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:55,133 that was that the picture was 416 00:14:55,128 --> 00:14:57,258 100% staged. 417 00:14:57,264 --> 00:14:59,204 There was a reporter from the 418 00:14:59,199 --> 00:15:00,399 San Francisco Chronicle there, 419 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,140 named Barney Peterson. 420 00:15:02,135 --> 00:15:03,595 And he saw this guy on the 421 00:15:03,603 --> 00:15:05,113 street, threw him on a 422 00:15:05,105 --> 00:15:06,605 motorcycle, gathered up 423 00:15:06,606 --> 00:15:09,206 bottles-- broken bottles, beer 424 00:15:09,209 --> 00:15:10,209 bottles and beer cans and 425 00:15:10,210 --> 00:15:11,950 stuff-- put it around him and 426 00:15:11,945 --> 00:15:14,305 took several pictures. 427 00:15:17,484 --> 00:15:18,694 >> NARRATOR: In the wake of the 428 00:15:18,685 --> 00:15:20,545 incident in Hollister, one biker 429 00:15:20,553 --> 00:15:22,563 who attended the event, Otto 430 00:15:22,555 --> 00:15:24,555 Friedli, formed a new motorcycle 431 00:15:24,557 --> 00:15:26,387 club in San Bernardino, 432 00:15:26,393 --> 00:15:28,133 California. 433 00:15:28,128 --> 00:15:31,698 He called it the Hells Angels. 434 00:15:31,698 --> 00:15:33,028 >> DALAIMO: There's a lot of 435 00:15:33,033 --> 00:15:34,033 myths about how they were 436 00:15:34,034 --> 00:15:35,644 created... that they were old 437 00:15:35,635 --> 00:15:38,265 war veterans, coming back, and 438 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:40,041 not being able to find a place 439 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,670 to... to belong. 440 00:15:41,674 --> 00:15:43,044 Some of that's true. 441 00:15:43,043 --> 00:15:44,183 But the Hells Angels themselves 442 00:15:44,177 --> 00:15:47,007 were working-class white males, 443 00:15:47,014 --> 00:15:48,284 disenfranchised. 444 00:15:48,281 --> 00:15:50,321 They were trying to capture the 445 00:15:50,317 --> 00:15:52,147 American dream in a place where 446 00:15:52,152 --> 00:15:55,292 they couldn't find where it was. 447 00:15:55,288 --> 00:15:56,318 >> DROBAN: The Hells Angels name 448 00:15:56,323 --> 00:15:58,163 itself comes from a World War 449 00:15:58,158 --> 00:16:00,458 One and Two bomber squadron. 450 00:16:00,460 --> 00:16:02,130 >> NARRATOR: The Hells Angels 451 00:16:02,129 --> 00:16:03,599 adopted red and white as their 452 00:16:03,596 --> 00:16:05,266 colors and decorated their 453 00:16:05,265 --> 00:16:08,065 jackets, or "cuts," with the 454 00:16:08,068 --> 00:16:09,998 club's name and chapter along 455 00:16:10,003 --> 00:16:13,173 with their logo, a winged skull 456 00:16:13,173 --> 00:16:15,413 wearing a helmet. 457 00:16:15,408 --> 00:16:16,608 >> DROBAN: They adopted a lot of 458 00:16:16,609 --> 00:16:18,479 the military styles, so they 459 00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:20,048 have a patch system that is 460 00:16:20,047 --> 00:16:21,307 modeled after the military 461 00:16:21,314 --> 00:16:22,424 medals. 462 00:16:22,415 --> 00:16:23,745 They have a rank and file 463 00:16:23,750 --> 00:16:25,350 system, very much like the 464 00:16:25,352 --> 00:16:26,622 military. 465 00:16:26,619 --> 00:16:27,749 They have a hierarchy within 466 00:16:27,754 --> 00:16:29,094 their own group that is very 467 00:16:29,089 --> 00:16:31,319 much like the military. 468 00:16:34,694 --> 00:16:36,234 >> NARRATOR: The club quickly 469 00:16:36,229 --> 00:16:37,459 expanded. 470 00:16:37,464 --> 00:16:39,634 New chapters opened up across 471 00:16:39,632 --> 00:16:42,772 California, and by the 1960s, 472 00:16:42,769 --> 00:16:45,409 even overseas. 473 00:16:48,308 --> 00:16:50,238 The public, however, remained 474 00:16:50,243 --> 00:16:51,643 largely ignorant of the Hells 475 00:16:51,644 --> 00:16:55,584 Angels until 1964, when police 476 00:16:55,582 --> 00:16:57,782 in Monterey, California, charged 477 00:16:57,784 --> 00:17:00,594 four members of the Angels with 478 00:17:00,587 --> 00:17:04,117 raping two teenaged girls. 479 00:17:04,124 --> 00:17:06,264 Local and state politicians 480 00:17:06,259 --> 00:17:08,729 demanded action, resulting in 481 00:17:08,728 --> 00:17:10,258 the first official law 482 00:17:10,263 --> 00:17:12,373 enforcement investigation into 483 00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:14,665 the club. 484 00:17:14,667 --> 00:17:16,237 >> HAYES: Thomas Lynch was 485 00:17:16,236 --> 00:17:17,536 the attorney general of the 486 00:17:17,537 --> 00:17:20,367 state of California in 1965. 487 00:17:20,373 --> 00:17:22,543 And he issued the Lynch Report. 488 00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:24,542 It was written pretty 489 00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:26,454 dramatically-- like fiction, in 490 00:17:26,479 --> 00:17:28,819 a way. 491 00:17:28,815 --> 00:17:30,775 >> DAVIS: The Lynch Report 492 00:17:30,783 --> 00:17:33,293 portrayed the Hells Angels as 493 00:17:33,286 --> 00:17:34,686 a real menace in the state of 494 00:17:34,687 --> 00:17:37,287 California and got a lot of 495 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:40,090 people stirred up. 496 00:17:40,093 --> 00:17:41,363 >> NARRATOR: Although the rape 497 00:17:41,361 --> 00:17:43,161 charges were dropped, 498 00:17:43,163 --> 00:17:45,303 the New York Times, TI and 499 00:17:45,298 --> 00:17:47,428 Newsweek picked up on the lurid 500 00:17:47,434 --> 00:17:49,804 accusations and turned the Hells 501 00:17:49,836 --> 00:17:53,566 Angels into a household name. 502 00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:55,543 * 503 00:17:55,542 --> 00:17:57,312 But the image of the Hells 504 00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:59,380 Angels as dangerous and violent 505 00:17:59,379 --> 00:18:01,849 outlaws was truly cemented when 506 00:18:01,848 --> 00:18:04,178 the Rolling Stones hired them to 507 00:18:04,184 --> 00:18:06,554 provide security at a concert 508 00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:10,456 outside San Francisco in 1969. 509 00:18:10,457 --> 00:18:12,457 >> ERIC HICKEY: The Rolling 510 00:18:12,459 --> 00:18:14,159 Stones had no idea who they were 511 00:18:14,161 --> 00:18:15,461 really dealing with until they 512 00:18:15,462 --> 00:18:16,602 got onstage and they realized 513 00:18:16,596 --> 00:18:17,796 th've got Hells Angels out 514 00:18:17,797 --> 00:18:19,197 here who are using drugs and 515 00:18:19,199 --> 00:18:20,669 someone's probably gonna get 516 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:22,740 hurt. 517 00:18:22,735 --> 00:18:24,695 And sure enough, somebody did 518 00:18:24,704 --> 00:18:27,314 get hurt and was killed. 