Marie, Windsor, London, Ottawa, and Kingston to the Outlaws. [104] Port Hope is a small town close to Oshawa, and an Outlaw chapter in Port Hope would threaten the profits from the drug trade enjoyed by the Satan's Choice Oshawa chapter. [48] The decision to use Satan's Choice members in the film had been approved by "Big" Jack Olliffe, who had replaced McEwen as the interim president. [67] The conflict had started in 1969 when an Outlaw raped the wife of a Hells Angel, leading to the Angels to beat the rapist to death. [92] Langton wrote: "Effectively powerless behind bars, he [Guindon] issued a $10, 000 reward on McEwen's head. [122] The fact that none of the accused took the stand did not help their case as juries tend to be very suspicious of defendants who excised their right not to testify. It grew to more. [6] Guindon received permission from Norris to use the name and patch of the former Satan's Choice. [175] Despite the lucid headlines in the newspapers, Satan's Choice was not committed to an all-out struggle against the Loners, and Lorne Campbell made an agreement with the Loners that all of York Region north of Highway 7 was a "no war zone". Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. [24] Members tended to leave as quickly as they arrived as Guindon recalled: "In a year or two you'd lost at least a hundred members. [22], In 1967, a black outlaw biker from Montreal, Rod MacLeod, arrived at a biker's convention at Wasaga Beach to meet Guindon. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2015. [87] Fearing he might be killed if he stayed in Ontario, McEwen fled to Alberta where he ended up working as a dishwasher at a restaurant located in a Calgary hotel. In 1962, the Satan's Choice club led by Don Norris was forced to disband following attacks from the rival Black Diamond Riders, who humiliated them by beating them up in street fights and stealing their patches. [199], Guindon had been a professional boxer in addition to being an outlaw biker and by the late 1990s, he was beginning to suffer from brain damage caused by his boxing career. 8 people are taken to hospital after the attack, including one member of the Black Diamond Riders who had been shot in the abdomen. [46] Guindon saw violence as a legitimate way to achieve his aims, in general, but he was against biker wars, arguing that the Canadian public was willing to accept street fights, but not murder, and that excessive violence would lead to a police crackdown. Croitoru and two friends were arrested and charged, but the trial did not begin until almost two years later. [194] The cellmate turned out to be Gordie Cunningham of Satan's Choice Hamilton chapter, who had been arrested for drug possession in Barrie. [89] Lorne Campbell stated: "The split never would have gone down if Bernie was still out. Dbe was born in and grew up in Sudbury, a mining city in northern Ontario. Lorne Campbell was an officer and enforcer for the outlaw biker club Satan's Choice for over thirty years, before patching over to the Hells Angels. [134] The last of the "Port Hope 6" to be acquitted was Comeau, who was freed on 8 September 2000. Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2014, A good interesting read throughly enjoyable, well written, it made it as if you were there with him the whole time, Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2013. [6] In the outlaw biker subculture, using the name and patch of a former club without permission is seen as very disrespectful. But when Hawkins went down, we were all more careful about what we said".[151]. I just wanted to see where his balls were. [190] In early December 1996, Croitoru visited Sudbury to see Dub with his followers "Jimmy Rich" (a court-ordered pseudonym), Garry Noble, Gordie Cunningham and a man known as "Lebanese Joe". [168] As the Kitchener chapter was the most powerful and wealthiest chapter, Wattel had an oversized say in the running of Satan's Choice. [117] Corporal Terry Hall of the OPP's Special Squad, who took charge of the investigation on 27 October 1978, seems to have decided to use Matiyek's death as a chance to cripple Satan's Choice by convicting as many bikers as possible of his murder. The Satan's Choice MC had branches in Keswick, Kitchener, Oshawa, Sudbury, Simcoe County, Thunder Bay and Toronto but nothing outside the province. It wasn't organized crime as it became. Try again. While Croitoru was awaiting trial for the bombing, the Hamilton branch of Satan's Choice was shut down after an . [140] Lamoureaux was badly wounded, but survived while Buteau and Gilbert were both killed. Satan's Choice grew to more than 400 members by 1970, making it the second largest outlaw motorcycle club in the world, behind only the Hells Angels. [21] Reports such as this