[Brenda]

RUEZ RUEZ:

Brenda Brenda:

We better arrest every 16 year old for shoplifting too, right? Before they do...

They usually don't arrest people in Canada without some evidence of a crime. That includes biker gangs. Watching them isn't arresting them. I guarantee you your kids will be watched every time they go into a store on their own. It happened to us when we were in high school.

Which means you wait till they done something wrong. Thanks for proving my point

[RUEZ]

Brenda Brenda:

RUEZ RUEZ:

Brenda Brenda:

We better arrest every 16 year old for shoplifting too, right? Before they do...

They usually don't arrest people in Canada without some evidence of a crime. That includes biker gangs. Watching them isn't arresting them. I guarantee you your kids will be watched every time they go into a store on their own. It happened to us when we were in high school.

Which means you wait till they done something wrong. Thanks for proving my point

That point was never in dispute. Watching is not arresting.

[martin14]

Brenda Brenda:

Ohhhhh, You're dangerous!!

me ???

I'm a pussycat

[ASLplease]

RUEZ RUEZ:

That point was never in dispute. Watching is not arresting.

is harassing Brenda called watching the HA ?

[Brenda]

ASLplease ASLplease:

is harrassing Brenda called watching the HA ?

It should be

[RUEZ]

ASLplease ASLplease:

RUEZ RUEZ:

That point was never in dispute. Watching is not arresting.

is harassing Brenda called watching the HA ?

[Yogi]

ridenrain ridenrain:

Dispite all their talk of not being a criminal organization, they have never kicked out members convicted of crimes. Almost all other associations and groups have code of conduct and will remove members who make the group look bad.

That would be a step in the right direction but we'll never see them do it.

It should be obvious. That is because 'they' are more forgiving than 'other' groups'!

[Alta_redneck]

RUEZ RUEZ:

Watching is not arresting.

The way the cops watch the HA's when they come through Alberta is called harassment in most peoples books.

Stopping them to check if they have a CSA sticker on their helmets.

[Yogi]

Alta_redneck Alta_redneck:

RUEZ RUEZ:

Watching is not arresting.

The way the cops watch the HA's when they come through Alberta is called harassment in most peoples books.

Stopping them to check if they have a CSA sticker on their helmets.

'The bikers' are onto this one now. Gave DOT stickers to a couple of my brothers buddies who came up from Cal.

[ridenrain]

Alta_redneck Alta_redneck:

RUEZ RUEZ:

Watching is not arresting.

The way the cops watch the HA's when they come through Alberta is called harassment in most peoples books.

Stopping them to check if they have a CSA sticker on their helmets.

Wear proper helmets or pay the fines. "Novelty" helmets are a joke and shouldn't be on the road. BC should cowboy up and addopt the same helmet standards the rest of Canada uses.

[Heavy_Metal]

ugh...biker topic again...lets try to get this straight, THE PATCH WEARERS ARE ALL SCUMBAG CRIMINALS! You know what patches I mean, all these drug dealing, gun running, raping, murdering, pieces of s*it should all be hung.

Brenda, its you guys who should be the most pissed at these looser douche bags, if for nothing else for the story you told about your 'gang' getting pulled over. You guys just want to ride and have a good time, these idiots are the ones who are bringing the stereotypes onto your heads.

I would love to see at one of these things all the legitimate bikers run those patch wearing scumbags the f*ck out of town.

[RUEZ]

ridenrain ridenrain:

BC should cowboy up and addopt the same helmet standards the rest of Canada uses.

What does this mean?

[ridenrain]

Everyone else uses a DOT or eq. standard for motorcycle helmets except BC who uses some screwed up old list from the 70's. BC should have the same MC-helmet laws that the rest of the nation has.

[Alta_redneck]

Well, not to many votes, and probably not many more to come.

Are you concerned about the presence of the Hell's Angels in the community this weekend?


Current Results

Yes, I am extremely concerned for my safety. 2 votes (6 %)

Yes, I am concerned but will continue as usual. 4 votes (12 %)

No, the police will take care of them. 5 votes (16 %)

No, I am not at all concerned about them. 20 votes (64 %)


Yesterday's Final Results
CFL football season has begun. Which team do you think will finish first in the west this year?
Edmonton Eskimos 94 votes (35 %)


Update

$1:

The RCMP have called in extra officers and Lacombe Police Service cancelled weekend leaves to deal with a Hells Angels rally taking place near Red Deer this weekend.

RCMP will not say much about what is expected at the gathering or how police plan to respond. The site of the rally by Canada’s largest outlaw motorcycle gang has also not been disclosed.

“At a park” is all RCMP spokesman Sgt. Patrick Webb would say when asked where they will be.

Webb said police are reluctant to create fear among the public by sending out warnings.

“We’re trying to quell concerns and not tell (the public) not to go places.”

Webb said there is no reason for area residents to worry.

“Absolutely not.

“They are a criminal organization. What we’re doing is we’re prepared to respond to whatever comes up.”

Unless there is trouble, it is unlikely the public will notice anything out of the usual, he said, adding police plan a “measured response.”

Besides extra officers, the RCMP could bring in a helicopter or other vehicles, but Webb was offering no specifics on Thursday.

“There will be traffic stops obviously. We’re not going to say we’re not doing that,” he said.

Police are expected to say more today.

Lacombe Police Services Chief Gary Leslie said four of his officers will be part of a joint force with the RCMP this weekend.

He is not expecting any trouble from the motorcycle gang.

“The way I look at it is they don’t want to bring any extra attention upon themselves,” he said. “I believe they are going to try to maintain a low profile and behave themselves.

“If there is trouble, it might arise as a result of somebody outside the group that might do something silly.”

The Hells Angels haven’t had a large rally in Alberta since July 1997, when about 250 members descended on Central Alberta for a patch-over ceremony with local members of the rival Grim Reapers.

The event saw five local Grim Reapers become members of an Edmonton Hells Angels chapter, marking the official arrival of Hells Angels in Alberta. A second chapter was started in Calgary at the same time.

The ceremony drew a massive police response. It involved 130 officers, including municipal and RCMP officers from Alberta, B.C., Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec, as well as Canada Customs and intelligence officers.

A CheckStop was set up on Hwy 2 and hundreds of tickets were handed out to bikers. Most were thrown out of court three years later when a judge declared “the principles of fundamental justice were violated.’’

Over the years, there have been less visible visits by the Hells Angels. In 1999, a Hells Angels wedding in Sylvan Lake drew a few dozen members.

In 2003, police warned motorcycle gang members would be passing through town on their way to a ceremony in White Rock, B.C. The following year, about 200 members were in Red Deer for the funeral of local member Reginald Joseph Barrett, 48, who had died of a heart attack.