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Bad
Summary: Out Bad is a true story about motorcycle
outlaws and modern American police. It begins with the painstakingly
assembled, never before told story of the murder of a Mongols
Motorcycle Club member named Manuel Vincent “Hitman” Martin.
Martin was shot off his motorcycle on the Glendale Freeway in
Los Angeles about 2 a.m. on October 8, 2008. Initial reports
alleged that Martin had been murdered by the Hells Angels and
that he died as part of an ongoing, “furious feud” between
the two groups. The truth behind the murder is much more interesting
and disturbing than that. Martin died on the final day of a three-year-long,
undercover investigation of the Mongols by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The ATF called it “Operation
Black Rain.” Both Black Rain, and the federal prosecution
that followed, were so cynically unfair and corrupt that some
Mongols still believe that Martin was actually murdered by government
agents. Together, the investigation and the prosecution probably
cost $150 million. The initial press coverage of the case was
manipulated by the ATF. News of the subsequent legal wrangling
was virtually non-existent because the Department of Justice
wanted to keep the case as secret as possible. Out Bad, draws
on numerous public and confidential sources including numerous
sources within the Mongols, the Hells Angels and the ATF to accurately
reveal what really happened. Out Bad is a startling ride down
a dark road nobody yet knows. Here’s your ticket. Climb
on. There ain’t no seatbelt.
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