Codex Silentium (Code of Silence). DON"T EVER TALK TO A COP

 

By James "Hollywood" Macecari

" Is it against the Biker Code or Omerta to snitch on a snitch or undercover cop?  Is it against the code to phone in phoney 911 calls or slash a snitch's tires?"

 This is a question I received from someone on the video titled "The Bikers Code." In that video I offered my opinion on this supposed biker code you see on these memes being passed over the internet. Now before getting to the question at hand. There is one reoccurring theme I've seen since working with Insane Throttle and Motorcycle Madhouse. The theme that keeps beating itself to death like a dead horse is the need for many people to act gangster. Let me put this straight up. Hopefully doing that will get people to understand. Being a gangster isn't as romantic as you're lead to believe from TV. It's actually the opposite. Its a life full of paranoia and great loss. Just this week I found out a friend from the neighborhood I grew up with was found dead from an overdose. The shit he was selling and enabling him to live the life eventually killed him. Let's take it a step further. There were 20 original members in a crew I was in going back to the mid 80s. Of the 20 original members. Nine of them are dead, 3 serving life sentences, 3 serving 50-75 years and five that actually made it to inactive status. Its not a glorious life. The shows you watch on TV glorifying the banger life are all BULLSHIT. 

Now why do I approach this subject from a bangers point of view instead of a club member view? I've been saying over and over again clubs are not gangs! Not because I want to defend them or propagandize for them. I do it because its the god honest truth. Motorcycle Clubs does not have the street crew structure. Not one bit! Sure, they have people who go out there and hustle. But as a whole motorcycle clubs are not set up to be a money making enterprise. One thing is for sure, Bangers don't have a democracy where you raise your hand and vote. No, there is a chief and what he says goes. Members are expected to earn for the better of the organization. Those who are lucky enough to make it out of the juniors and into the real deal of the pros (21 and up and earning a good monthly take is considered graduated) belong to tight nit sophisticated crews. We're talking about rackets which bring in some serious money. The money and territory its made in, is protected with whatever force is needed. Motorcycle Clubs do not operate in this way. Most, will kick a member to the curb if they brought the kind of heat that goes along with the rackets to a club.  

 If you're someone who is just joining a motorcycle club in order to make money, you're in the wrong field. You might make some decent money but you're not ever going to make the cash you think you're going to. Especially, if its a club which won't tolerate that stuff. See, just because you saw Clay, Jax, and the others of Charming running guns doesn't mean real-life clubs do that. Sorry to burst your bubbles sweat peas but it just isn't that way with real clubs. You will actually be spending a ton more money on club activities than you ever will making the money. When I was involved with a club, I saw many having trouble just making dues payments. Plus god forbid all the travel money. Motorcycle Clubs is a lifestyle sure. But it isn't the gangster lifestyle. The news articles you see on Insane Throttle are just that. Separate incidents from one club or another. There is no organized crime going on being the scenes. Come on, when I brought that undercover cop on the show about Pete James trying to sell club property for a movie deal. Even he said during his time as an undercover he didn't see any organized crime going on. Its because there isn't any people!! It sells for the media to have that viewpoint out there.  

 Now nothing against clubs here. But some of these clubs have ex-members out there talking about how gangster they were! Man, get the fuck out of here. Some of this people if thrown on the streets with crews wouldn't make it thirty days. They would either be in a river or witness protection. So watch where your getting that info from. I get it. The internet has allowed these people to spread their bullshit all over the net. But all you have to do is take a look at the reality of their situation. You will know right away if they are truly bangers, gangsters or someone who is just full of shit. Take some of these fools who claim all this big talk in these books they write. I did this and I did that. Always the same thing with them all. Here's the deal, though. Those are the same guys who don't have a pot to piss in. If they did this and that and were all street wise you think they have some cash to play and invest with. Yeah, they all full of shit.  

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 Oh wait! Before we get into Codex Silentium. You ever notice how these supposed badasses have a bunch of bitches out there talking for them? No disrespect to the female gender but WTF!! How can you have an ole lady out on some social media group talking all kinds of shit? Especially when it concerns club shit or biker shit in general? Always thought a broad was to be seen and not heard? That's right! Men don't have the balls they once did. Have to have some broad out there flapping at the gums. It's no wonder this whole lifestyle is going PC. (funny Voice) Hunny! Hollywood says I shouldn't be letting you talk about biker things on Facebook Groups. (funny Her Voice) That's too bad. I'm the one with the balls in this house, and I say what goes. Now get back in your corner until mama says to come out! LOL, lots of that happening right now on Facebook. I die laughing every time I see it. Poor Dick less bastards.

 So let's get back to the question at hand. "Is it against the Biker Code or Omerta to snitch on a snitch or undercover cop? Is it against the code to phone in phoney 911 calls or slash a snitch's tires." You're damned right it is. Again, you never talk to the cops. Even if its against someone who turned on you. First lesson. One that was given to me when I was only 15 years old. Take out your wallet. In there you will find your ID. On that ID there is a picture of you. That is the only one you will ever be able to trust. Remember that if you decide you want to get involved in the street game. This is especially true even if you're pulling a job with others you've known for years. You only have yourself. The key rule to staying out of shit is not trusting anyone. Oh, if you think that wife of yours or broad you've fallen madly in love with will stay quiet you're living in fantasy land. I've seen more guys fall because of "Pillow Talk" than anything else. Especially if that woman has kids; the cops can leverage against them. So shut up!! No pillow talk!!

