psycon

http://www.2news.tv/news/local/53124662.html

NAMPA - Federal agents are investigating dozens of bikers pulled over in the Treasure Valley early Thursday morning.

Nampa Police say 55 to 60 bikers were causing problems on I-84; they were blocking the interstate and initially wouldn't stop for officers.

Eventually, officers from several agencies including Ada County, Meridian and Nampa were able to pull all of them over at the Edmark Superstore in Nampa.

"This was an ideal spot to get them into one area so that we could talk to them and find out what was going on," said Sgt. Chris Rowe of the Nampa Police Department.

Federal agents and gang units from Boise are now investigating this group of bikers.

whitedevil

OMG -

So many bikers.....

Hoard

hhhmmmmm

Matt

Bro speed maybe?

BuellCru

I'm guessing BS... Only people I know of from the Treasure Valley that carry a rep.

BLIZANTHIMUM

By Stephanie Hale
NAMPA - A large group of bikers was pulled over early Thursday morning.

Police say they tried to pull over about 60 bikers in Meridian as they made their way onto Interstate 84.

Meridian Police says many of the bikers blocked the busy intersection at Eagle and Fairview so the rest could run the red light.

Nampa Police says the huge group was never blocking traffic on the Interstate but because of the group's size, the bikers were unable to pull over on the Interstate and eventually took the Garrity exit and pulled over at a car dealership.

One biker was arrested on marijuana charges.

funeral processions can do it and the awareness ralley does it, why is it so wrong for bikers to do it for an organized group ride?

its called a night group ride you ###king douche bag pigs! now go back to your donuts and quit being a fun ruiner

psycon

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

But....would this be considered a peaceful assembly? no, but you get the point.

cms1172

Good luck getting that one past the judge.
Considering the numbers, I am surprised that the cops even tried to stop them.
And only 1 arrest. they must have held them there for some time.

Scout16

can you imagine that . the cops are like ok this guys going to jail and if the other 59 of you arnt gunna be good were gunna have to call two buses and take you with him

Exitwounds

This story is far from the 60 bad boy bikers I envisioned with bats, nun-chucks, brass knuckles and chains.

THANKS BAILEY YOU FUN RUINER!

cms1172

Not to mention all of the trucks to impound the bikes.

psycon

Suppose they searched all of 'em just to find that marijuana?...or something...or anything to justify the stop? hmmmmmm.

Hoard

lmao. I was thinking the same thing.
After I read Bailey's post I was quite disappointed.

Bungeeguy

It was probably the BHR guys on their cruisers.

And I was actually thinking that just maybe there was a chance that the feds were investigating the local cops for pulling over too many bikers during there crack down on "agressive bikers" scam. Oh well, FTP!

psycon

http://www.fox12idaho.com/Global/sto...&nav=menu439_2

Nampa, Idaho -- Dozens of police officers were brought in to help wrangle a traffic stop for a large biker gang which may turn into a federal investigation.

Nearly 60 bikers were traveling in a pack along I-84 through Ada County late Tuesday night. Police say the group of bikers were blocking out other drivers creating possibly dangerous conditions so they tried to pull them over.

The group wouldn't at first cooperate in the traffic stop, so more officers from around the area were called in to help. Eventually the bikers were guided off the road and into the Idaho Center Auto Mall at Garrity Road.

Federal gang units were called into head up the investigation. Local police say the federal gang unit will release more information on Thursday, explaining the group's violations.


http://salem-news.com/articles/augus...ho_8-13_09.php

(SALEM, Ore.) - A group of motorcyclists from Oregon, California, Washington and Australia say police were unnecessarily harsh during a traffic stop in Idaho Wednesday night.

A spokesman for the Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club, "Tattoo Mike", says the group was riding with between 60 and 70 members in Nampa, Idaho when police decided to pull the group over.

A news source in Idaho reported that, "Dozens of police officers were brought in to help wrangle a traffic stop for a large biker gang which may turn into a federal investigation."

Tattoo Mike says it seemed pretty obvious that the police were assembled en mass to pull them over. "They had M-16's, there were cops everywhere. The FBI was there. I guess we ran a red light and that was their reason for pulling us over."

He says the riders, most of whom are military veterans, were detained for easily two hours. A small amount of marijuana was apparently located, but the user was a medical patient.

"They lined us up, they photographed us, it was really unnecessary. They had 3-4 circles of containment around us, there were cops everywhere."

He says one club member was heavily scrutinized because he had a concealed weapons permit. "They him of drinking, and he ended up blowing a .00 on the breathalizer" Tattoo Mike said.

Club members believe they had the attention of law enforcement around the time they passed through McCall, Idaho. The local Idaho Fox station reported that, "The group wouldn't at first cooperate in the traffic stop." But Tattoo Mike says the large group stopped as soon as they realized they were being pulled over.

The Fox station wrote, "so more officers from around the area were called in to help. Eventually the bikers were guided off the road and into the Idaho Center Auto Mall at Garrity Road."

It's an interesting story in a nation founded on freedom and the government's supposed respect for military veterans. It looks like the cops had word of the club's annual run and saw it as a good opportunity to detain them and gather personal information about each.

The Gypsy Joker club has a history of looking out for their legal rights and they have won two cases in Oregon in recent years that ultimately cost the taxpayers in Keizer and Gresham a lot of money.

An Oregon attorney once said to me, "In spite of police perceptions, motorcyclists have Civil Rights that guarantee their ability to proceed without being accosted by law enforcement."

For most people, a ticket for running a red light is not a two hour ordeal. The local press seems pretty sold out as far as being able to objectively look at a story like this.

Bungeeguy

any of you noticing that as the new administration is pushing for larger government and less freedom that it is trickling down to our local government.

R1DON

its called socialism...thanks to those that voted him in, you wanted change.

Scout16

it was either we voted in turd sandwhich or a douche bag. were all pretty much fucked either way.

Bungeeguy

I think it was turd sandwich or Giant douche.
Gotta love southpark!

Scout16

finally someone gets one of my references.

packer71

nice find on that article Psycon.

Matt

Even the biker gangs are turning into liberal pansies these days... "Don't detain us, or we will take you to the supreme court even though we were breaking the law"... What a freakin joke!! Go Obama