in this episode we talk about a legendary Outlaw motorcycle
club and I'm talking about the dirty dozen MC out of Arizona they started
in 1964 and they merged with the Hells Angels in 1997 we got some footage that
we're gonna break down on this episode of demons RowTV and oh yeah we ghostin baby
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evening and today we continue the series of Outlaw motorcycle clubs and history and we talk about
the dirty dozen MC out of Arizona there are other Dirty Dozen MC shout to them I'm talking about the
one percent club with the Center patch with the two dice for real quick follow the sose the ghost
Channel help us get that silver plaque smash that like button let's get a little background on them
a real small one and then we're gonna get into this footage says The Dirty Dozen motorcycle club
was an outlaw motorcycle club in Arizona founded in 1964. the dirty dozen became the preeminent
motorcycle club in the state and ultimately merged with the Hell's Angels in 1997. the dirty dozen MC
was established by 12 founding members in 1964 while some sources erroneously claimed that the
dirty dozen were named after the 1967 film of the same name the club was in fact formed prior to the
release of the film The club's Insignia consisted of a pair of dice with the sixes facing out and
cobwebs trailing off the sides the dirty dozens membership peaked at approximately 120 with at
least six chapters located in Phoenix Mesa Tucson Cave Creek and Flagstaff as well as
a Nomads chapter club's leadership consisted of a state president who was deputized by a
state vice president or warlord among the dirty dozen's most prominent Traditions was the annual
Florence prison run which began in the early 1970s held each February the drive-by salute
to those incarcerated at Florence State Prison has drawn thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts yearly
all right Charles we're going to break down this footage now smash that like button Montoya has
spent the past several weeks mingling with the Dozen and he reports he found a mixed group of
people well can't the first inclination is to say The Dirty Dozen are different from
you and me that's not totally true but they are a group of men who March to the beat of a
different drummer and moved to music of Their Own there is something about the Outlaw Biker call it
a motorcycle Mystique our perceptions of bikers come for the most part from movies and television
Hollywood has had a Fascination for these fellows for years generally it is an image of a boozing
brawling biker in Arizona the most notable biker group is the dirty dozen and the Dozen doesn't
like the image if you get the chance on our own Merit and not on what they've seen the TV are
on uh I read the newspaper or seen the movies with Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda and Mr takes on our
own Merit not on what they've their own uh fantasy or images the police contend it's more than image
police say the Dozen got their reputation the old-fashioned way the organized Outlaw Biker
groups have a tendency to attract people who are prone to the activities the criminal activities
it's amazing to me how they'll go somewhere sit down with somebody and actually get footage of
them what they're doing hang out with them talk to them ask them questions and then do a complete hit
piece on them right after like it's insane to me could you imagine yourself being in those shoes
sitting down with somebody you told cool you're asking questions and then as soon as they put
it up it's a complete hit piece on you like it's amazing what these people do this wouldn't accept
the dirty dozen specifically police say bikers are a problem and while The Dirty Dozen is a
relatively small group it is with a dozen who get the headlines it is a flow of negative publicity
that doesn't would like to step I don't know the only two out there are friends I just wanted to be
I understand uh when you leave normal lives and uh we would like to let the Lord as much as possible
and not to interfere be interfered with on a uh unfair basis for a ride with the dirty dozen on
a Sunday afternoon in March shortly after the ride began a police car joined the procession
a couple miles later that police car turned off and another policeman joined
a few miles later that officer turned off abruptly I want you to take notice on real quick no crime
was committed not one you didn't hear one anything happened and they're just following
them everywhere they go like that's annoying at our destination a biker bar a sheriff's officer
arrived a few minutes later another deputy pulled in eventually one Deputy was left to watch there
it is watching to make sure nothing happens uh we haven't stopped any of traffic violations or
anything just basically our normal Patrol members of The Dirty Dozen say this sort of thing happens
all the time Phoenix police say they do not follow the dirty dozen around as a matter of policy we
don't want to give the appearance that we are targeting a group of people as being bad guys
because we don't in Burns to the police department a couple of weeks ago there was an incident in
which an officer shot a civilian and a week later there was another one of those drug roundups word
of the Roundup was out long before the shooting had occurred did you ride one of the big Hogs I
did not no I didn't get on a motorcycle uh frankly I'm not crazy about motorcycles the party and live
for today approach affects the Earth attracts the criminal element and often involves illegal
activity and as we have seen the Valley's most prominent Outlaw Biker Group is the dirty dozen
I forget where motorcycles doesn't have a bad reputation police say it is a reputation that is
richly deserved officials say members of the Dozen have been involved in a variety of crimes and they
say it has gotten worse in recent years they've become more organized uh they've become better
financed they've also expanded their operations their their tentacles so to speak into other areas
so that's the true problem the expansion because they know picture this let's just paint a scenario
imagine every scenario here let's say they don't demonize club and um The Dirty Dozen just keeps
