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The Five Points, Manhattan is a location that was associated with gang activities from the early 19th century. [1] In the late 1920s, Al Capone was the leader of the Chicago Outfit [2] The Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle club was founded in 1948 and is considered a criminal gang by American law enforcement agencies, particularly for their involvement in drug-related activities and violent crimes.
The earliest American street gangs emerged at the end of the American Revolutionary War in the early 1780s. [9] However, these early street gangs had questionable legitimacy, and more serious gangs did not form until at least the early 1800s. [9] The earliest of these serious gangs formed in northeastern American cities, particularly in New ...
A small, but notable, American outlaw motorcycle gang which maintains at least 5 chapters across the nation. [77] Highway 61 MC: 1968 Auckland, New Zealand: One of the largest gangs in New Zealand, and for a time, the nation's largest outlaw motorcycle club. Also operates in the Commonwealth of Australia. [78] Highwaymen: 1954 Detroit, US
‘Getting real:’ Outlaw biker gang violence goes back to the 1940s. Outlaw motorcycle gangs sprung up in the United States in the 1940s. The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was founded in 1948 ...
Other support clubs range from local groups, such as the Undertakers MC in Lexington, Kentucky, [73] to regional clubs like the Chosen Few MC, which is based in Canada and Upstate New York. [40] Although the Outlaws are a White-only club, the group's support clubs include African American motorcycle clubs, such as the Outcast MC. [74]
During the 1980s and 1990s, there was a major expansion of the club into the rest of Canada. The Quebec Biker War was a violent turf war that began in 1994 and continued until late 2002 in Quebec. The war began when the Hells Angels in Quebec began to try to establish a monopoly on street-level drug sales in Quebec.
Motorcycle club members meet at a run in Australia in 2009. An outlaw motorcycle club, known colloquially as a biker club or bikie club (in Australia), is a motorcycle subculture generally centered on the use of cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals that purport to celebrate freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the biker group.
Motorcycle club members meet at a run in Australia in 2009. An outlaw motorcycle club is a motorcycle subculture.It is generally centered on the use of cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals that purport to celebrate freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the biker group.