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• Edaze55

  

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  February 20, 2013 5:23 AM EST

  I ran across this story tonight and wanted to hear thoughts and opinions from everyone here on the subject.
  
  MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) — On-duty, they are police officers who took an oath to enforce the law.
  
  Off-duty, they formed a motorcycle club that looks like it supports outlaw biker gangs.
  
  And as Pam Zekman reports with the Better Government Association, law enforcement officials say they can’t do both.
  
  http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/02/19/2-investigators-suburban-cops-form-motorcycle-club/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_news&utm_campaign=426593
  
  This post was edited by BikersPost at February 24, 2013 10:06 AM EST

  
• Jakes57

  

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  February 20, 2013 7:09 AM EST

  Sounds like they wanted both life styles and found they can only have one. With what they said they wanted in a MC there is one that has both LEO's and FF's also one with just LEO's. That are on the so called straight and narrow. So I don't think they had being on the straight and narrow on the mind when they formed their MC.
• Deleted Member

  
   

  February 21, 2013 12:19 AM EST

  They started out right. Then they showed weakness...followed by showing their ass and finally...they quit. Case closed.
  
• Edaze55

  

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  February 21, 2013 3:15 AM EST

  Jake you might be right, but they could have also just wanted to do their own thing. Now Im not a fan of cops in general, but I kinda feel they got a raw deal.
  
  I think everyone hear knows why they asked permission. And perhaps wearing a support patch wasnt the keenest idea, but to bring up how similar their reaper patch looks to another reaper patch is silly if you ask me. Sure there are different ways to draw a reaper but in the end its still just going to be a hooded skeleton with a sickle. If they werent breaking any laws, I dont think they should have been forced to choose between their jobs and their club.
• Moe Foe

  

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  February 23, 2013 11:12 PM EST

  they are already in a gang.....
• RD

  

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  February 24, 2013 8:09 AM EST

  maybe they should have picked a patch with a hog instead....just saying
• artist500

  

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  February 24, 2013 1:16 PM EST

  Three piece patch kinda tells me that they were on the outlaw side. Am I right ?
• Lil Bit

  

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  February 24, 2013 1:42 PM EST

  Not necessarily, a three piece patch just shows the insignia in the middle, name of club on top, and chapter(city, and state) on the bottom. All clubs, good and others, carry 3 patches, usually. Outlaws and 1%'s should not be labeled by the previous post statement made above.
  This post was edited by Lil Bit at February 24, 2013 1:43 PM EST
• Deleted Member

  
   

  February 24, 2013 2:41 PM EST

  Good PR actually, and a way to do recon with the not too bright ones. I get what they were doing - they did it wrong.
• Deleted Member

  
   

  February 24, 2013 2:42 PM EST

  I wonder ? could there be some crooked cops? go figure
• NeiljohnUK

  

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  February 24, 2013 2:56 PM EST

  "Biggest armed gang in the country, the police" from one of the cops I know!
• Lil Bit

  

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  February 24, 2013 3:17 PM EST

  @ mr. niceguy: You think!