Out Bad

IN MY OPINION - this book makes the unstated case that the Mongols Motorcycle Club are the 21st Century Jews in the District of Columbia's effort to establish total tyrannical control of ALL the citizens of the United States as opposed to the 80% control they have at the moment. In Germany non-Jews didnt care about the Jews, didn't like them, what they heard about them from the government wasnt good, - ever - and everyone saw no problem with their eradication. In America nobody cares about the Mongols. They never hear anything good about them, everything they do hear is heinous news and so they don't care if they are eradicated. Briefly going off-topic here, the upcoming Mongols case regarding "attire" is - to me - the most everything-hinges-on-it case in American history since the Civil War, the war that, when it was over, created universal slavery to Law Enforcement via the 13th Amendment; 32 words that declare only Federal, State, County and Municipal governments may legally have slaves within US jurisdictions. It's 32 words. Even YOU can read 32 words. Look it up. Amendment 13. It's in between the 12th and the 14th. The 13th Amendment didnt free the slaves; it turned everybody in America into one. It does the exact opposite of what you THINK it's doing, in other words. But you have to actually READ it to see that. And who has time to read the 13th Amendment's 32 words? Out Bad is not about the "attire" case, which is being pursued with a far greater effort than Islamic attacks on American citizens, many of whom had their legs blown off recently, for which the head of the "Homeland Defense" department was rewarded with a raise and a kick upstairs into a warm California teaching assignment in a prestigious university where she can train future incompetents in assassination-prevention while drawing a large salary bigger than yours and a large pension bigger than yours, and no requirement to sign up for Husseincare. Out Bad is not about that. But it is about the unified American governments' (plural) unified efforts to outlaw saying you are an "outlaw." Which is a much more serious threat to national security, apparently than Muslims. Anyone tells you we have not leaped into the Twilight Zone politically, you punch that person hard in the face immediately. Out Bad - which means kicking a club member out of the club he was in - references all the thousands of US government entities' dedication to eradicating all "outlaw" motorcycle clubs. The focus of the book is on the effort spent so far on the Mongols club. There are two actual reporters in America of note: one is John Kobylt, a popular Los Angeles radio broadcaster, and the other is Donald Charles Davis. Kobylt is a savant. He knows more about the Natural Order of things than he was taught. Davis is a learned man. He knows things because he took the trouble to learn them, a whopping lot of it from research and a whopping lot of it from experience. I dont know if Kobylt can write but Davis can write practically better than anyone. He's so good at it you forget it's writing you're reading. I dont know if the author is intentionally doing it but the book attempts to patiently convey a gestalt. A gestalt is a learning theory that attempts to install a concept - usually large and revolutionary and actually true and scientifically and realistically accurate - by giving examples and giving insights and attempting to get the targeted listener to at last "realize" the Big Picture, as it were. Darwin's realization of Actual Reality came from a flash of insight that even today eludes millions of people as to its accuracy. The "gestalt" of Natural Selection, once you "get it" immediately transforms the inside of your head and makes all of life on earth coherent and understandable. In an irrefutable way. Once you see it no one can ever talk you out of it. Because it's the Actual Truth of things. The hardest thing on earth to do is convey a gestalt. Especially if the gestalt is an actual truth as opposed to a false theory because people are quick and anxious to hop aboard a lie. Its our delightful inheritance from Adam and Eve, two people most people believe never existed. And they believe Adam and Eve never existed because they actually did exist. So people dont believe it. Because its not a lie. Most americans believe laws and law enforcement are good. This is not true. Laws and law enforcement arent good. Laws and law enforcement are evil. Out Bad is not a theory of good and evil. Out Bad is a gestalt effort. Whether the writer intended it as such is not my concern. My concern is reviewing a book. And this is my review, already in progress. Reviews are emotional expressions of a reading experience. They are very subjective. That's why they are fun. Anecdotally, When Darwin saw a black bird in a black environment and then a million miles away he saw a bird of the same species that was white in a white environment…..all at once the entire natural operation of Nature became clear to him in a flash of insight and he understood the simple mechanism of an enormous natural law that in a very simple fashion created the mind boggling, staggering diversity of life on this planet. This is how Davis sees the legal system and law enforcement: a flash of insight that reveals all its millions of ramifications and billions of consequences in an instant. The hard part is trying to inspire this flash of insight in others. Out Bad is a long lecture on various particulars regarding Federal Law Enforcement activities against the Mongols in which the actions of the Federal Law Enforcers are far more gang-like than anything the Mongols could ever possibly manage were they to actually declare themselves a gang and start doing gang things. The fact that the Mongols are probably the "least worshipped" by the club-worshipping public, if there is such a public, is why the Federales have started with them. They need some precedents to get set and if they get this one set, your bowling league can legally be arrested and all the property of the members be taken and, probably, be given as gifts to members of law enforcement and law creation. Which is where all this "gang-busting" is actually wanting to go: the Feds want you in jail and all your stuff in their possession. It's nothing new in human history. Out Bad has two premises: one is that motorcycle clubs are where the American Frontier coagulated when there were no more American Frontiers, and where today's remnant frontiersmen have deposited themselves. The other premise is that the biggest danger in America is not motorcycle clubs but the non motorcycle clubs - Law and Law Enforcement - arrayed against them. The book's entirety attempts to convey the gestalt necessary for you to realize this with certainty: that law and law enforcement is far more dangerous and gang-like than motorcycle "gangs.". The writing of it is extremely professional and adroit and quietly sarcastic. There are no polemics. There is only what the Jesuits call Right Reason and an experience of reading someone who has both eyes open and can communicate what he sees clearly and interestingly. Therefore it is not a book for everyone. The only actual gang in America is the law enforcement gang. If you don't believe me, just threaten to cut their pensions and their salaries: see how long your city remains unburnt to the ground. Then you'll be the one Out Bad. Literally.

