While the funeral of Sonny Barger, emblematic figure of the Hells Angels, was celebrated in the United States, all the Quebec members of the international biker club went on a motorcycle outing on Saturday in Estrie, to commemorate in their own way the burial of their American leader.
Posted at 5:44 p.m.
Quebec bikers were about a hundred.
In addition to members of the Hells Angels, the procession was also made up of members of the supporter clubs of the Marauders, Demons Choice, Gypsies, Red Devils and Red Power Crew.
Since the Quebec Hells Angels are not allowed to travel to the United States, they have mainly taken provincial roads in Estrie, which run along the American border, without ever crossing it.
The motorcyclists made no stops except at a gas station located along Highway 10, at exit 106, in Eastman.
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The Hells Angels stopped at this gas station in Eastman on Saturday.
After this stop, they finished their motorcycle ride on the property of one of their members of the Sherbrooke chapter, in the city of the same name.
Police officers from the Sûreté du Québec, in unmarked vehicles, followed the bikers during part of their hike.
“The Sûreté du Québec monitored the procession to ensure that no offense was committed,” he told The Press Captain Nicolas Roberge of the SQ.
No report was given to the motorcyclists, who respected the speed limits and stops throughout their journey. No arrests were made.
There are currently approximately 80 members of the Hells Angels in Quebec who are free or who are not forced to respect legal conditions.
They are separated into five sections: Montreal, Quebec, Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke and South (South Shore of Montreal).
The very first world chapter of the Hells Angels was created in San Bernardino, California in the late 1940s.
Sonny Barger, who died of cancer on June 29 at the age of 83, founded the Oakland chapter in 1957, and it was later that he united the motorcycle groups and that the Hells Angels have grown in size.
In the criminal underworld, some believe that the rules that have existed for decades at the Hells Angels could be changed in the wake of Barger’s death.
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