519 00:18:27,307 --> 00:18:29,437 >> DAVIS: Nobody loved, uh, the 520 00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:30,682 Hells Angels anymore. 521 00:18:30,677 --> 00:18:32,347 They were portrayed as bad 522 00:18:32,345 --> 00:18:34,745 hippies, like the Manson Family, 523 00:18:34,747 --> 00:18:36,477 and that's sort of the 524 00:18:36,483 --> 00:18:37,623 reputation that's stuck with 525 00:18:37,617 --> 00:18:41,217 them ever since. 526 00:18:41,221 --> 00:18:42,361 >> NARRATOR: But while their 527 00:18:42,355 --> 00:18:44,355 star faded in Hollywood, one 528 00:18:44,357 --> 00:18:46,357 member transformed the Hells 529 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,359 Angels into the world's largest 530 00:18:48,361 --> 00:18:50,861 and most powerful motorcycle 531 00:18:50,897 --> 00:18:54,367 club, Ralph "Sonny" Barger. 532 00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:56,367 >> COOK: I firmly believe that, 533 00:18:56,369 --> 00:18:58,369 but not for Sonny Barger, the 534 00:18:58,371 --> 00:18:59,471 Hells Angels wouldn't be around 535 00:18:59,506 --> 00:19:01,536 today. 536 00:19:01,541 --> 00:19:03,511 I think he's that important in 537 00:19:03,510 --> 00:19:05,580 the historical sense of that 538 00:19:05,578 --> 00:19:06,778 organization. 539 00:19:06,779 --> 00:19:08,649 >> DAVIS: Sonny Barger became a 540 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:10,648 Hells Angel at 19. 541 00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:12,450 He very quickly became the 542 00:19:12,452 --> 00:19:15,262 president of the Oakland charter 543 00:19:15,255 --> 00:19:18,185 of the Angels. 544 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:21,790 >> NARRATOR: Under Sonny 545 00:19:21,794 --> 00:19:23,534 Barger's leadership, the Hells 546 00:19:23,530 --> 00:19:25,730 Angels dramatically expanded 547 00:19:25,732 --> 00:19:27,802 their numbers and power by 548 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,370 absorbing smaller 549 00:19:30,370 --> 00:19:32,410 "one-percenter" clubs. 550 00:19:32,405 --> 00:19:33,805 When he became president in 551 00:19:33,806 --> 00:19:36,376 1958, the club had approximately 552 00:19:36,376 --> 00:19:38,546 200 members. 553 00:19:38,545 --> 00:19:40,545 A decade later, that number had 554 00:19:40,547 --> 00:19:43,347 grown to over a thousand. 555 00:19:43,350 --> 00:19:44,950 According to law enforcement 556 00:19:44,951 --> 00:19:46,791 officials, the Angels also 557 00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:48,416 expanded their criminal 558 00:19:48,421 --> 00:19:50,361 activities, running guns and 559 00:19:50,357 --> 00:19:52,257 dealing drugs, especially LSD 560 00:19:52,259 --> 00:19:56,359 and methamphetamine. 561 00:19:56,363 --> 00:19:58,403 While several club members were 562 00:19:58,398 --> 00:20:00,298 arrested and jailed, including 563 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:03,440 Sonny Barger, the Hells Angels 564 00:20:03,436 --> 00:20:06,706 continued to grow stronger. 565 00:20:06,706 --> 00:20:08,236 >> COOK: With the Hells Angels, 566 00:20:08,241 --> 00:20:09,581 the way that they cover up a 567 00:20:09,576 --> 00:20:10,706 lot of the crimes that they 568 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:12,810 commit is because people are too 569 00:20:12,812 --> 00:20:14,452 afraid to cooperate against 570 00:20:14,447 --> 00:20:17,317 them. 571 00:20:17,317 --> 00:20:18,447 >> NARRATOR: The federal 572 00:20:18,451 --> 00:20:20,591 government proved unsuccessful 573 00:20:20,587 --> 00:20:22,717 at infiltrating the Hells Angels 574 00:20:22,722 --> 00:20:26,392 for years, until one agent 575 00:20:26,393 --> 00:20:29,603 finally earned their trust by 576 00:20:29,596 --> 00:20:33,566 becoming an outlaw himself. 577 00:20:38,004 --> 00:20:39,774 >> NARRATOR: Laughlin, Nevada. 578 00:20:39,772 --> 00:20:42,642 April 27, 2002. 579 00:20:42,642 --> 00:20:44,642 During the city's annual River 580 00:20:44,644 --> 00:20:46,914 Run motorcycle rally, the Hells 581 00:20:46,913 --> 00:20:49,783 Angels and Mongols arrived with 582 00:20:49,782 --> 00:20:51,352 more on their minds than 583 00:20:51,384 --> 00:20:53,394 partying. 584 00:20:53,386 --> 00:20:55,386 >> COOK: The 2002 Laughlin 585 00:20:55,388 --> 00:20:56,518 River Run, uh, that was 586 00:20:56,523 --> 00:20:58,593 something that was a powder keg 587 00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:00,061 waiting to explode. 588 00:21:00,059 --> 00:21:02,459 >> DAVIS: The Mongols were 589 00:21:02,462 --> 00:21:03,932 staying at one end of the 590 00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:05,930 Laughlin Strip at a hotel called 591 00:21:05,932 --> 00:21:07,632 Harrah's, and the Angels were 592 00:21:07,634 --> 00:21:08,804 staying at the other end of the 593 00:21:08,801 --> 00:21:10,341 Strip at a hotel called the 594 00:21:10,337 --> 00:21:11,467 Flamingo. 595 00:21:11,471 --> 00:21:12,941 But there was one charter of the 596 00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:14,409 Hells Angels-- the Frisco Hells 597 00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:15,807 Angels had always stayed at 598 00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:18,478 Harrah's-- and some Mongols, for 599 00:21:18,478 --> 00:21:19,778 various reasons, started 600 00:21:19,812 --> 00:21:22,482 harassing them. 601 00:21:22,482 --> 00:21:24,482 >> NARRATOR: The Angels called 602 00:21:24,484 --> 00:21:26,354 for reinforcements. 603 00:21:26,353 --> 00:21:28,093 Minutes later, the casino floor 604 00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:31,487 was filled with 40 to 50 Hells 605 00:21:31,491 --> 00:21:33,961 Angels facing off with nearly 606 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,500 115 Mongols. 607 00:21:37,497 --> 00:21:38,967 >> DAVIS: A Mongol walked up to 608 00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:40,565 a Hells Angel named "Ray Ray" 609 00:21:40,567 --> 00:21:42,027 Foakes and said, "We're gonna 610 00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:45,104 (bleep) you up." 611 00:21:45,104 --> 00:21:46,814 And Ray Ray Foakes kicked him 612 00:21:46,806 --> 00:21:48,036 in the chest, and that's how it 613 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,980 started. 