were typical of the media reports about Satan's Choice in the 1960s, which rarely mentioned serious crimes. [172] Brawls between the Loners and Satan's Choice became common in the summer of 1995, causing injuries to multiple people. [199] Dub was facing one count of first-degree murder charge relating to the 1988 murder of Claude Briere, who was a prominent drug dealer in Sudbury. [191] When the bikers continued to try to enter the Solid Gold, the police were called. [221] Lorne Campbell stated that it was "insult" for the new club to use the name and patch of the former Satan's Choice and predicted violence. [120] People in Port Hope were so outraged by Mayiyek's murder that it was deemed impossible to find an impartial jury in that town, so the trial was held in London, Ontario. [16] Shebib said of Satan's Choice in 1965: "It was a lot of booze, broads, and bikes. [21] One of the first reports in the media about Satan's Choice was a story in the Toronto Star on 29 August 1966, reporting "Five arrested in motorcycle rumble". We'd fight anybody and ride to the fight". [5] The group regulated itself somewhat differently from most motorcycle clubs such as the Hells Angels, using a series of bylaws instead of a single written constitution or charter. [202] Gault, who once bit off a man's ear in a bar fight, was described by his ex-wife Linda Sebastiao: "After he got his full patch he thought he was king of the world. [54] Even Hall's appearance with his long hair and beard and a generally disheveled look made him appear more like an outlaw biker than a policeman. [132], The Port Hope case became the subject of a best-selling 1988 book, Conspiracy of Brothers by the American journalist Mick Lowe, and the 1990 protest song "Justice in Ontario" by the American singer Steve Earle. If you have any interest in Biker lifestyle or this area of underworld activity then you'll enjoy it. [182] Increasingly, Andre Wattel, the president of the Choice's Kitchener chapter, began to exercise leadership and Wattel, unlike Guindon, was much more open to joining the Hells Angels. Satan's Choice: Directed by Donald Shebib. [19] Through the values of outlaw biker subculture that celebrated violence, macho masculinity and the acquisition of wealth contrasted with the counterculture values of the hippies, the two subcultures saw themselves as fellow outcasts from Canadian society, and hippies tended to glamorize outlaw bikers as the 1960s progressed. [152] As Hawkins was deeply in debt owing to the costs associated with his divorce, the police allege that he began to sell information to Morin. [140], A series of police raids in 1983 in Madoc discovered a methamphetamine factory operated jointly by Satan's Choice and the Para-Dice Riders that produced about $3.6 million worth of methamphetamine per month. Dbe became the president of the Sudbury chapter of the Satan's Choice Motorcycle Club. Written with dark humour and raw honesty, and filled with unforgettable characters living life on their own terms, Satan's Choice is a unique insight into an outlaw world seen through the eyes of one proud and unrepentant biker. [204], Satan's Choice, under their new club president Andre Wattel, decided to join the Hells Angels and abandon their own club's identity and autonomy because it would mutually benefit their criminal enterprises. [53] Corporal Terry Hall of the Special Squad called the campaign against Satan's Choice "reverse intimidation" as the Special Squad sought to intimidate bikers via the same means used by the bikers themselves. [67] During an assassination attempt by the Hells Angels, Berry took two bullets to the chest. [56] During his time as an Outlaw enforcer and hitman in Florida, Berry customarily rode around in his motorcycle with a machine gun strapped to the front, as much for his own protection as for intimidation. , Dimensions [177] On 20 October 1995, the city of Toronto ended the talks once it was apparent that Satan's Choice would set a new clubhouse in Toronto after the city purchased the current one on Kintry Avenue, a possibility that Hall had not considered until that point as she seemed to believe that buying the current clubhouse would banish Satan's Choice from Toronto forever. [191] Croitoru shouted "We wear our colors wherever the fuck we want! [73] In Kitchener, Edson was given the false name Denis Lupo, together with a fake Ontario driver's license, and he joined the local Satan's Choice chapter. [188] The bomb was handed over by Croitoru and Juretta to Dub and vice-president Brian Davies of the Sudbury chapter at a Tim Horton's where Highway 69 and Notre Dame Avenue intersected in the Lockerby district of South Sudbury. : "[138] In December 1987, after complaints from readers, the Kitchener Record ceased running what