The Aging Rebel 12/12/2018
In virtually every trial involving a member of a one percenter motorcycle club prosecutors, and a parade of cops who have branded themselves as “outlaw biker experts,†tell the jury what “one percenter†means.
The official, police version is that the American Motorcyclist Association coined the phrase after the 1947, so called, “Hollister Riot†and it means the “one percent of motorcyclists who are criminals.†During the recent Mongol Nation trial both Assistant United States Attorney Christopher Brunwin and retired Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive Agent Darrin Kozlowski told the jury just that.
The AMA has often been regarded warily by one-percenters because of the way police and prosecutors use the term now. It frequently hasn’t gotten the credit it deserves from the people police keep saying it hates.
Something happened in the United States Senate yesterday that indicates how the AMA regards both outlaws and police.
After years of lobbying, the AMA convinced the Senate to agree on something. Senate Resolution 154 urges state law enforcement officials to condemn motorcyclist profiling in their policies and training materials. The resolution also calls for increased “awareness of motorcyclist profiling and encourages collaboration and communication with the motorcycling community and law enforcement officials to prevent instances of profiling.â€
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