Honor Few, Fear None

by Ruben "Doc" Cavazos

Motorcycle gangs are a lot more complicated than you might think. That's what I learned from this book. Doc, the author, is the international president of the Mongols MC, and this book is his story, from his childhood in the gangs of LA, his first motorcycle, club politics, dealing with the Mexican mafia, the US government, and the Hells Angels (and coming out on top), getting through bad publicity and angry club members and more. It was actually fascinating! He starts out with a story about how the police raided his home last summer without a warrant and took all his legal, registered guns, his motorcycles (100% bought, not stolen), his money and jewelry (it's "drug money", they claimed ) and put him and his son (who's not in the club) in jail. I was amazed!! The rest of the book continues on the same lines, as he tries to get rid of the terrible reputation of the Mongols fairly.
One thing Doc mentions multiple times is a book written by an undercover cop, which is apparently full of lies and exaggerations. The FBI put a guy into the club and basically told him to try to get drugs, stolen motorcycle parts, evidence of murders--anything that could be used to incriminate the Mongols of something. He got nothing. However, the FBI decided they couldn't spend that much time and money making up a fake ID, planting him in the club, getting secret mics to record conversations, and all that, and not come up with anything, so they got this guy to write a book about his "horrific experience". I would love to read that book and compare it to this one.
It really just makes me mad, to hear about all this slander and prejudice aimed at this club. They've done nothing wrong! Their club rules include no drugs, no stealing, no harassing women, on and on and on, but still people are determined to make them look terrible. This is seriously just a group of guys who like to ride motorcycles. If one or two happen to enjoy drugs as well, that doesn't mean the entire club uses/endorses/deals them!
Read this book. It's so cool to see such a different perspective than usual. It goes by so fast, too. It seems like the guy is sitting there talking to you! Grraaah... it's so unfair! I can't get over the injustice these men are faced with!
Indignantly yours,
~Marcella