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Despite predictions of probable violence and a potentially highly dangerous situation by local law enforcement<\/p>\n
San Joaquin County Sheriff Pat Withrow<\/a> is warning the public that the founder’s funeral has the capacity to see serious violence.<\/p>\n
“I am bringing in substantial resources to protect the safety of the general public from the violence and danger that may result from this event,” Withrow said at a press conference Friday. Yahoo News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
an estimated 7,000 participants held a peaceful funeral service\u00a0 for Ralph Hubert Barger, aka “Sonny” Barger, founder of the Oakland chapter of the Hell’s Angels Saturday. Colors from rival gangs were reputedly seen as members of many biker groups gathered to pay their respects, including from other Angels chapters from other states.<\/p>\n
About 7,000 people showed up for Barger’s funeral, according to Tony Noceti, the president of the business that operates the speedway. Some came from various parts of California, others sported club colors from New Jersey, Minnesota and Nebraska.<\/p>\n
Barger was well-known as the public face of the club, which has chapters across the world and is considered a gang by the Department of Justice. He authored several books and contributed to several films and was a consultant and had a role on the television show “Sons of Anarchy.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Sonny was a legit Army vet, although he lied about his age to get in: he enlisted in 1955 but was thrown out 14 months later when the Army discovered he had forged his birth certificate to get in.<\/p>\n
Although many of his school friends became drug addicts, Barger worked at a grocery store and enlisted in the U.S. Army<\/a>, aged sixteen in 1955, but was given an honorable discharge<\/a> fourteen months later when it was discovered that he had forged his birth certificate in order to be able to join.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n