614 00:21:56,649 --> 00:22:00,649 (gunshots) 615 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:01,793 >> NARRATOR: Security camera 616 00:22:01,788 --> 00:22:03,518 footage shows several men 617 00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:06,993 exchanging gunfire, while others 618 00:22:06,993 --> 00:22:10,003 attack with knives. 619 00:22:09,996 --> 00:22:11,996 A number of innocent bystanders 620 00:22:11,998 --> 00:22:13,798 were caught in the crosshairs of 621 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,440 the deadly brawl. 622 00:22:16,436 --> 00:22:19,466 (gunshots) 623 00:22:19,472 --> 00:22:21,012 (siren wailing) 624 00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:23,137 When it was over, three men lay 625 00:22:23,142 --> 00:22:24,612 dead. 626 00:22:24,611 --> 00:22:26,011 Nearly a dozen more were sent to 627 00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:29,552 the hospital. 628 00:22:29,549 --> 00:22:31,479 A search of the casino turned up 629 00:22:31,484 --> 00:22:35,094 nine guns and 65 knives, as well 630 00:22:35,087 --> 00:22:37,017 as a number of hammers and other 631 00:22:37,023 --> 00:22:39,033 heavy tools scattered about the 632 00:22:39,025 --> 00:22:41,155 floor. 633 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,500 >> BRUNWIN: The public can't 634 00:22:43,496 --> 00:22:45,026 grasp what's happening. 635 00:22:45,031 --> 00:22:46,431 In a lot of ways, it's only when 636 00:22:46,466 --> 00:22:48,466 you see the effects. 637 00:22:48,468 --> 00:22:50,468 We're desensitized to seeing car 638 00:22:50,470 --> 00:22:52,640 crashes or tragedies on the news 639 00:22:52,639 --> 00:22:56,479 or in the newspaper, but the 640 00:22:56,476 --> 00:22:58,006 destructive effects of violent 641 00:22:58,044 --> 00:23:01,654 crimes are very real. 642 00:23:01,648 --> 00:23:04,448 >> NARRATOR: Was this another 643 00:23:04,451 --> 00:23:06,591 spontaneous turf battle, or was 644 00:23:06,586 --> 00:23:09,586 it, as the Angels contend, a 645 00:23:09,589 --> 00:23:12,189 planned attack by the Mongols to 646 00:23:12,191 --> 00:23:14,531 make a name for their club in 647 00:23:14,527 --> 00:23:16,127 Nevada? 648 00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:18,598 Some believe the truth is even 649 00:23:18,598 --> 00:23:21,628 more unsettling: that the fight 650 00:23:21,634 --> 00:23:23,544 was instigated by undercover 651 00:23:23,536 --> 00:23:26,136 officers working for the Bureau 652 00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:28,068 of Alcohol, Tobacco and 653 00:23:28,074 --> 00:23:30,684 Firearms. 654 00:23:30,677 --> 00:23:32,077 >> DAVIS: The ATF knew what was 655 00:23:32,078 --> 00:23:33,078 going on. 656 00:23:33,079 --> 00:23:34,079 The extent to which the ATF 657 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,880 agitated that incident is one of 658 00:23:36,883 --> 00:23:40,223 the ATF's many secrets. 659 00:23:40,219 --> 00:23:42,689 There were ATF agents who were 660 00:23:42,689 --> 00:23:44,159 watching the fight brew for 661 00:23:44,156 --> 00:23:45,756 more than an hour in the 662 00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:47,958 surveillance rooms at Harrah's. 663 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,560 I have been told and I tend to 664 00:23:50,563 --> 00:23:51,963 believe that there were two 665 00:23:51,964 --> 00:23:53,534 confidential informants working 666 00:23:53,533 --> 00:23:54,973 for the ATF who were on the 667 00:23:54,967 --> 00:23:56,837 casino floor in Harrah's at the 668 00:23:56,836 --> 00:23:59,506 time the fight erupted. 669 00:24:02,108 --> 00:24:03,638 >> NARRATOR: If agents working 670 00:24:03,643 --> 00:24:05,113 for the federal government 671 00:24:05,111 --> 00:24:07,251 caused or even allowed the 672 00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:09,816 Laughlin shootout to happen, is 673 00:24:09,816 --> 00:24:11,946 it possible they have taken 674 00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:13,821 other questionable actions in 675 00:24:13,820 --> 00:24:15,790 monitoring outlaw motorcycle 676 00:24:15,788 --> 00:24:17,958 gangs? 677 00:24:17,957 --> 00:24:20,987 During the 1980s and '90s, 678 00:24:20,993 --> 00:24:23,003 efforts by both national and 679 00:24:22,995 --> 00:24:24,855 local law enforcement agencies 680 00:24:24,864 --> 00:24:27,004 to recruit informants or 681 00:24:26,999 --> 00:24:29,139 infiltrate undercover officers 682 00:24:29,135 --> 00:24:30,795 into the Hells Angels proved 683 00:24:30,803 --> 00:24:33,543 impossible. 684 00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:35,140 The club's president, Sonny 685 00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:36,911 Barger, bragged that the Angels 686 00:24:36,943 --> 00:24:39,213 were impenetrable. 687 00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:41,211 >> DROBAN: The reason the Hells 688 00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:42,553 Angels have been so difficult 689 00:24:42,549 --> 00:24:44,549 to infiltrate is because of 690 00:24:44,551 --> 00:24:46,591 their excruciatingly long 691 00:24:46,586 --> 00:24:47,816 prospecting period. 692 00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:49,160 Sonny Barger has been known to 693 00:24:49,155 --> 00:24:50,215 say it can be as long as it 694 00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:51,222 takes. 695 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:52,693 So it's been a deterrent to law 696 00:24:52,692 --> 00:24:53,862 enforcement because they don't 697 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:55,160 have years and years to 698 00:24:55,161 --> 00:24:57,031 infiltrate this club. 699 00:24:57,029 --> 00:24:58,599 >> DOBYNS: They're uniquely 700 00:24:58,598 --> 00:24:59,598 paranoid. 701 00:24:59,599 --> 00:25:00,599 They're uniquely skeptical. 702 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:01,600 Everything you say, everything 703 00:25:01,601 --> 00:25:03,041 you do, the clothes you wear, 704 00:25:03,035 --> 00:25:04,235 how you talk, the motorcycle you 705 00:25:04,236 --> 00:25:06,606 ride, the car you drive, the 706 00:25:06,606 --> 00:25:08,166 people you associate with, 707 00:25:08,174 --> 00:25:09,784 where you live and the 708 00:25:09,776 --> 00:25:11,576 appearance of where you live are 709 00:25:11,578 --> 00:25:14,848 all reviewed and examined for 710 00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:17,817 any clue to them that will tip 711 00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:21,850 them that you're not legit. 