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Dominant Clubs.
Purpose
of Dominant Clubs and Why they control who wears patches.
Not all approve or like the fact
dominant clubs exist and control who wears patches and
controls the conduct of clubs or motorcycle groups in the
area. What you may find out is that they are very much needed
and have good reason to exist. Like it or not you have bad
people in every aspect of life and you will have some in the
motorcycle community that will form groups, clubs, gangs or
whatever you may want to label them. Some of these groups will
often cause problems for all bikers who have chose this as a
life style which will also cause problems for anybody that
rides a bike. Weather you are a weekend rider, mom and pop
passing thru or a person who lives the life you are affected
by the trouble makers who ride bikes.
If you have
not seen it, there is a good chance you may see it, that you
get a bunch of so called bad asses put a patch on there back
and go to local hang outs starting trouble with anybody they
come across and in return we all pay the price. Not only does
it set a bad example of all who ride a bike and as you know
bikers do not have the best reputation in the world, but it
causes unwanted attention from local law enforcement. The
problem for law enforcement is they cannot go after a group
for what they think they may do but only for what they have
done, so that is the purpose of the dominate groups is to head
off potential problems before they happen and often deal with
problems without involving law enforcement.
The
arrangement works and like it or not it will not change
anytime in the near future. The arrangement works for all
bikers, the mom and pop, or rider with no club or group should
be able to ride through an area without harassment from any
group or law enforcement because the control by the dominate
clubs.
These
dominate groups are typically the groups that have faced the
brunt of the negative aspects of the reality that bikers are
not the most favored group. There life is the biker
lifestyle and not a weekend rider or rub and they have paid
the price over the years for the life they have chose to live.
These
dominate clubs often have to answer to Law Enforcement when a
club in the area gets out of line. For example say a club
gives some local people a hard time, even to point charges may
be pressed. Well John Doe off the street does not care what
patch this guy is wearing to him they all the same, a biker
with a patch. You can wear a motorcycle ministry patch, a
store bought Harley Davidson patch and he couldn't tell the
difference. Well often the local Law Enforcement is going to
go to the dominate club expecting answers. It is far to often
the dominate club is expected to police up all the groups in
the area is it should be that they have a vested interest who
is in the area and be aware of the trouble makers.
There is a
lot of wanna be's out there who wish to emulate this lifestyle
but have not paid the price that this whole subculture that
most the dominate groups are part of has paid and continues to
pay so that you and I can ride our bikes without a lot of
crap.
Don't get
me wrong, they are some bad dudes out there but they don't
normally advertise, but even the meanness guy on the block
will meet his match one day.
To sum it
up is that the dominate groups are there for a reason and like
it or not you will not change that fact. Be happy that they
are not there to cause you problems but to make it better for
all of us in the biker community. Does not matter if your live
in the area, passing through, mom and pop, weekend rider or
rub they are what makes it easier for you to ride with very
little hassles. But if you cause a problem be ready to face
the music of the dominate groups.
I would also suggest you read up on protocol basics and
difference between RC and MC.
You can also find more on this subject at
http://home.earthlink.net/~rcvsmc-edu/id30.html
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