Tag Archives: RICO

Mike Kramer on the Job (15)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Pat Hartman

According to motorcycle club lore, some members are entitled to a decoration called the Dequiallo patch, signifying that the wearer has resisted arrest by putting up a fight. For better or worse, Kramer was now the key informant in what … Continue reading →

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The two worst people in this story meet (11)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Pat Hartman

Within a few weeks of the murder, Mike Kramer introduced himself to ATF agent John Ciccone, one of those people for whom the term “legend in his own mind” was invented. The ATF is full of them, but this guy … Continue reading →

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RICO concept fails, Feds want payback (06)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Pat Hartman

The campaign against motorcycle clubs was mainly carried out by the FBI, until the ’90s, when it was handed off to the ATF, though there has been an increasing tendency for multiple agencies to be involved in everything. In 1979, … Continue reading →

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Trends (02)

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Pat Hartman

We got a country with far too many people in prison, including multitudes locked up for relatively minor crimes. We got asset forfeiture that’s flat-out thievery, and a grotesque standard of reasonable search and seizure, to accommodate sensitive-nosed cops who … Continue reading →

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