How a Cold War Between Rival Biker Gangs on Cape Cod Turned Red Hot

Not to sound like Tucker, but this is not what I think of when I think of Cape Cod.

In any event, the FBI is doing something here, but it's interesting to me how these gangs continue to operate and go about their business, particularly when motorcycle gangs seem relatively organized and whose members are conspicuous and so easily identifiable.

How a Cold War Between Rival Biker Gangs on Cape Cod Turned Red Hot

A newly unsealed FBI search warrant reveals how a turf war between rival biker gangs in Southern Massachusetts sparked a bloody 50-man street brawl, which resulted in several gang members being stabbed and bludgeoned.

The heavily redacted warrant, which was filed by an FBI task force officer and unsealed Thursday, details how the Hells Angels motorcycle gang and their supporters came to blows with a rival club called the Pagans in May 2022 over the latter’s encroachment on their territory.

Both the Hells Angels and Pagans are well-established outlaw motorcycle gangs, with a history of crimes across the country ranging from narcotics trafficking to racketeering. They also can’t stand each other, harboring a long-simmering feud that occasionally flares up into open violence.

According to the warrant, tensions boiled over between the gangs in April 2022, as the Pagans, who were new in the region, opened a chapter in Fall River. The small city is located on the Southern Massachusetts coast near the Rhode Island border, in an area where the Hells Angels long held sway.

 

Yeah and bar fights are one thing. I'm thinking more about the criminal organization and terf war parts. Presumably, they're territorial because there's a lot of profit to be made or lost in all the crimes they're committing. The Feds took down a lot of powerful mafia families over the years, but these biker gangs never seem to go anywhere even if some individual members get in trouble. Maybe they're not centralized enough for RICO and other tools to be as effective as they were with the mafia? I don't know how it all works, but it's funny to me that these guys drive around in broad daylight without a seeming care in the world.