The Hells Angels motorcycle gang used a traffic cone to mark off a parking spot in front of its downtown Manhattan headquarters Monday — the day after a biker shot a guy for moving one – but police quickly told the group to take a hike.
Two cops jumped out of their patrol car around 9:30 a.m. upon seeing the single orange cone illegally holding the spot outside the gang’s headquarters at 77 E. Third St.

The officers tossed the cone inside their police cruiser, prompting a female Hells Angels’ biker to start to cry and a male member to scream, “It’s harassment! This is harassment!”
The cops also issued a traffic summons to the bikers, who had earlier tried to run over a Post photographer with a car during an altercation.
The clash came the day after a biker shot a man in the gut after he moved an orange traffic cone that was holding a parking spot outside clubhouse, cops said.
David Martinez, 25, was riding in the passenger seat of his Mercedes-Benz around 1:20 a.m. when his friend driving the car had to stop because a livery vehicle was blocking his way on East Third Street, cops said.
Martinez got out to move the cone — one of several the notorious motorcycle club had set up to hold spots bear its headquarters — so the Mercedes could pass, sources said.

But a Hells Angels member wearing the group’s distinctive insignia on his jacket came out of the clubhouse and told Martinez not to touch it, cops said.
The two began arguing, and three other men who were traveling with Martinez piled out of his car, at which point the biker threw a punch at him, cops said.
Other bikers spilled out of the clubhouse and a street fight ensued, during which an Angel was knocked to the pavement by a man who was preparing to kick him, cops said.
A prospective Hells Angels member, who was also on the ground, pulled out a handgun and fired a single shot that struck Martinez in the abdomen, cops said.
The shooter is believed to be a “prospect” because he wasn’t wearing the Hells Angels’ official death’s head patch.
Martinez’s pals — which included a woman — loaded him into the Mercedes and rushed him to Bellevue Hospital.
His wound wasn’t considered life-threatening, and family members said he underwent surgery and was in stable condition.
Three suspects, all described as white men believed to be riding motorcycles, were being sought by cops.


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how  stupid do you have to be to argue with a hells angel over a fucking parking spot? idiot that got shot wins dumbass of the day award.

East Village, not Greenwich Village. I helped a friend of mine move into her apt a couple of doors down from there a while back

Still the Village, bro. Fort Bruce

I don't disagree, but the other dumbass will be in jail for shooting somebody that moved a cone.

Meh, he made his bones

I'm confused about how this is a "parking spot".  The cone looks like it's in the middle of the road preventing anyone from driving without hitting the cone.  Maybe i'm missing some pictures or something showing it's in an alley or something like that.

How are the Angels still a thing? Aren't the Feds so far up their ass, that they poop RICO charges in the morning?

the description of the shooter, "WHITE GUY ON MOTORCYCLE" out to really really narrow it down...

Hey at least they used the race of suspect

Even when the East Village was shitty that was the safest block in the city.

I had a girlfriend whose apartment was directly across the street.

Fucking cones.

Is Dorner back?

Bring out the burners.

I had a boss in the 90's that had an apt rental across the street. Safest block in the city and $65/month.

Almost as good as the Italian tourist who sat on one of their parked bikes to pose for a pic.

I've never known HA to shit where they eat. Neighborhoods with HA clubhouses tend to have very low crime.

It's the cops being hard headed and lacking foresight. Let HA do their thing and save yourselves a ton of work.

errr yah didn't read the article did yah...

The guy got out to move a cone, then there was an argument and a big fight with a couple hells angles and all the guys in the car... during which one of em was shot.... A little less one sided that way

are you kidding ? the HA are not your average MC .those guys are  as wealthy as any Forbes 500 corporation.

I wonder if they have a Cone Guy. Like "Hey Pauley, your turn for cone duty. You stare through the peephole all day and make sure nobody moves the cone"

The prospects. They have bunch of cameras on the front of the clubhouse.

Fucking city people.

Story has a familiar ring to it.

"It wasn't about a parking spot was it"

Although a liberal paradise , alot of native New Yorkers are no nonsense and pretty hardened. I would also say they were probably emboldened because they had a group... anyway screw the Angels. Domestic terrorist is what they are.

nevermind

Does not work that way in that part of NY. At least not since the early 1990s.

Wtf guys? Not a single SAFE act comment?!?! Come on GD, you're better than this!!!

Anybody notice the fat chick in picture #1? :)

Burn the fucking place down. Everyone inside that building is a worthless piece of shit.

If Preet Bharara wants to make HIS bones and prosecute that chapter, they soon won't be.

After all...they're playing fuck-fuck in his AO.

link?

Yeah, they're known for being wound a little tight when it comes to stuff like this. 

Let the HA do their thing? Really?

The word "prospect" has been mentioned in the thread as well as the article.  

Yup.  I remember seeing cameras on the outside of the club all the way back in the 90's.

So someone moves a cone blocking the public street, and gets shot.
Cops move the cone, and don't get shot.

What a difference a G17 makes

:)

Who gives a shit?

ETA Oh wait Cobra AK thread...

It is hilarious the dick sucking that idiots do here of MC gangs. The ignorance of about the groups from people like that is mind boggling.

really? rudy giuliani couldnt the feds couldn't.they are still here .

I thought shooting people was against the law in NY

As long as they are not breaking the law there is about nothing the PD can do to them over than go round and round over party and maybe an ABC license if the place needs one.

I never could figure out why master criminals feel the need for a permanent lair or to put advertisements on it. Then again I guess you just can not always find a vacant warehouse for plotting master criminal level crimes with all the gentrification going in parts of NYC.

Laws are for little people. Get a badge, or a few criminal convictions on your record and you to can smoke someone and likely get away with it. If you live in Chicago all you need is not to brag about it on social media or at the bar and you will likely get away with it.

LOL

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Just a broken arm,he got lucky

Yep. Let them operate their business in a neighborhood and intimidate all of the residents.

Or do you really think their clubhouse is where they live, sleep, and call home? They aren't the Little Rascals. They are a criminal enterprise and need to be demolished.

I know it's not the norm but a lot of them actually live in that clubhouse, it's a 6 story apartment building.

Someone is going get a master of mayhem patch.

Have you read the Extorris stories of hilarious NYPD antics?

I'll take my chances with HA, thank you very much.