To be honest, I don't really know how to interpret Charles Davis' OUT BAD as I wasn't sure whether the book was intended as a means of rallying the outlaw biker brethren, as an arm-shot to law enforcement or to serve as a heads-up to the rest of society. My interpretation of the book is based on my civilian (neither law-enforcement nor rider) perspective. While I found the book to be quite interesting, passionate and well-written, its words may ring hollow to those outside the biker realm.The movie "Gimme Shelter" introduced me to the outlaw biker world over 20 years ago as it viscerally displays one particular group (the Hells Angels) as an entity to either step gingerly around or avoid altogether. Sure, it could have been edited to make the Angels look bad, but considering the "stars" of the movie (the Rolling Stones) appear pathetic at best, I felt it was a fair portrayal. The movie spurred my interest enough to read books by Sonny Barger, William Queen, Hunter Thompson, George Wethern, John Hall, Arthur Veno and others. The series "Gangland" was another source of information on the outlaw biker world for me as several episodes profiled "the Big Five" and other outlaw clubs. Although no expert on the subject matter, I am smart enough to see that the black and white world each side (law enforcement and outlaw biker) wishes to convey to the general public also hides a great deal of gray that both sides surely wish to be kept secret ... in other words, both sides play by their own rules. Charles Davis' book tries to influence readers that the outlaw biker world is simply misunderstood due to a series of myths perpetrated by the "real baddies": federal law enforcement (he even states the series "Gangland" as being a federal law enforcement tool). Davis is convinced that the unlimited power granted to federal law enforcement to shut down the "last frontier" of freedom (outlaw biker world) also threatens the rest of society's ability to live freely.While OUT BAD leans heavily to the side of the "misunderstood" world of the outlaw biker, Davis actually does a good job outlining his case against questionable law enforcement tactics that are aimed at dismantling a society that he once was a part of. This perspective seems to come specifically from the point-of-view of the Mongols Motorcycle Club, which Davis may have been associated with as a member at one time (he is in the cover photo riding with a group of Mongols). The ATF's successful infiltration of the Mongols and other clubs is clearly a sore-spot for the author as he personally sets his sights on the ATF's John Ciccone and Operation Black Rain (aimed specifically at dismantling the Mongols). The author presents a logical case from the biker perspective, but his general argument is tainted somewhat by the undeniable misdeeds/actions of the groups he defends (most often at the expense of those who do not wish to be involved). All the violence described in the book that centers around warring clubs and battles with law enforcement don't account for the civilian fodder comprised of those who were either "in the wrong place at the wrong time" or supposedly "showed disrespect" to the wrong person. In other words, Davis provides enough documentation to demonize the outlaw biker world as much as he does law enforcement. Although the victim card is hard to play amidst all the violence, Davis does his best to suggest that most of the perceived ills of 1% groups are due to unfair stereotyping ... it's the same argument used by most groups associated with a history of negative incidents: Catholic priests, fraternities/sororities, the military, professional athletes, rock bands, etc. Unfortunately, 1%ers proudly broacast their desire to be non-law-biding outcasts with a FTW attitude ... hard to stereotype an image that has been intentionally cultivated for decades. But, it's essentially up to the reader to determine whether or not Davis' arguments are valid or not.I found the book to be informative and interesting, but obviously one-sided. While Davis illustrates his perspective with vigor and logic, the message may fall on deaf ears for many readers (like me) who believe those who choose to be involved in the back-and-forth game of lawbreakers vs. lawmen get what they bargained for. While Davis may believe the tactics the government uses to deal with outlaw clubs are unfair; it should also be pointed out that many former and current outlaw bikers openly confess that a one-on-one fight against a club member usually results in that person fighting the entire club. In fact, there is no shortage of former and current members celebrating their club's penchant for violence and lawlessness ... so the definition of "fair" is clearly subject to interpretation. While OUT BAD failed to garner sympathy from me, it does give readers an alternate perspective to the ongoing war between bikers and law-enforcement. It is obvious that both sides (lawbreakers and lawmen) will use whatever tools and tactics necessary to get the upper hand in this roadrunner/coyote saga. I found OUT BAD adding balance to the overwhelming number of books that favor the law-enforcement point-of-view ... a somewhat refreshing change of pace. I would suggest reading OUT BAD in addition to William Queen's UNDER AND ALONE to better understand both sides of the issue.

Enjoyed this. A good read nice to read an honest account not written by a cop or a rat with a seperate agenda

GOOD

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The true story of the BATF war against bikers, the government entrapment of bikers, even down to government agents running chapters of motorcycle clubs in a bid to create the war that will give the excuse for a massive clampdown against a subculture. Bikers first, who's next?Well worth a read if you value freedom.

I have read a few books on the topic and after the "The brotherhood of the Rebels" this is by far the second best book out there, I just started re-reading it again, it is a joy to read for those who appreciate English (specially for ESL's like me :)). It is even a more appealing read for the second time. amazing all around views and makes me want to revise my review to billy Queen book a few notches down.For a strange reason the literary value of the book written by outlaw far outweighs the value of the one written by the cop ! :)