The brawl involved a total of twenty-two participants and was the result of a power struggle between the Sons of Silence and two other motorcycle clubs, the Dead Men and a group known as Philtown. Six members – Scott Bennigsdorf, John Barnard, Bobby Mann, Art Miller, Mark Wagar, and national president Bruce Richardson – were charged with assault with a deadly weapon and jailed for their involvement in a bar brawl in Colorado Springs on March 5, 1972. The Sons of Silence are allied with the Hells Angels and Iron Horsemen, and are rivals of the Outlaws. Members have been implicated in numerous criminal activities, including murder, assault, drug trafficking, intimidation, extortion, prostitution operations, money laundering, weapons trafficking, and motorcycle and motorcycle parts theft. Department of Justice (DOJ), and at one point were considered one of the "big five" motorcycle gangs along with the Bandidos, Hells Angels, Outlaws and Pagans. The Sons of Silence are designated an outlaw motorcycle gang by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. states, and 5 chapters in Germany ĭrug trafficking, witness intimidation, extortion, prostitution, money laundering, weapons trafficking, motor vehicle theft, murder, assault Criminal allegations and incidents Sons of Silence MCģ0 chapters in 12 U.S. Membership of the club has been estimated at between 250 and 500. Members pledge oaths of loyalty and secrecy. Sons of Silence members must be at least twenty-one years old and own a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
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The logo is a patch that is sewn on the back of each full member's vests (known as colors), along with assorted other badges. The club's motto is " donec mors non separat ", Latin for "until death separates us".
The Sons of Silence's logo – an American eagle superimposed over the letter "A" – is similar to, and taken from, the Anheuser-Busch logo. Branches in Viernheim, Erding and Pfarrkirchen were established in 2007, 20, respectively. In 2001, more German chapters were founded in Freising, Gangkofen and Nurnberg. The first international chapter was founded in Munich, Germany in 1998. There are now American chapters in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The first chapter outside Colorado was the Iowa chapter which was founded in 1968, and an alliance with the Hells Angels enabled the Sons of Silence to further expand. In the 1990s, Reed and Richard Lester, an attorney and motorcyclist, formed the Colorado Confederation of Clubs, which improved communication between motorcycle clubs and provided a means to avoid conflict.
Also a navy veteran who served from 1965 until 1969, Reed succeeded Richardson as the Sons of Silence's national president in 1977 and held the position for twenty-two years. Another influential figure in the club's history is Leonard Lloyd "JR" Reed, Jr. The Sons of Silence's national headquarters were later moved to Colorado Springs.
The Sons of Silence Motorcycle Club was founded in Niwot, Colorado in 1966 by Bruce Gale "The Dude" Richardson (Aug– March 26, 2013) who was living in Longmont, Colorado after serving in the U.S.
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