Outlaws MC

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The Outlaws Motorcycle Club is one of the largest and oldest motorcycle clubs in the world . Together with the Hells Angels , the Bandidos MC and the Pagan MC, it is one of the "Big Four" of the outlaw motorcycle gangs in the United States. The club colors are black and white.

history

In 1935 the club was founded in Mathilda's Bar on the original Route 66 in McCook , Illinois as the "Mc Cook Outlaws Motorcycle Club". The club continued to exist during the Second World War , although club life came to a standstill. In May 1946, Soldier Field in Chicago hosted the first major motorcycle event in the Midwest after World War II. Danny Lyons , a well-known photographer from the Civil Rights movement , stated that the MC disbanded in 1947 as much of the members entered the police force.

According to the official version, it continued and decided in 1950, due to the increase in membership from the Chicago Area, to rename the former name "McCook Outlaws" in "Chicago Outlaws". That same year, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), which oversees motorcycle races in the United States, banned the use of the word outlaws on racing clothing. As a result, all members of the Outlaws MC who took part in AMA motorcycle races wore the OMC mark on their equipment until 1963 . With the renaming of the Motorcycle Club, the club activities were also relocated from McCook to Chicago.

In 1963 the Outlaws MC became a member of the "1% Brotherhood of Clubs". The club was thus the first one percenter club east of the Mississippi .

On July 4, 1964, the "Gipsy Outlaws" of Milwaukee joined the "Chicago Outlaws". Thus, the MC was also active outside of Chicago, which led to the establishment of the "Outlaws Nation". The seat of the Mother Chapter is still in Chicago. At the New Year's party at the turn of the year 1964/1965, the Outlaws Nation was officially launched in Chicago. On January 1, 1965, the American Outlaws Association (AOA) was founded in response to the American Motorcyclist Association . In 1967 a new chapter was added with Florida.

In 1969, the phrase “God forgives, Outlaws don't” became the club's motto. In 1977 the first chapter outside of the USA was founded in Canada. The "Satan's Choice Motorcycle Club" joined the Outlaws Nation. In 1993, the first chapter in Europe was opened in France. From 1994 the club expanded further in Australia, Europe and Asia.

Germany

The Outlaws MC has existed in Germany since 2001, when the (“black”) Ghost-Riders MC (not to be confused with the “yellow” Ghostriders who switched to the Bandidos at the end of 1999 ) joined the Outlaws nation. In 2011 there was a raid on leaders of the motorcycle club. The first official support club, the Black Pistons MC, was founded in Germany in 2002.

The Outlaws MC, like all other large MCs, is regularly listed in the constitution protection reports of the federal states.

organization

There are over 280 local chapters worldwide . In Germany 43 chapters belong to the “Outlaws Nation”. The club has around 2,500 members in the US and around 2,000 in Europe.

He has chapters in the following countries:

crime

Like all major Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs, the Outlaw MC is involved in criminal activities, particularly the drug and arms trade. According to the official account, this is denied by the club itself, in particular, according to its own statement, it rejects the influence in the red light district , probably also as a demarcation from the Hells Angels, who really boast about it, at least in Germany. There is a special rivalry with the Hells Angels, which is based on conflicts in the late 1960s. Originally on friendly terms, a rape with serious consequences occurred in 1969. The wife of an aspiring Hells Angels was raped by an outlaw. There were several exchanges of blows until the situation escalated in 1974 and three Hells Angels were murdered in an outlaw clubhouse. Shortly thereafter, the "war" was declared on each other, which continues to this day and has since spread worldwide. In 1978 the Outlaws allied themselves with the Bandidos MC on the sidelines of Daytona Bike Week . According to FBI investigators, the focus was on expanding drug trafficking in both clubs. So the outlaws supplied the bandidos with cocaine, while the bandidos supplied methamphetamine . Under the protection of the Bandidos, the outlaws were able to spread throughout the American Midwest, where their greatest influence still prevails today. The conflicts with the Hells Angels became more and more obvious. During this time, the phrase "ADIOS" for "Angels Die in Outlaw States" (meaning: "Hells Angels die in states in which the outlaws claim supremacy") and so a fragile peace was concluded in Sturgis in 1984, but it was frequent is trespassed. The outlaws also played a role in the Scandinavian rocker war and the Québec rock war .

Notorious member of the MC is probably Harry Bowman , known as "Taco", who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list from 1994 to 1997 for three murders . Until his death in 2019 he served a double life sentence.

The first club logo showed a motorcycle in a wing crest. When the name was changed in 1950, the club logo was also replaced. Instead of the motorcycle, a skull was now used as a distinguishing mark. In 1954, two crossed pistons were added to the club logo. These were worked out again in 1959, and details were also added to the skull. The new logo was inspired by the movie Der Wilde , in which Marlon Brando's character wore a similar color. The last time the logo changed was in 1989 when an "MC" was added. Old English has been used as a font since 1950 .

In contrast to other MCs, the functionaries of the Outlaws MC do not wear any tapes on the leather jackets that indicate the function within the chapter. Likewise, no city names are worn as bottom rockers on the habit, only the respective country. Exceptions are certain regional subdivisions. Scotland and Wales have their own bottom rockers, and the United States lists the states .

See also

literature

  • Kerrie Droban and Charles Falco: Vagos, Mongols and Outlaws - As V-men in America's most brutal biker gangs . Hannibal Verlag, Höfen 2013, ISBN 978-3-85445-403-8 (Original edition: Vagos, Mongols And Outlaws )
  • Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders . Chronicle Books 2003, ISBN 0-8118-4161-8 . (Illustrated book, first published in 1967)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Outlaws MC (est. 1935): 79 years of biking and brotherhood. Outlaws MC, accessed August 26, 2016 .
  2. ^ A b Thomas Barker: Biker Gangs and Transnational Organized Crime . Routledge, 2014, ISBN 978-1-317-52411-3 , pp. 110 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Michael Ahlsdorf: Patchover. In: All about Rocker 2 - The Laws, the History, the Machines. Huber Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-927896-11-X , pp. 140-143.
  4. Jump up ↑ A raid on rocker gang Outlaws MC - weapons arsenal discovered. on: badische-zeitung.de , August 3, 2011.
  5. ^ Jörg Diehl: Gang war in Germany: The brutal business of rockers. In: Spiegel Online . December 15, 2008, accessed August 27, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Biker Gangs . RW Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-909284-06-7 .
  7. ↑ Thomas Barker: Biker Gangs and Organized Crime . Routledge, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4377-5507-7 , pp. 80 .
  8. ↑ How the Hells Angels conquered Germany's underworld , Riva, Munich, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86883-248-8 , pp. 54ff.
  9. ^ Angels go global. (No longer available online.) In: history.ca. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011 ; Retrieved October 5, 2011 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.history.ca
  10. ↑ FBI nabs alleged killer on Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. (No longer available online.) In: cnn.com . June 8, 1999, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 4, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / articles.cnn.com  
  11. ↑ Harry Joseph Bowman's Top Ten poster. (No longer available online.) Federal Bureau of Investigation , March 14, 1998, archived from the original June 5, 2016 ; Retrieved April 4, 2012 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.starbacks.ca
  12. ↑ United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (ed.): UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harry BOWMAN, aka Taco, aka T, Defendant Appellant. No. No. 01-14305. August 20, 2002 ( findlaw.com ).