712 00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:24,194 >> NARRATOR: The tables finally 713 00:25:24,190 --> 00:25:26,190 began to turn in the wake of the 714 00:25:26,192 --> 00:25:28,032 Laughlin shootout when the ATF 715 00:25:28,027 --> 00:25:30,857 initiated Operation Black 716 00:25:30,863 --> 00:25:33,273 Biscuit. 717 00:25:33,265 --> 00:25:34,995 >> COOK: Operation Black Biscuit 718 00:25:35,001 --> 00:25:37,801 was a very sophisticated, uh, 719 00:25:37,804 --> 00:25:39,744 undercover operation carried out 720 00:25:39,739 --> 00:25:41,209 by the Bureau of Alcohol, 721 00:25:41,207 --> 00:25:42,207 Tobacco, Firearms and 722 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:43,208 Explosives. 723 00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:45,339 The goal of that investigation 724 00:25:45,344 --> 00:25:46,884 was to take the Hells Angels out 725 00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:48,349 in Arizona, and I think as 726 00:25:48,347 --> 00:25:51,277 importantly to get inside on the 727 00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:53,053 Hells Angels, especially right 728 00:25:53,052 --> 00:25:55,822 in Sonny Barger's backyard. 729 00:25:55,822 --> 00:25:57,822 >> NARRATOR: ATF officials 730 00:25:57,824 --> 00:25:59,034 selected as their lead 731 00:25:59,025 --> 00:26:01,355 undercover agent Jay Dobyns, a 732 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:03,800 former college football star and 733 00:26:03,796 --> 00:26:06,626 15-year veteran with the bureau. 734 00:26:06,633 --> 00:26:08,373 Dobyns assumed the identity of 735 00:26:08,367 --> 00:26:10,897 "Jaybird," a member of the Solo 736 00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:13,073 Angels hoping to be patched 737 00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:15,942 into the Hells Angels. 738 00:26:15,942 --> 00:26:17,642 >> DOBYNS: I played myself off 739 00:26:17,644 --> 00:26:19,854 to be a violent person, a hit 740 00:26:19,846 --> 00:26:22,776 man, someone who had connections 741 00:26:22,782 --> 00:26:24,252 to weapons trafficking, someone 742 00:26:24,250 --> 00:26:26,050 who could move narcotics, 743 00:26:26,052 --> 00:26:27,392 someone who could handle 744 00:26:27,386 --> 00:26:29,356 business on a violent level on 745 00:26:29,355 --> 00:26:31,755 the club's behalf. 746 00:26:33,259 --> 00:26:35,259 >> NARRATOR: In an effort to 747 00:26:35,261 --> 00:26:36,661 convince the Angels to patch 748 00:26:36,663 --> 00:26:39,273 him in as a full member, Dobyns 749 00:26:39,265 --> 00:26:41,865 hatched a plan to stage the fake 750 00:26:41,868 --> 00:26:44,738 murder of a rival gang member 751 00:26:44,737 --> 00:26:47,107 hiding out in Mexico. 752 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:48,266 >> DOBYNS: I convinced the 753 00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:49,284 Hells Angels that I had 754 00:26:49,275 --> 00:26:50,935 committed a murder on behalf of 755 00:26:50,943 --> 00:26:54,083 the gang by taking a living, 756 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:55,880 breathing member of our task 757 00:26:55,882 --> 00:26:57,122 force, dressed him up in the 758 00:26:57,116 --> 00:26:59,286 colors of the Mongols, took him 759 00:26:59,285 --> 00:27:02,285 into the desert and used a 760 00:27:02,288 --> 00:27:04,388 homicide detective to basically 761 00:27:04,390 --> 00:27:07,090 create a homicide scene for us 762 00:27:07,093 --> 00:27:10,303 with blood, with brain matter, 763 00:27:10,296 --> 00:27:12,026 with a victim laying in a 764 00:27:12,031 --> 00:27:13,901 shallow grave with his hands and 765 00:27:13,900 --> 00:27:16,240 feet duct-taped together. 766 00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:20,037 >> NARRATOR: Two days later, 767 00:27:20,039 --> 00:27:21,309 Dobyns returned with crime scene 768 00:27:21,307 --> 00:27:24,107 photographs and the dead man's 769 00:27:24,110 --> 00:27:27,180 leather vest or "cut." 770 00:27:27,179 --> 00:27:28,409 >> DOBYNS: I brought physical 771 00:27:28,414 --> 00:27:29,784 evidence back to the Hells 772 00:27:29,782 --> 00:27:32,922 Angels as an actual display that 773 00:27:32,919 --> 00:27:35,419 a murder had been done, 774 00:27:35,421 --> 00:27:36,721 something that they could see 775 00:27:36,723 --> 00:27:37,793 and they could touch and that 776 00:27:37,790 --> 00:27:38,990 they could feel to make it real 777 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:40,331 to them. 778 00:27:40,326 --> 00:27:41,756 >> NARRATOR: Once in the club, 779 00:27:41,761 --> 00:27:43,901 Dobyns gained a rare insight 780 00:27:43,896 --> 00:27:45,866 into the Hells Angels' secret 781 00:27:45,865 --> 00:27:49,335 agenda. 782 00:27:49,335 --> 00:27:50,395 >> DOBYNS: When someone says to 783 00:27:50,402 --> 00:27:51,472 me the Hells Angels are just a 784 00:27:51,470 --> 00:27:53,810 simple group of thugs, my 785 00:27:53,806 --> 00:27:56,206 response to them is, "Turn 786 00:27:56,208 --> 00:27:59,348 around and run away as fast as 787 00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:01,145 you can." 788 00:28:01,147 --> 00:28:03,017 That's the secret. 789 00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:05,345 That's the joke on us. 790 00:28:05,351 --> 00:28:07,351 The truth is they are a nasty, 791 00:28:07,353 --> 00:28:11,223 violent, vicious, international 792 00:28:11,223 --> 00:28:13,463 crime syndicate that will stop 793 00:28:13,459 --> 00:28:16,199 at nothing to defend their club, 794 00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:17,795 to defend the name of their club 795 00:28:17,797 --> 00:28:19,827 and to defend the membership 796 00:28:19,832 --> 00:28:24,372 within the club. 797 00:28:24,370 --> 00:28:25,910 >> NARRATOR: Jay Dobyns spent 798 00:28:25,905 --> 00:28:28,365 nearly two years undercover, but 799 00:28:28,374 --> 00:28:30,784 in the end, would Operation 800 00:28:30,777 --> 00:28:34,247 Black Biscuit pay off? 801 00:28:34,246 --> 00:28:36,246 Or would the Hells Angels emerge 802 00:28:36,248 --> 00:28:38,818 even more emboldened and more 803 00:28:38,818 --> 00:28:42,518 dangerous than before? 804 00:28:42,521 --> 00:28:47,461 (siren wailing)istinct radio transmissio 805 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:49,999 >> NARRATOR: On July 8, 2003, 806 00:28:49,996 --> 00:28:52,056 Operation Black Biscuit ended 807 00:28:52,064 --> 00:28:53,534 with indictments against 16 808 00:28:53,532 --> 00:28:55,332 Hells Angels members and 809 00:28:55,334 --> 00:28:57,274 associates, including three 810 00:28:57,269 --> 00:28:59,269 chapter presidents, on 811 00:28:59,271 --> 00:29:02,471 racketeering, gun, drug and 812 00:29:02,474 --> 00:29:05,284 murder charges. 