Hells Angels planned to kill Mick Jagger

[underpants]

Source: Chicago Tribune

Hell, it seems, hath no fury like Hells Angels scorned.

According to a BBC documentary, Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger escaped an assassination plot hatched in 1969 by the Hells Angels after a purported dispute with the motorcycle gang. Jagger had vowed not to use Hells Angels members as bouncers following the death in December 1969 of a young fan at a free performance at Altamont Speedway in Northern California. A member of the Hells Angels was acquitted on the grounds of self-defense in the death.

"The Hells Angels were so angered by Jagger's treatment of them that they decided to kill him," Tom Mangold, the presenter of "The FBI at 100," was quoted as saying.


Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-hells-angels-mickmar03,1,793738.story

[bemildred]

1. So, umm, what do Britney and Paris think about this anyway? nt

[shraby]

2. Why exactly should I care?

[LostinVA]

6. Then why take the time to click on the link and then post this?

The subject header TOLD what the post was about.

God. I don't get these types of posts at all.

[independentpiney]

3. Interesting trivia. Is Sonny Barger still alive?

Last time I saw him he had throat cancer. He would have had to have given the go ahead for any plot.

[VP505]

4. 40 Year old news story,

LOL, must be a slow news day for the Chicago Tribune.

[acmavm]

5. I guess that's one way to get him to retire. He looks pretty funny

prancing and strutting around at his age.

[DemoTex]

7. Goes to show: You can't always get what you want.

Eh?

[mikeytherat]

8. But if you try sometimes you just might find, you get what you need. Or not.

In this case, definitely "or not."

mikey_the_rat

[Ilsa]

11. DemoTex and mikeytherat crack Ilsa up. Ilsa makes the big 50 this summer. nt

[L0oniX]

9. News for the rest home crowd. n/t

[AX10]

10. Is this what they mean by "domestic terrorism"?