EXCLUSIVE: CBS 5 Invited To Attend Hells Angels Funeral - Phoenix News Story - KPHO Phoenix

EXCLUSIVE: CBS 5 Invited To Attend Hells Angels Funeral - Phoenix News Story - KPHO Phoenix: "The Hells Angels held services this past weekend for a longtime member and only CBS 5 was invited to attend the service.
'Because we've been in the press so much lately and it's all been pretty much negative, we thought we'd invite you guys out here to see a different side,' Lee Cole, Phoenix chapter president for the Hells Angels said.
For the first time in club history, CBS 5 cameras were allowed unrestricted access to services for Raymond 'Boomer' Baker, 70, who died three weeks after a motorcycle accident outside Las Vegas.
'Boomer was an Oakland member for thirty something odd years before he transferred out to Phoenix,' Cole said.
Within the parking lot of over 500 were Hells Angels from East to West and several more from around the globe. But there were also dozens of Rough Riders, Vultures and Hooligans.
'I don't have family in town,' said 'Solid' with the Deer Valley Hooligans, 'But I have a huge family with the brothers.'
Across the street from the handshakes and hugs, federal agents watched; serving as a reminder into the troubled past of the Hells Angels."

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Tory councillor admits secret life as member of violent biker gang the Outlaws | Mail Online

Tory councillor admits secret life as member of violent biker gang the Outlaws | Mail Online: "The Outlaws - classed as an organised crime group by police forces across the world - was formed in America in 1935 and spread to Europe, where it now has 30 chapters.

Members are bitter enemies of the Hells Angels and a series of tit-for-tat bombings, shootings and arson attacks have taken place around the world.


'Biker gang': Mr Mason on a bicycle while he was the deputy mayor of Tewkesbury

In 2008 seven members of the gang were jailed for the motorway drive-by killing of Gerry Tobin on the M40 after the biker's Bulldog Bash festival a year earlier.

Members of the two gangs also clashed in the arrivals hall at Birmingham Airport in 2008.

Around 30 bikers - armed with knives, hammers and machetes - took part in the mass brawl. Seven were later convicted for their part in the riot.

In a series of pictures that emerged yesterday, the gang's fearsome skull and crossbones logo is emblazoned across bearded Mason's chest as he solemnly raises a glass to the camera."

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