813 00:29:05,277 --> 00:29:06,477 But before the cases could be 814 00:29:06,478 --> 00:29:08,278 brought to trial, the defense 815 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,120 lawyers argued that government 816 00:29:10,116 --> 00:29:12,016 informants had compromised 817 00:29:12,018 --> 00:29:14,288 themselves by using illegal 818 00:29:14,286 --> 00:29:16,416 drugs and participating in 819 00:29:16,422 --> 00:29:19,362 criminal activities. 820 00:29:19,358 --> 00:29:20,988 The feds were forced to drop all 821 00:29:21,027 --> 00:29:23,957 criminal charges. 822 00:29:23,963 --> 00:29:25,973 >> DOBYNS: The reality of it is 823 00:29:25,965 --> 00:29:27,565 the infighting inside the 824 00:29:27,566 --> 00:29:29,436 government on how to present 825 00:29:29,435 --> 00:29:31,395 that case in the courtroom 826 00:29:31,403 --> 00:29:34,543 became so extreme and so heated 827 00:29:34,573 --> 00:29:38,583 that we killed our own case. 828 00:29:38,577 --> 00:29:41,447 >> NARRATOR: A decade later, 829 00:29:41,447 --> 00:29:43,447 Dobyns remains disillusioned by 830 00:29:43,449 --> 00:29:45,149 the outcome of his undercover 831 00:29:45,151 --> 00:29:46,451 work. 832 00:29:46,452 --> 00:29:47,592 >> DOBYNS: I would love to say 833 00:29:47,586 --> 00:29:48,886 that what I did put such a 834 00:29:48,888 --> 00:29:50,458 significant dent in the Hells 835 00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:52,186 Angels that they'd never be the 836 00:29:52,191 --> 00:29:53,331 same. 837 00:29:53,325 --> 00:29:54,855 The reality of it is they've 838 00:29:54,861 --> 00:29:56,201 only gotten stronger. 839 00:29:56,195 --> 00:29:57,395 They've only gotten bigger. 840 00:29:57,396 --> 00:29:58,396 They've only become more 841 00:29:58,397 --> 00:30:02,197 empowered. 842 00:30:02,201 --> 00:30:04,041 >> NARRATOR: Today, the Hells 843 00:30:04,036 --> 00:30:05,536 Angels view their struggles with 844 00:30:05,537 --> 00:30:07,537 the federal government as just 845 00:30:07,539 --> 00:30:11,079 part of doing business. 846 00:30:11,077 --> 00:30:12,477 But a much bigger concern for 847 00:30:12,478 --> 00:30:14,348 both the Hells Angels and the 848 00:30:14,346 --> 00:30:16,346 American public is the rapidly 849 00:30:16,348 --> 00:30:18,348 growing threat posed by other 850 00:30:18,350 --> 00:30:21,490 outlaw motorcycle gangs and the 851 00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:24,357 secret war being fought on the 852 00:30:24,356 --> 00:30:26,356 streets for control of the drug 853 00:30:26,358 --> 00:30:30,158 trade. 854 00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:31,632 Sparks, Nevada. 855 00:30:31,630 --> 00:30:34,630 September 23, 2011. 856 00:30:34,633 --> 00:30:36,943 Jethro Pettigrew, chapter 857 00:30:36,936 --> 00:30:39,166 president of the San Jose, 858 00:30:39,171 --> 00:30:41,171 California Hells Angels, is 859 00:30:41,173 --> 00:30:43,643 shot and killed on the floor of 860 00:30:43,642 --> 00:30:48,182 John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino. 861 00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:49,520 (gunshots) 862 00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:53,223 Several members of the Vagos, a 863 00:30:53,219 --> 00:30:55,449 rival one-percenter club, are on 864 00:30:55,454 --> 00:30:58,594 the attack. 865 00:30:58,590 --> 00:31:01,130 Hours later, on the street, a 866 00:31:01,127 --> 00:31:03,557 Vago is shot and killed in a 867 00:31:03,595 --> 00:31:05,925 drive-by shooting. 868 00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:07,932 >> BRUNWIN: Members of the 869 00:31:07,934 --> 00:31:09,404 public are always in danger of 870 00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:11,471 being in the wrong place at the 871 00:31:11,470 --> 00:31:13,110 wrong time with an organization 872 00:31:13,105 --> 00:31:14,965 like an outlaw motorcycle gang, 873 00:31:14,974 --> 00:31:16,384 and most of the public is very 874 00:31:16,408 --> 00:31:18,408 unaware. 875 00:31:18,410 --> 00:31:20,410 >> DOBYNS: As a society, we 876 00:31:20,412 --> 00:31:22,282 cannot allow gang-on-gang 877 00:31:22,281 --> 00:31:25,151 violence to spill into areas 878 00:31:25,151 --> 00:31:27,221 where our families are at, where 879 00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:30,019 our kids are at. 880 00:31:30,022 --> 00:31:31,162 >> NARRATOR: Although the 881 00:31:31,157 --> 00:31:33,027 Sparks incident passed without 882 00:31:33,025 --> 00:31:34,685 further bloodshed, outlaw 883 00:31:34,693 --> 00:31:36,963 motorcycle gangs remain mired 884 00:31:36,963 --> 00:31:41,133 in an unending war. 885 00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:42,973 The largest and most violent of 886 00:31:42,969 --> 00:31:45,039 these clubs are the so-called 887 00:31:45,037 --> 00:31:48,307 "Big Four" MCs: the Outlaws, 888 00:31:48,307 --> 00:31:51,207 Bandidos, Pagans and, of 889 00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:53,313 course, the Hells Angels. 890 00:31:53,312 --> 00:31:55,312 >> HICKEY: They're very 891 00:31:55,314 --> 00:31:57,184 territorial-- not just physical 892 00:31:57,183 --> 00:31:59,023 territory where they live, but 893 00:31:59,018 --> 00:32:00,448 also the types of crimes that 894 00:32:00,452 --> 00:32:02,122 they're doing. 895 00:32:02,121 --> 00:32:03,191 They don't want to deal with 896 00:32:03,189 --> 00:32:04,189 other gangs, and so what they 897 00:32:04,190 --> 00:32:05,190 do is stake out their territory 898 00:32:05,191 --> 00:32:07,161 and they send messages. 899 00:32:07,159 --> 00:32:09,329 And if it requires the killing 900 00:32:09,328 --> 00:32:11,028 of another gang member in 901 00:32:11,030 --> 00:32:12,460 another group, it's done in a 902 00:32:12,464 --> 00:32:14,334 way to send a message. 903 00:32:14,333 --> 00:32:16,043 >> FALCO: When you join a gang 904 00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:18,265 like the Hells Angels, you join 905 00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:19,640 it to have power and power in 906 00:32:19,671 --> 00:32:21,671 the streets. 907 00:32:21,673 --> 00:32:23,683 90% of it would be to bully a 908 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:25,205 normal citizen. 909 00:32:25,211 --> 00:32:27,481 They don't like society. 910 00:32:27,479 --> 00:32:30,419 They don't like our world. 