Grim Reapers Motorcycle Club

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The Grim Reapers Motorcycle Club ( English for ' motorcycle club Grim Reaper') was a Canadian outlaw motorcycle club that was founded in 1967 in Calgary , Alberta . He was particularly active in the 1970s and 1980s and played a dominant role in Alberta's club landscape in the 1990s together with the Rebels Motorcycle Club , the Warlords and the King's Crew.

history

In the 1970s, 11 members and two allies of the club were suspected of jointly murdering Ronald Hartley, president of the Outcasts Motorcycle Club. They were initially sentenced to life imprisonment . In an appeal hearing, some members were released and others reduced their sentences. Ultimately, only two members who were considered the main perpetrators remained in life imprisonment.

The club has been classified as an " Outlaw Motorcycle Gang " by the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada . In 1997, while public attention was focused on the Québec Rocker War , a confrontation between the Rock Machine and the Hells Angels , the Canadian Legislature passed Bill C-95, which gave law enforcement powers similar to the RICO Act in the United States .

In 1997, the club became part of the Hells Angels in a patchover in Red Deer , Alberta . After the patchover, the executive began to crack down on former members of the Grim Reapers. The former members successfully sued the penalties they had incurred under Bill C-95. In 2005 they won a lawsuit against police officers who violated bikers' rights during a 1997 traffic stop.

Color

The color on the robe of the Grim Reapers consisted of a top rocker (upper patch) with the name of the club and a bottom rocker (lower patch) with the respective chapters (local groups). The MC was located to the left and right of the center patch (central patch). The writing was gold on black. The center patch consisted of the white head of the eponymous Grim Reaper .

Club of the same name

There is a club of the same name in the United States , but it has nothing to do with the Canadian club.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Edwards and Michel Auger: The Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime: From Captain Kidd to Mom Boucher , McLelland & Stewart Ltd., 2004, p. 87
  2. ^ Daniel R. Wolf: The Rebels: A Brotherhood of Outlaw Bikers , University of Toronto Press, 1991, p. 322
  3. ↑ Supreme Court of Canada: Emkeit v. R., [1974 ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. SCR 133], Date: January 25, 1972. ( Internet Archive ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / csc.lexum.umontreal.ca
  4. ^ Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs , Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) Report, 2000
  5. ↑ CBC News In Depth: Biker Gangs in Canada , CBC News On-line, April 5, 2007
  6. ↑ Jerry Langton: Fallen Angel: The Unlikely Rise of Walter Stadnick in the Canadian Hells Angels , John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd, 2006, pp. 180-184
  7. ↑ Canada's Anti-gang Law , CBC News On-line, April 10, 2006