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[OUTLAWS MOTORCYCLE GANG]. Daytona Beach 50th Anniversary B...

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[OUTLAWS MOTORCYCLE GANG]. Daytona Beach 50th Anniversary Bike Week 1991 Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Intelligence Bulletin, with Numerous Mugshots. [Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of Justice ? Federal Bureau of Investigation, ca. 1991]. Large, photocopied bulletin, brad-bound with printed white wrappers. Unpaginated (around 100 pages), text on rectos and versos. Minor rubbing, occasional faint thumbsoiling. Fine. This bulletin discusses the Outlaws, with numerous mugshots and descriptions, including their legendary leader, Harry ?Taco" Bowman (1949-2019). It has a brief list of the ?1%" American and foreign motorcycle gangs, and a section of a review of the FBI's 1991 ?Bike Week" intelligence. This report also has brief sections about other motorcycle gangs, including: the Pagans, the Warlocks, the Bandidos, the Grim Reapers, Iron Coffin, the Avengers, Rarebreed, the Bandana's, the Black Sheep, the Chosen Few, the Derelicts, the Desperados, the Devils Disciple, Fates Assembly, the Hell's Angels, the Highwaymen, the Jokers, the Liberty Riders, the Queensmen, the Rappers, the Riders, the Road Agents, and the Scorpions. The Outlaws, one of the two most famous motorcycle gangs in the U. S. (the other being the infamous Hell's Angels), were founded in 1935 in the Chicago suburb of McCook. For the group's first few years, they focused on motorcycle riding, drinking, and getting into fistfights. It was only after their founder, John Davis, was murdered in 1970 as part of a dispute between the original members and the new generation (most of the new generation were Vietnam vets), that the Outlaws became involved in organized crime. At various times, the Outlaws have served as muscle for the Chicago Outfit (the Chicago branch of the Mafia) and maintained close ties to them. The Outlaws currently have 441 chapters in 43 countries with more than 3,000 members. ?Taco" Bowman was the club president from 1984 until 1999; he was convicted of several felonies and was sentenced to two life terms plus 83 years in prison (he died in custody in 2019). Because the Hell's Angels (the mortal enemies of the Outlaws) dominated the annual biker gathering in Sturgis, SD, the Outlaws made Daytona Beach their place for their own gathering (with attendance by other biker gangs they were friendly with). Approximately 11 x 8 ?".