was intended to be an annual ad. [111] Thompson advised calling the police, but Powell decided to let them stay as the bar was almost empty that night and he felt he needed their money[111] A confrontation, with Golden Hawk Rider Matiyek and the two Outlaws on one side and the Satan's Choice members on the other, began in the bar-room soon after. [16] The unwillingness of outlaw bikers to testify against one another in court following their code made it difficult for the authorities to prosecute them for their frequent street fights, which contributed to their "cool" image as men who successfully broke the law. [107] Sauv choose to accept the challenge, but unwilling to face Matiyek with only Merv "Indian" Blaker of the Peterborough chapter as an ally, Sauv called the other chapters for help. [25] Oshawa, as the first chapter, held the pride of place as Guindon stated: "The Oshawa chapter always stood proud. [1] He was the Choice hitman and everybody knew it". One of the very best true accounts of a man who must be seen as a true biker, loyalty and respectful. [102] In the aftermath of the split of 1977, relations between the Outlaws and Satan's Choice were very unfriendly. In his time he's seen club life slip further into the criminal underworld and be transformed by cocaine dealing. [218] On 12 January 2011, he was convicted of various charges relating to conspiracy to traffic in illegal narcotics, being sentenced to four and half years in prison. [106] Brideau sought revenge by calling Satan's Choice's Peterborough chapter from the phone booth outside the Queen's Hotel. [150] The case was chronicled in the 1998 book The Biker, the Stripper and the Cop by Eugene McCarthy. [142] In 1984, a Satan's Choice member was killed in Kitchener while riding his motorcycle by a gunman in a car that drove up next to him. However, its power began to diminish during the 1970s, with some of the clubs chapters "patching over" to the Outlaws MC in 1977. This ain't hurting me". The Hells Angels had for decades been prevented from expanding from Quebec into Ontario by the Outlaws. [187] As a result of Project Dismantle, Satan's Choice membership fell from 135 in 1995 down to 70 in September 1998. [50] It was understood by members of the Special SqRuad that "legal niceties" need not be upheld as the politicians demanded convictions to show the public that action was being taken. [25] Lorne Campbell, a founding member of Satan's Choice and one of Guindon's principle lieutenants remembered: "There wasn't machine guns or knives back then, but there were pretty serious fights". When he eventually made bail, Mark eagerly jumped at the centre's offer. [196] Davies was confronted by Isnor who told him Dub was planning to kill him, leading to Davies to turn white with fear and say "You're absolutely right". [150] However, Hawkins then married Graham on 31 March 1989, and at subsequent preliminary inquiry hearings she claimed she had committed perjury at the instigation of the detectives and Crown Attorneys at the first preliminary inquiry hearings in 1988. [81] After a disagreement, Foote hit Harvey with a pool cue, resulting in Harvey, who was heavily under the influence of drugs, returning with a gun and shooting him dead. [171], Croitoru was very close to Dub and often visited Sudbury to see him. [156] He was known for his aggressive and confrontational personality, which led him to being transferred over to the Oshawa chapter after he was involved in quarrels with almost every member of the Kitchener chapter. [221] The Satan's Choice of 2017 had chapters in Durham and Ottawa, with 48 full-patch members and two prospects. [44] The remoteness of northern Ontario made it possible to hide drug labs and to manufacture drugs on a scale that was difficult in the more populous region of southern Ontario. Learn more. , ISBN-13 [1][3], The Canadian scholar Graeme Melcher wrote: "In a culture where violence, toughness, and assertive masculinity were so highly prized, Guindon succeeded as a leader because he was tougher and smarter than the next guy". [9] In 1965, a documentary film about the newly founded club, directed by Donald Shebib and titled Satan's Choice, appeared, making the club famous in Toronto. [15] The Ontario outlaw biker subculture was violent, but in the 1960s the violence was usually limited to brawls and it was most unusual for bikers to kill each other. In 1974, Kirby and Garnet "Mother" McEwen, the president of the St. Catharines chapter, went to Fort Lauderdale, Florida to meet Outlaw leaders. [138] Satan's Choice ambushed three Loners in Woodbridge, shooting three of them, who all survived their wounds. [1] Boudreault became very close to Campbell, referring to him as "Dad". 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