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\* aulepeteh worn by some of the Hells at Cape - Angels reads “1%-er.” It signifies the te ‘Saeer at Cops | * wearer is part of a small exclusive r rs times during the “Srening * group within the organization. There ; sheriff's deputies came in to check on * also are “1%-ers” among the Coffin ‘ identification, in an atmosphere of ten + Cheaters, Satan’s Slaves and Iron : gion and mutual contempt. ._-. .. Horsemen. : : “Give me your badge number,” de. Some police believe the 1% derives ' “manded a cluh member of one deputy. from an assertion by the American Mo- : H i“ f me animal?” the toreyele Club that 99% of all motor-. deputt's away om me, cyclists are respectable citizens. tr A sneering rival group calling them- : selves Outsiders wear a patch reading This, said the members, is what they “ have to put up with: law enforcement — une ” ‘ _ harassment and persecution, 09, rerie at’ Pane taunt an da challenge. ' . “We are proud of our colors,” the --:- q. This brawling CLIINMNAL TicCiicus to eu cm 7 bane of legitimate motorcyclists who president of “the Berdoo Angels said. -enjoy riding as a sport and don’t like “Why should we be singled out just- the rotten association it has acquired. because we look different?” _ John McCormack, director and vice .. The skulls and swestikas were ex- - president of the American Motorcycle. plained as just “collectors’ items.” and Scooter Association, said respon- Gne Angel tilted his chin_belliger- . sible motorcycle organizations - have barred groups like the Hell’s Angels ‘from even being spectators. = “ ‘ _ the Hell’s Angels, he said,: "would ‘ ently and said in a hard voice, as if defying contradiction: : “Sure, we get rowdy once in a while but it’s all in fun. No one gets hurt, - We see to that. The important thing is- that when we are drinking together like this, we are not bothering anyone else —so0 why don't the police just leave us alone?” One answer why the police don't let ‘rough-riding bikers of whatever group alone came out of Riverside, Calif. eee? be condemned if they rode horses, mules, surf boards, bicycles or skate- boards. Regretfuily, they picked mo- torcycles.” : A group of “wild ones” milled around in a dimly lit bar in the San Gabriel Valley section of California re- cently. This was one of the bars they just the other day when a group of mo- regard as “theirs.” A reporter had torcyclists attacked a Los Angeles- come to interview them and a photog- _ bound bus with rocks, bottles and a rapher to take their pictures. _chain. They said they were glad to be in- The riders, said bus driver Walter terviewed, to give their side of the Leffler, “came out of nowhere” to sur- story, although the reporter had some Tet ower gregtbound bus on U.S. £0 Coe e nce te fale bee teed ee front of the bus and slowed down, evi- “peras “of a class dently trying to force Leffler to stop. ‘' “f put the bus in gear and passed them when, all of a sudden, they be- gan throwing rocks and bottles,’’ he said. “Then one of them threw a 12- inch chain which emashed in the rear window and landed in an empty seat. “Tha passengers were scared—and I didn't blame them.” . . And now Hell’s ‘Angels seem to be directing their hostility to the anti-war demonstraters——who'll- need . all: the. po- alee protection ‘they can gat: - ae from the occasional smashing of a glass or gush of a bottle of beer being poured over someone's head. Among the group were Hell's Angela, Coffin Cheaters and a few mavericks. Men and women dressed alike, either in dungaree jackets or Diack leather. Some of them had thick coats of grease on the seats of their trousers. Metal skulls and crossbones hung from jacket pockets and a few wore the Nazi swas- tika or German Iron Cross. Long hair ‘ was preferred and earrings were preva- lent. Only beards could be called strict- ly the male prerogative.