expanding and expanding because they're seeing that it's a movement that's not demonized all over
the media now you got a thousand Dirty Dozen in one town if they come to Valley if the police want
to oppress you how they gonna oppress somebody that's affiliated with a thousand people it's
impossible people have it in their head that it is possible like the police are just like Superman
but in reality if that many people are together they can't do anything think about neighborhoods
that they don't go to like in Brooklyn you know where I'm from in New York there's areas
in Brooklyn where they don't go like they won't even go there because there's so many people or
areas in Los Angeles where they don't goal unless they have a whole SWAT team and it's it's all
coordinated and everything like that's the true fear not being able to enforce through fear when
people are united but police are reluctant to single out the dirty dozen as a law enforcement
problem police estimate that independent Outlaw Bikers outnumber The Dirty Dozen by 40-1
it is the biker culture police say that provides the problems nevertheless police say there are
bikers and members of The Dirty Dozen who are law-abiding citizens who happen to have Harleys
but police say that all too often bikers break the law while in pursuit of a good time
members of The Dirty Dozen acknowledge the bad reputation although they contend it is more rumor
than substance and they don't see themselves as the only ones to have backsliders in their midst
you know there's a group of young healthy men and you're going to have female profound law
peace Police Department same way you know they're all externally healthy men and uh I see all the
time or they are indicting their own you know this man is willing to believe just about any
allegation made Against The Dirty Dozen he rides a motorcycle very often socializes with bikers
but he sees a major difference between independent bikers and The Dirty Dozen they seem to thrive on
violence they seem to they like the I don't know they seem to like to get in fights big fights he
attended a party that erupted into a free-for-all and he blames members of The Dirty Dozen and has
adopted a philosophy for dealing with the Dozen we avoid them we go out of our way to avoid them
uh if they appear someplace we disappear just because we know in the past the problems have
Arisen with them being around there are fights which isn't unusual considering they hang around
bars like these if there is a heated disagreement at a biker bar they do not send out for a federal
mediator members of The Dirty Dozen say that in those altercations even when they win they lose
when you go to a bar and we go to bars a lot there's always going to be somebody in there
that wants to test your fourth push it you know and we thought that was more pushing
and testing because we know who was in his life force and your average person were in the bar
what happens in the final analysis the determination has to be made of how much of a
threat the society is posed by The Dirty Dozen and Outlaw Bikers and how much of a law enforcement
priority they should then receive and those are questions that really can only be answered by law
enforcement authorities can I understand that the members of this club could be people that you work
with and perhaps you don't know that that's what they are well that's true a lot of them do adopt
what they call a low-key approach and tomorrow we'll be looking at who they are and what they
do when they're not riding their motorcycles the Phoenix fact of life on the Dozen with a look at
some of the members Ken okay there is a temptation to say the series of stories was an inside look at
the dirty dozen and that really isn't the case but anyone who isn't a member is an outsider it
doesn't take long to realize this is not just a social group they refer to one another as brother
to the outsider The Dirty Dozen is an organization to its members it's more of a state of mind
The Dirty Dozen doesn't seem to be any one thing we're a close-knit club of individuals
this individual doesn't fit the stereotype grit doesn't have a beard in beer belly he
says his appearance leans toward the clean cut because as a construction subcontractor he has
to deal with the public there are according to the Dozen several members who adopt this low-key
approach except when it comes to motorcycles well here ride motorcycle that's the number one
requirements you know you as we uh everybody has the same interest in motorcycles and that's our
Burning uh members of the Dozen do not live by Harley alone this man likes the technological
advances in Japanese motorcycles although he does take a certain amount of ribbing
for riding a foreign bike he isn't a career biker he was a skilled journeyman who says he
decided he lights motorcycles more than the rat race according to the Dozen most members
work for a living at jobs like these no doctors or lawyers but lots of construction Tradesmen
for the most part they describe themselves as primarily laborers who are veterans and they
say politically most are Goldwater Republicans as a culture the Dozen is a male dominated group
within the dirty dozen the Supreme compliment is to be called a man the motorcycle is a sort
of extension of that male pride and that Pride provides for a defiant defense of dignity will
stand be insulted we don't see everybody talk about women or our wives or our girlfriends
we don't understand someone to uh you know her to hurt one of us on one hand you can say The Dirty
Dozen as a group are just people some good some bad the police say the ratio is out of
bounds on the other hand they pursue a decidedly different lifestyle and of their own choice they
have banded together the heart of the hammer us and try to bring us up and separate us the
the Tighter and closer they will make us in case you're wondering where the name Dirty Dozen came
from the Dozen organizations started about the same time the movie The Dirty Dozen came out but
they say there are no similarities between the group and the movie except for the name smash
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