the Hell's Angels in San Diego have just been charged with a hate crime
which puts them in Ku Klux Klan territory proud boy territory it was a 17-on-three
attack and the three people that got attacked happened to be black check out this clip 17
American men in Ocean Beach back in June CBS 8's Kelly hessitall
joins us live from downtown with what she's learned today Kelly
that's right you know this is an extensive case there are 17 defendants some are charged and
actually carrying out the attack some are charged with driving away some of those defendants after
the attack and the majority of these defendants are charged with carrying out a hate crime now
district attorney summer Stefan describes what happened to the three victims back in June they
were chased and attacked by several Hell's Angels and Hell's Angels supporters it's possible that
the attack was triggered because one of them dared to talk to one of the girlfriends of these members
they were repeatedly called racial epithets and told they didn't belong in that neighborhood
and the D.A made it clear Hal's angels have a history of hatred toward African Americans
she went on to say that one of the victims was stabbed in the chest his sternum was cracked the
wound was so severe doctors could see his lungs another victim was beaten to the point he was
unconscious the third victim managed to get away now that night police arrested one suspect and
that led to this widespread investigation of not only of the attack but also of other crimes they
say the Hell's Angels took part in including the trafficking of drugs and guns investigators say
that is how the group makes money 42 illegal guns were seized including silencers the DA's
office had on display some of the other items that were seized as part of a search warrant
meanwhile as this news conference was happening some of the defendants were making their first
Court appearances including the man accused of carrying out the stabbing Troy shoulder in
addition to the hate crime charge he also faces an attempted murder charge prosecutors describe
him as one of the longtime leaders of the Hell's Angels We were also there as 29 year old Michaela
Peters was arraigned on assault charges with a gang enhancement charge he came dressed in his
military uniform and Deputy district attorney Miriam Heming confirmed that is that he is
a member of the U.S Navy and that across the Spectrum there are individuals who participate
in criminal street gang activity including Hells Angels that have normal everyday jobs like you
and me it is not a predictor of how people act out when they're part of violent organizations
in public under circumstances such as this and I reached out to the Navy for comment I'm still
waiting to hear back now all of the defendants today pleaded not guilty we have learned their
cell phone video as well as surveillance video of evidence in this attack meanwhile on many of
the defendants remain in custody however three that were charged with some of the lower level
crimes they have bailed out of jail Carl and Heather obviously upsetting case on so many
levels Kelly but what do we know about the Hell's Angels and their operations here in San Diego and
also how are the victims in this case holding up well we know that this is an international group
that they have several chapters across Calif California including an active chapter here
in San Diego they frequent Ocean Beach according to the DA's office they have the actual Clubhouse
located in El Cajon and that's where some of these defendants went after the attack back in June
as for the victims none of their names have been released publicly we are told two of them are from
San Diego that they're holding up best says can be expected but that they're scared [Music] foreign
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I'm SOSE the ghost I'm your host for the evening let me know what you think about this situation in
the comments but this is a huge deal the Hells Angels being charged with a hate crime could
put them in a hate group category which makes everything Federal if there's any incidents that
go on in other states they could be tied together so let's say there's a fight in New York somewhere
and there's blacks involved with the altercation and then something in Chicago happens they can tie
that all up and do a big repo case and if they do that we could have one of the biggest free goals
we've ever seen at a time where the president of the United States is saying the largest
problem we face is white supremacy it all ties in election time hopefully that's not what this
is hopefully this is an isolated situation and since the California system is the way it is when
you're white you run with the woods so they have everything they need right there there's no lawyer
that won't be able to make that case let me know what you think in the comments is this an isolated
situation or is this a push to start going after motorcycle clubs as a whole in Australia I've been
talking about this for a long time you have one percenters getting arrested they go outside and
their tattoos even show club affiliation is this the first step in that direction I'm not saying it
is but how far would this go and I don't co-sign any 17 on three jumping I never have but sometimes
things just pop off at the spur of the moment and I always like to look at the politics behind why
these people do what they do because they never actually care about people everything is always
politically motivated so what is the reason why they do this that's why I'm interested in this
sometimes one person will take advantage of a situation knowing that they outnumber people
and throw the first punch the suckers constantly do this I've seen it myself if you got a brother
jumping off the deep end pull him away especially if you're not in danger especially if you're
outnumbering whoever it is and especially if it's over a female and I've done many episodes on one
percent of old ladies I told you these women are the most protected in MC culture you don't believe
it look at this situation right here and this will teach you don't disrespect these women if you
disrespect an old lady is going to end like this I don't know how deep this gets or where it ends
up or if it winds up affecting us all but there's a possibility if they go on a political Witch Hunt
I'm not saying that's what it is hopefully it's not hopefully is one isolated situation
but if they get political like they did with the proud boys this could get even uglier I
don't really touch the news anymore because one little factoid is off and then people are crying
and I don't got time for that I'm too busy but this situation right here is a serious one if
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