Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club

[bad to the bone]

Edited January 19 by pure blood

[bad to the bone]

“The heinous actions of this criminal organization clearly warranted this guilty verdict,” said Jonathan T. McPherson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Seattle Field Division. “ATF remains committed to combatting organizations like the Gypsy Jokers Outlaw Motorcycle Club that endanger our communities.” 

 

According to court documents and trial testimony, the GJOMC is a hierarchical criminal organization wherein members and associates maintain their position and status in the organization by participating in, directly or indirectly, various acts of violent racketeering activity including murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, narcotics trafficking, and witness tampering. Since the 1980s, the club has been active in several states including Oregon and Washington and, until recently, operated six clubhouses in the Pacific Northwest. The club also has international chapters in Germany, Australia, and Norway. 

 

Each chapter had officers, to include a president, vice-president, treasurer, sergeant at arms, and other general members. The chapters ultimately fell under the authority of the national president, also known as "the Wiz." Criminal activities of the GJOMC and their support clubs were often committed at the direction of the national and chapter officers.

Associates and members followed a written code of conduct which identified the GJOMC as a "I%," or outlaw motorcycle club. Violations of the code resulted in fines, probation, expulsion, a new prospecting period, or acts of violence against the violator. 

 

Membership in the GJOMC was available only to men over the age of 21. The GJOMC excluded African Americans, law enforcement officers, homosexuals, and intravenous drug users from membership. Members were required to own an American made motorcycle.

 

The vestments denoting membership in the GJOMC, referred to as "cuts" or "colors," included a leather vest with a patch depicting the club emblem, a court jester known as "Simon." The Simon" emblem was surrounded by patches called a top "rocker" bearing the words GYPSY JOKER and a bottom "rocker" identifying the nationality of the member (U.S.A., Germany, or Australia). The vests also displayed other symbols including a "I %er" in a diamond, a 5-year member patch, and "In Memory" patches to recognize deceased members. The "1 %" designation is in response to a proclamation issued in the 1940s by the American Motorcycle Association that ninety-nine percent of persons in motorcycle clubs were law-abiding citizens. The "l %er" patch signifies, that the GJOMC members were in the other 1 %; that is, they were not law-abiding citizens. 

Edited January 18 by pure blood

[Eastern Promises]

SUSPECT 710 SIMON SEZ IS ROLLING ONTO THE STAGE

Edited January 18 by Eastern Promises

[Label]

Take it far!

[The Master Of Route 68]

SUSPECT 710

[Hunt]

full throttle

[bad to the bone]

[China White]

 

[nawfghanistan]

take dis far

[poseidon]

Yep these Romanians took it too far…..