911 00:32:31,683 --> 00:32:33,193 >> NARRATOR: Charles Falco spent 912 00:32:33,185 --> 00:32:35,145 nearly three years infiltrating 913 00:32:35,154 --> 00:32:37,764 the Vagos, and then later spent 914 00:32:37,756 --> 00:32:39,756 another five years infiltrating 915 00:32:39,758 --> 00:32:42,358 the Outlaws. 916 00:32:42,361 --> 00:32:44,301 Falco witnessed firsthand the 917 00:32:44,296 --> 00:32:46,226 extreme methods used by the 918 00:32:46,232 --> 00:32:48,032 Hells Angels to protect their 919 00:32:48,034 --> 00:32:50,104 turf. 920 00:32:50,102 --> 00:32:51,642 >> FALCO: The Hells Angels were 921 00:32:51,637 --> 00:32:53,037 hunting us, following us, 922 00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:54,569 staking us out. 923 00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:56,043 They're very methodical in 924 00:32:56,042 --> 00:32:59,352 planning their retaliation. 925 00:32:59,345 --> 00:33:01,075 They may wait a year, and they 926 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,050 may place a bomb. 927 00:33:03,049 --> 00:33:04,519 They may firebomb. 928 00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:05,746 They sniper with high-powered 929 00:33:05,751 --> 00:33:07,651 rifles. 930 00:33:07,653 --> 00:33:09,223 That's not stuff normal gang 931 00:33:09,221 --> 00:33:10,621 members have to worry about. 932 00:33:10,622 --> 00:33:13,062 (gunshot) 933 00:33:13,059 --> 00:33:14,389 The general public needs to know 934 00:33:14,393 --> 00:33:15,733 that because they're murderers 935 00:33:15,727 --> 00:33:18,727 and menaces to society. 936 00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:20,400 Different biker gangs have 937 00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:21,529 different weapons they like. 938 00:33:21,533 --> 00:33:23,373 The Pagans, they have a big wood 939 00:33:23,369 --> 00:33:25,539 cane that's kind of like a bat. 940 00:33:25,537 --> 00:33:26,807 The Hells Angels have the 941 00:33:26,805 --> 00:33:28,135 ball-peen hammer. 942 00:33:28,140 --> 00:33:29,380 And the ball-peen hammer is 943 00:33:29,375 --> 00:33:30,535 perfect because it's legal, so 944 00:33:30,542 --> 00:33:32,282 there's no way the police can 945 00:33:32,278 --> 00:33:33,548 tell you you can't have it. 946 00:33:33,545 --> 00:33:34,745 It's not like a claw hammer, 947 00:33:34,746 --> 00:33:36,116 where you can only really use 948 00:33:36,115 --> 00:33:37,115 one side to bash someone's head 949 00:33:37,116 --> 00:33:38,116 in. 950 00:33:38,117 --> 00:33:39,147 I can pull this out and bash 951 00:33:39,151 --> 00:33:40,221 someone's head in using either 952 00:33:40,219 --> 00:33:42,419 side. 953 00:33:42,421 --> 00:33:43,621 >> NARRATOR: If the Hells Angels 954 00:33:43,622 --> 00:33:44,822 are at the center of this 955 00:33:44,823 --> 00:33:46,793 underground war, then why 956 00:33:46,792 --> 00:33:48,762 haven't law enforcement 957 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:50,360 officials been able to stop 958 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:52,102 them? 959 00:33:52,098 --> 00:33:53,098 >> DOBYNS: My house was burned 960 00:33:53,099 --> 00:33:54,699 down to the ground in 2008, 961 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:56,570 murder contracts offered against 962 00:33:56,568 --> 00:33:58,698 me, threats to kidnap and 963 00:33:58,704 --> 00:34:01,844 videotape the gang rape of my 964 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,180 wife. 965 00:34:03,175 --> 00:34:04,575 When the threats came down on 966 00:34:04,576 --> 00:34:06,246 me, my own government and my own 967 00:34:06,245 --> 00:34:08,705 agency abandoned me. 968 00:34:08,714 --> 00:34:10,424 They told me the Hells Angels 969 00:34:10,416 --> 00:34:11,816 are too big, they're too 970 00:34:11,817 --> 00:34:14,847 powerful and you're on your own. 971 00:34:14,853 --> 00:34:17,193 >> NARRATOR: Ironically, the 972 00:34:17,189 --> 00:34:18,859 Angels often conduct 973 00:34:18,857 --> 00:34:20,457 countersurveillance on the 974 00:34:20,459 --> 00:34:22,389 police, looking for undercover 975 00:34:22,428 --> 00:34:25,298 officers or club informants. 976 00:34:25,297 --> 00:34:27,297 >> COOK: I have found 977 00:34:27,299 --> 00:34:28,799 photographs of myself, 978 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,470 photographs of my unmarked 979 00:34:30,469 --> 00:34:32,339 police vehicle inside different 980 00:34:32,338 --> 00:34:34,738 motorcycle gang members' homes. 981 00:34:34,740 --> 00:34:36,810 >> NARRATOR: The Angels also 982 00:34:36,808 --> 00:34:39,278 use their "old ladies" and 983 00:34:39,278 --> 00:34:40,808 other friends of the club to 984 00:34:40,812 --> 00:34:42,882 infiltrate law enforcement 985 00:34:42,881 --> 00:34:44,421 agencies. 986 00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:45,876 >> DROBAN: Some of them will be 987 00:34:45,884 --> 00:34:46,894 dispatchers, for example, at 988 00:34:46,885 --> 00:34:48,285 police agencies, so they are 989 00:34:48,287 --> 00:34:50,617 there to gather intelligence in 990 00:34:50,622 --> 00:34:51,862 the same purpose as, you know, 991 00:34:51,857 --> 00:34:53,187 a government agent might use an 992 00:34:53,225 --> 00:34:55,225 informant. 993 00:34:55,227 --> 00:34:57,227 >> FALCO: They might have 994 00:34:57,229 --> 00:34:58,229 someone who's in law enforcement 995 00:34:58,230 --> 00:34:59,230 that's a traitor. 996 00:34:59,231 --> 00:35:01,201 It's a whole string of people 997 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:02,700 and connections that do stuff 998 00:35:02,701 --> 00:35:04,201 for them. 999 00:35:04,203 --> 00:35:05,903 >> DOBYNS: If you are concerned 1000 00:35:05,904 --> 00:35:09,214 or wonder if the Hells Angels 1001 00:35:09,208 --> 00:35:10,908 have infiltrated our government 1002 00:35:10,909 --> 00:35:12,239 or have the ability to 1003 00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:13,654 infiltrate our government, stop 1004 00:35:13,645 --> 00:35:17,175 worrying... because they have. 1005 00:35:17,183 --> 00:35:18,523 >> NARRATOR: While the police 1006 00:35:18,517 --> 00:35:20,187 continue to search for ways to 1007 00:35:20,186 --> 00:35:22,786 break up the Angels' criminal 1008 00:35:22,788 --> 00:35:26,258 empire, the club keeps growing, 1009 00:35:26,258 --> 00:35:28,728 especially overseas. 1010 00:35:28,727 --> 00:35:30,657 But just how powerful and 1011 00:35:30,662 --> 00:35:33,402 dangerous are these new foreign 1012 00:35:33,399 --> 00:35:35,529 chapters becoming? 