 Anyways, when it comes to many in the club scene. Most who've joined clubs do not have years of street experience. Many of these people complete a 6 month to a year prospect period. At the most it takes about two years to become a member. Its also for this very reason why you see supposed brothers turning on each other. Most of these people don't have the experience. Most of these people like I always say are blue-collar workers. They work, take care of their families and go out and party with a club. Again, clubs, even most 1% clubs are not set up for the rackets. Yeah, some people dabble in some small-time stuff, but they are not full-blown organized crime. This is one of the reasons why you see the rats and turncoats come out of the woodwork when something goes down. These people are put in a situation they have no idea about, something that is foreign to them. Sure, some go around wearing the diamond and talking the game. Its a totally different story when you're facing 25 to life. All of a sudden they go from badass to sweet pea. In this New Age of Biking and Brotherhood, this is certainly the case. A whole generation has grown up thinking only about themselves. So do you really think most of these people will back you when it comes down to paying the piper?

 I get many questions all the time about people wanting to join a motorcycle club. I always tell them to do it for the right reasons. One of the many things I will tell them is make sure you're doing it for the right reasons. Don't think just because you wear a patch it will make you something you might not have been before. I'll be brutally honest with you all. Most will not have what it takes to face down the prison system. Why? Because its a whole new ball game when you get to the thunder domes. Once you land inside the joint, the patch you were wearing doesn't mean a damn thing. You could be a member of the biggest club in the world, and those in the joint will laugh. Why? Because new rules. What happens on the street is left on the street. In the joint you've become apart of a whole new underground world. A place where weakness will literally get you killed. This is were the rats start showing themselves. When people get into the interrogation room they start pouring out the information in order to avoid that fate. Its not the idea of being locked up which scares people. It's the idea of having to survive in the thunder domes against real killers that scares them into ratting. 

 I once did some research on this idea that bikers from 1% clubs are criminals. You know, the ones like Ryan Urlacher from Law Abiding Biker push all the time. Guess what? The number of bikers from 1% clubs in prison is so small it actually adds up to a quarter of a percentage point. If 1%ers were these criminals like Urlacher and the government pushes. You would think bikers from 1% clubs would make up more than a quarter percent of the prison population. Before I started this piece I talked with a friend of mine. He's serving two life sentences in a federal maximum security prison. We talk on a weekly basis actually, and I brought up this subject up to him. I asked him how many 1% bikers are doing time where hes at. He laughed, took a moment to think and came back saying about six or seven at the most. This out of a prison population of over 3000. Yeah, bikers are the criminals my ass. 

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 So what does this have to do with the topic? Easy, it's telling you that most of what you hear about bikers is untrue. Most of the shows you see on bikers are equally untrue. Most important. Its telling you not to go out there and try to act like some kind of gangster. Go out there and act like a biker. Don't go out there and take risks because you think your trying to live up to some fairy tail image the mainstream media has put on bikers. If you go out and try to take on, an image members of clubs have been labeled with in media. You're going to have a rude awaking in real life. It's precisely those types of people who end up being a rat. They want to so badly live an image off TV that when it comes falling down on them they run to the gutters. Working with Insane Throttle Biker News, I've seen this time and time again during the numerous motorcycle club trials being reported. There is always going to be a turncoat rat and its precisely because of what I've been talking about. Wanting an image, they couldn't live up too.

 Word of advice. In any type of organization. Be it a motorcycle club or street crew. If you have, say ten members. For every three of those members you can bet your ass one of them is an informant or undercover cop. This is why you never discuss your business with anyone. If you do. You better make damn sure you vented them and tested them. This is something I actually do with my friends still to this day. I'll throw out some stupid shit and see if it's repeated. If it is. Get rid of them. Have nothing to do with them again. If they will go and shoot off about something trivial and stupid, they will talk like a little birdie when it comes down to serious things. Secondly, don't ever take anyone in your trust who is pussy whipped. They love the pillow talk and tell their ole ladies everything and anything. This is because they don't want to loose a piece of pussy. Pussy is actually the strongest weapon in the world. When it comes to pussy. Women actually have the upper hand in everything. So stay far away from them dudes who follow a woman around with their tongues flapping in the wind.

So whats the moral of the story here? Keep your mouth shut at all times. I don't care if you have twenty guys testifying against you. NEVER TALK TO THE COPS! Karma has a way of coming around and biting rats in the ass. Don't loose yourself and your honor for some lowlife pieces of shit. Maintain your dignity and who you're as an individual. Don't be one of those cunts who couldn't accept what they got involved with. Those cunts are nothing but fakes. They want to enjoy the benefits of a lifestyle until they get caught up. Then those rats true colors will show exactly what they are. COWARDS! Don't be that guy.  

JHM