Biker gang gets mixed review

[Ian David]

By Elaine Allegrini, Enterprise staff writer

BROCKTON — They ride loud motorcycles, wear identifying patches and tattoos and meet in secure clubhouses tucked in residential neighborhoods of Taunton and Brockton.

They are members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, an international group with 90 chapters in the United States, three in Massachusetts — Brockton, Taunton and East Boston.

Last week, 15 Outlaws and associates were charged with federal drug and firearms violations. The arrests and seizure of 17 guns culminated a two-year investigation that centered on the Taunton chapter but reached into Brockton, Bridgewater, Norton and beyond.

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“You couldn't ask for better neighbors,” said a neighbor who would only identify himself as Steve. “In a way, they protect the neighborhood.”

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[Fearless]

1. I live there...

rot in prison. There comes a point where you don't want to walk do the streets of your city. It's just sad. They don't protect the neighborhood. Hey wasn't that the argument given about the mob after it was "taken out" in Boston. That the streets aren't safe anymore. Yup, made loads of sense.

NTF

[Ian David]

2. That's what *I* was wondering. Protect the neighborhood from WHAT? Other biker gangs? n/t