1013 00:35:35,534 --> 00:35:37,674 And can anything be done to 1014 00:35:37,669 --> 00:35:39,809 control them? 1015 00:35:42,908 --> 00:35:44,578 >> NARRATOR: Half a century ago, 1016 00:35:44,576 --> 00:35:46,776 the Hells Angels were a ragtag 1017 00:35:46,778 --> 00:35:48,648 group of rebels dedicated only 1018 00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:52,577 to bikes, booze and babes. 1019 00:35:56,855 --> 00:35:59,785 Today, the club is a global 1020 00:35:59,791 --> 00:36:02,931 empire with more than 100 1021 00:36:02,928 --> 00:36:05,928 sanctioned chapters in 25 1022 00:36:05,931 --> 00:36:08,731 countries around the world. 1023 00:36:08,734 --> 00:36:09,844 >> DROBAN: Biker gangs are 1024 00:36:09,868 --> 00:36:11,898 America's export. 1025 00:36:11,903 --> 00:36:13,873 Anywhere that you go, you're 1026 00:36:13,872 --> 00:36:15,512 gonna be able to walk into any 1027 00:36:15,507 --> 00:36:16,607 chapter and find exactly the 1028 00:36:16,642 --> 00:36:18,682 same thing. 1029 00:36:18,677 --> 00:36:20,647 And they have franchised 1030 00:36:20,646 --> 00:36:21,806 themselves so that they can 1031 00:36:21,813 --> 00:36:24,553 control the drug trafficking. 1032 00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:26,290 Their mission is to become the 1033 00:36:26,285 --> 00:36:27,885 dominant gang, so they do that 1034 00:36:27,886 --> 00:36:30,556 by absorbing other biker gangs 1035 00:36:30,556 --> 00:36:32,556 so that they can become the big 1036 00:36:32,558 --> 00:36:34,958 Red and White. 1037 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,360 >> NARRATOR: As the 1038 00:36:36,362 --> 00:36:37,832 international money and power 1039 00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:40,299 has grown, so too has the 1040 00:36:40,299 --> 00:36:42,429 violence. 1041 00:36:42,434 --> 00:36:45,244 In Canada, a turf war involving 1042 00:36:45,237 --> 00:36:47,307 the Quebec chapter of the Hells 1043 00:36:47,306 --> 00:36:49,306 Angels witnessed the use of not 1044 00:36:49,308 --> 00:36:52,308 just military assault rifles 1045 00:36:52,311 --> 00:36:54,851 but bombs and rocket-propelled 1046 00:36:54,846 --> 00:36:57,546 grenades. 1047 00:36:57,549 --> 00:36:59,319 The fighting has left an 1048 00:36:59,318 --> 00:37:01,948 estimated 160 people dead and 1049 00:37:01,953 --> 00:37:04,423 countless more maimed or 1050 00:37:04,423 --> 00:37:06,293 injured, including innocent 1051 00:37:06,325 --> 00:37:08,985 bystanders. 1052 00:37:08,994 --> 00:37:11,004 >> FALCO: They're like the 1053 00:37:10,996 --> 00:37:12,996 equivalent of the cartels in 1054 00:37:12,998 --> 00:37:14,928 Mexico. 1055 00:37:14,933 --> 00:37:16,673 >> DOBYNS: The Hells Angels wear 1056 00:37:16,668 --> 00:37:17,998 a tab on their vest-- the ones 1057 00:37:18,003 --> 00:37:19,373 that have earned it-- that says 1058 00:37:19,405 --> 00:37:21,435 "Filthy Few." 1059 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,410 Now, their explanation of the 1060 00:37:23,409 --> 00:37:24,709 "Filthy Few" to the public is 1061 00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:26,280 that it's the "Filthy Few" that 1062 00:37:26,278 --> 00:37:28,478 remain at the parties after the 1063 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:29,950 party's done. 1064 00:37:29,948 --> 00:37:31,748 The truth of it is, is that you 1065 00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:33,320 get a "Filthy Few" tab for the 1066 00:37:33,319 --> 00:37:34,589 Hells Angels if you've committed 1067 00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:37,586 a murder on their behalf. 1068 00:37:37,589 --> 00:37:39,289 >> NARRATOR: The U.S. 1069 00:37:39,291 --> 00:37:40,591 government declared the Hells 1070 00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:42,632 Angels "an organized criminal 1071 00:37:42,628 --> 00:37:46,628 gang" in 1981 and since 2012 has 1072 00:37:46,632 --> 00:37:48,902 prohibited international club 1073 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:50,700 members from entering the 1074 00:37:50,702 --> 00:37:52,042 country. 1075 00:37:52,037 --> 00:37:55,507 But on August 16, 2012, the 1076 00:37:55,507 --> 00:37:57,907 Hells Angels filed a lawsuit 1077 00:37:57,909 --> 00:37:59,509 against the Department of 1078 00:37:59,511 --> 00:38:01,311 Homeland Security to have that 1079 00:38:01,313 --> 00:38:03,053 criminal label officially 1080 00:38:03,048 --> 00:38:05,718 removed. 1081 00:38:05,717 --> 00:38:08,387 How is it that this brotherhood 1082 00:38:08,387 --> 00:38:10,587 of bikers, with a reputation for 1083 00:38:10,589 --> 00:38:12,759 being "free-wheeling 1084 00:38:12,758 --> 00:38:14,728 anarchists," have become so well 1085 00:38:14,726 --> 00:38:17,526 organized they can take on the 1086 00:38:17,529 --> 00:38:20,369 U.S. government in a court of 1087 00:38:20,399 --> 00:38:22,769 law? 1088 00:38:22,768 --> 00:38:24,738 >> COOK: The Hells Angels are 1089 00:38:24,736 --> 00:38:26,736 so wealthy at this point that 1090 00:38:26,738 --> 00:38:28,668 they can hire the best 1091 00:38:28,674 --> 00:38:30,544 attorneys and they can really 1092 00:38:30,542 --> 00:38:32,482 fight anything that you throw up 1093 00:38:32,478 --> 00:38:34,348 against them. 1094 00:38:34,346 --> 00:38:36,516 But as far as their worth, they 1095 00:38:36,515 --> 00:38:38,075 let you see what they want you 1096 00:38:38,083 --> 00:38:39,823 to see. 1097 00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:41,018 >> DAVIS: There are about 240 1098 00:38:41,019 --> 00:38:43,019 charters in the club, and each 1099 00:38:43,021 --> 00:38:45,361 charter is a force unto itself, 1100 00:38:45,391 --> 00:38:48,091 and so there is no central fund. 1101 00:38:48,093 --> 00:38:50,103 >> DOBYNS: One of the things 1102 00:38:50,095 --> 00:38:51,895 that I learned on the inside is 1103 00:38:51,897 --> 00:38:53,567 that there's rules and 1104 00:38:53,565 --> 00:38:56,695 regulations and protocols beyond 1105 00:38:56,702 --> 00:38:59,442 anything I ever expected. 1106 00:38:59,438 --> 00:39:00,668 >> NARRATOR: Members are 1107 00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:02,442 required to attend regular 1108 00:39:02,441 --> 00:39:04,781 meetings and pay club dues. 1109 00:39:04,776 --> 00:39:06,706 Even an ordinary activity like 1110 00:39:06,712 --> 00:39:08,852 riding around town is regimented 1111 00:39:08,847 --> 00:39:11,817 by what some call "the code of 1112 00:39:11,817 --> 00:39:14,717 the road." 1113 00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:16,720 >> FALCO: In most cases, when 1114 00:39:16,722 --> 00:39:18,522 riding in a pack, uh, Hells 1115 00:39:18,524 --> 00:39:20,134 Angels, you usually have your 1116 00:39:20,125 --> 00:39:22,985 president up front, and right 1117 00:39:22,994 --> 00:39:24,664 next to him would be your 1118 00:39:24,663 --> 00:39:25,963 sergeant-at-arms because he's 1119 00:39:25,964 --> 00:39:27,404 the bodyguard for the president 1120 00:39:27,399 --> 00:39:28,469 of the chapter. 