Sonny Barger’s Hells Angels group was a chaotic, lawless band of people who acted threatening to towns and spent their days riding their motorcycles on the open road, The Washington Post claims. Often their group were associated with violence and law-breaking.
Barger himself served a total of eight years in prison charged with dealing drugs and firearms.
In fact, it went so far that the Hells Angels were ceaselessly being investigated on alleged crime-committing. According to The Washington Post, the most famous of these incidents was at a Rolling Stones concert where the Angels were hired for security. They subdued members of the crowd that tried to rush the stage.
One 18-year-old with a pistol shot and injured an Angel, and The Washington Post says that another member of the angels stabbed him to death. That member was declared not guilty after he claimed that it was an act of self-defense.
Apart from the motorcycle club, Barger also helped create bike movies and promoted his Hells Angels merchandise. The Washington Post says that he even sometimes created charity drives to try to paint the Angles in a better picture. Eventually, in 1998, he dropped his duties as a leader and moved to Phoenix, Arizona.
After abandoning leadership of the motorcycle club, Barger led a quiet life. He ran a motorcycle repair shop and practiced hobbies like yoga and lifting weights, which The Washington Post claims is a hobby that he started in prison. His preference of vehicles transitioned from motorcycles to cars like Hondas and BMWs, but he still rode thousands of miles a year.
Barger led a strange life, full of crime, chaos, and business. Barger says in his autobiography: “To become a real man, you need to join the army first and then do some time in jail.”
Barger himself served a total of eight years in prison charged with dealing drugs and firearms.
In fact, it went so far that the Hells Angels were ceaselessly being investigated on alleged crime-committing. According to The Washington Post, the most famous of these incidents was at a Rolling Stones concert where the Angels were hired for security. They subdued members of the crowd that tried to rush the stage.
One 18-year-old with a pistol shot and injured an Angel, and The Washington Post says that another member of the angels stabbed him to death. That member was declared not guilty after he claimed that it was an act of self-defense.
Apart from the motorcycle club, Barger also helped create bike movies and promoted his Hells Angels merchandise. The Washington Post says that he even sometimes created charity drives to try to paint the Angles in a better picture. Eventually, in 1998, he dropped his duties as a leader and moved to Phoenix, Arizona.
After abandoning leadership of the motorcycle club, Barger led a quiet life. He ran a motorcycle repair shop and practiced hobbies like yoga and lifting weights, which The Washington Post claims is a hobby that he started in prison. His preference of vehicles transitioned from motorcycles to cars like Hondas and BMWs, but he still rode thousands of miles a year.
Barger led a strange life, full of crime, chaos, and business. Barger says in his autobiography: “To become a real man, you need to join the army first and then do some time in jail.”