1121 00:39:28,467 --> 00:39:29,667 And that way, you keep the 1122 00:39:29,668 --> 00:39:31,468 president up front and 1123 00:39:31,470 --> 00:39:34,110 protected, just like you would 1124 00:39:34,105 --> 00:39:35,465 the president of the United 1125 00:39:35,474 --> 00:39:37,144 States. 1126 00:39:37,142 --> 00:39:39,012 >> COOK: The Hells Angels are 1127 00:39:39,010 --> 00:39:40,610 the business model for every 1128 00:39:40,612 --> 00:39:42,412 other outlaw motorcycle gang to 1129 00:39:42,414 --> 00:39:43,624 follow. 1130 00:39:43,615 --> 00:39:44,815 They know what they're doing, 1131 00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:46,016 and they've obviously been very 1132 00:39:46,017 --> 00:39:47,887 successful in their endeavors up 1133 00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:49,146 to this point. 1134 00:39:49,154 --> 00:39:50,494 People can look at it and say, 1135 00:39:50,489 --> 00:39:51,489 "Oh, you know, they're 1136 00:39:51,490 --> 00:39:52,490 incorporated. 1137 00:39:52,491 --> 00:39:53,631 They can't be a bad 1138 00:39:53,625 --> 00:39:55,625 organization." 1139 00:39:55,627 --> 00:39:57,027 >> NARRATOR: But as they become 1140 00:39:57,028 --> 00:39:58,728 more corporate, are the Hells 1141 00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:01,430 Angels moving away from their 1142 00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:03,503 violent past? 1143 00:40:03,502 --> 00:40:05,172 Or has it only helped them to 1144 00:40:05,170 --> 00:40:06,670 wage a more effective public 1145 00:40:06,705 --> 00:40:08,735 relations campaign? 1146 00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:10,710 >> DALAIMO: Their motto is, 1147 00:40:10,709 --> 00:40:12,509 "When we do something nice, 1148 00:40:12,511 --> 00:40:14,181 everyone forgets, and when we 1149 00:40:14,179 --> 00:40:15,979 do something bad, they remember 1150 00:40:15,981 --> 00:40:17,851 forever." 1151 00:40:17,849 --> 00:40:19,919 >> HICKEY: There are gang 1152 00:40:19,918 --> 00:40:21,188 members who marry, have 1153 00:40:21,186 --> 00:40:22,186 children. 1154 00:40:22,187 --> 00:40:23,187 They have families. 1155 00:40:23,188 --> 00:40:24,658 They provide for their families. 1156 00:40:24,656 --> 00:40:26,656 Hells Angels want some of the 1157 00:40:26,658 --> 00:40:27,788 same similar things that we 1158 00:40:27,793 --> 00:40:30,003 want, but they're willing to 1159 00:40:29,995 --> 00:40:30,995 engage in criminal activities 1160 00:40:31,029 --> 00:40:34,529 to obtain them. 1161 00:40:34,533 --> 00:40:36,503 >> NARRATOR: Is it possible that 1162 00:40:36,502 --> 00:40:38,042 the Hells Angels' most dangerous 1163 00:40:38,036 --> 00:40:40,906 crime has been convincing the 1164 00:40:40,906 --> 00:40:43,036 public that they are simply a 1165 00:40:43,041 --> 00:40:45,211 band of rebel bikers out in 1166 00:40:45,210 --> 00:40:49,050 search of the American dream? 1167 00:40:49,047 --> 00:40:50,817 >> DROBAN: They have a... an 1168 00:40:50,816 --> 00:40:51,946 image for the public, and then 1169 00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:53,220 they have their private image. 1170 00:40:53,218 --> 00:40:55,488 And so the public image is what 1171 00:40:55,487 --> 00:40:56,957 they would like people to 1172 00:40:56,955 --> 00:40:58,515 believe that they are just 1173 00:40:58,524 --> 00:40:59,634 motorcycle enthusiasts that have 1174 00:40:59,625 --> 00:41:00,825 come together and they, um, fund 1175 00:41:00,826 --> 00:41:03,696 charities, Toys For Tots, and 1176 00:41:03,695 --> 00:41:05,225 the public image is really a 1177 00:41:05,230 --> 00:41:07,700 foil for criminal exploits. 1178 00:41:07,699 --> 00:41:08,829 >> BRUNWIN: They exist to 1179 00:41:08,834 --> 00:41:09,944 commit crimes to protect each 1180 00:41:09,968 --> 00:41:11,968 other. 1181 00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:15,710 And yet, for most of the public, 1182 00:41:15,707 --> 00:41:16,777 it's hard to accept that 1183 00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:20,108 something could be that bad. 1184 00:41:20,111 --> 00:41:22,111 >> DOBYNS: A lot of these guys 1185 00:41:22,113 --> 00:41:23,853 don't fit the stereotype. 1186 00:41:23,849 --> 00:41:25,219 You could be standing next to 1187 00:41:25,216 --> 00:41:26,586 one of these guys pumping gas or 1188 00:41:26,585 --> 00:41:28,845 at a grocery store or at a movie 1189 00:41:28,854 --> 00:41:30,664 theater, and you wouldn't know 1190 00:41:30,656 --> 00:41:33,726 they're Hells Angels. 1191 00:41:33,725 --> 00:41:36,255 As a society, as civilians in 1192 00:41:36,261 --> 00:41:38,231 communities where the Hells 1193 00:41:38,229 --> 00:41:39,999 Angels are present, have we seen 1194 00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:42,528 the tip of the iceberg? 1195 00:41:42,534 --> 00:41:44,874 Just the tippy tip of it, and 1196 00:41:44,870 --> 00:41:49,810 it's massive beneath it. 1197 00:41:49,808 --> 00:41:51,238 >> NARRATOR: The Hells Angels 1198 00:41:51,242 --> 00:41:54,012 live by a creed of Angels 1199 00:41:54,012 --> 00:41:57,852 Forever, Forever Angels. 1200 00:41:57,849 --> 00:42:00,889 It's a lifelong bond and a 1201 00:42:00,886 --> 00:42:03,716 brotherhood forged in chrome, 1202 00:42:03,722 --> 00:42:06,762 leather and blood. 1203 00:42:06,758 --> 00:42:09,158 And until law enforcement 1204 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:11,900 agencies and the public take 1205 00:42:11,897 --> 00:42:14,997 their threat more seriously, no 1206 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,640 doubt the Angels will ride on 1207 00:42:17,636 --> 00:42:21,166 through the 21st century 1208 00:42:21,172 --> 00:42:24,282 bigger, bolder and badder than 1209 00:42:24,309 --> 00:42:26,309 ever. 1210 00:42:26,311 --> 00:42:27,281 Captioning sponsored by 1211 00:42:27,312 --> 00:42:28,312 A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS 1212 00:42:28,313 --> 00:42:29,313 Captioned by 1213 00:42:29,314 --> 00:42:30,324 Media Access Group at WGBH 1214 00:42:30,315 --> 00:42:32,245 access.wgbh.org 79496

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