Author jerry langton tells us about writing the hard way out, which is an account of a hells angel turned police informant. Criminals dont have rules they have a code, exhells angel turned police agent david shakey atwell testified wednesday, although it turns out his former biker outfit did have rules. Dave atwell was a regular suburban canadian kid who rose to the heights of society, rubbing elbows with billionaires as a personal security specialist before getting involved with some of the countrys most notorious gangsters as a member of first the paradice riders and then the hells angels. The hard way out book ottawa public library bibliocommons. Clearly atwell wasnt involved in some of the darker dealings with which motorcycle gangs are typically associated. Langton in this harrowing and revelatory story, atwell recounts his days living a dual life as both biker and informant, surrounded by major drug trafficking and the violent, paranoid and increasingly suspicious bikers who stood to lose their. Oct 29, 2018 between 2005 and 2007, dave shaky atwell acted as a police informer, ratting on his fellow members of the hells angels in downtown toronto. Writing the inside story of a hells angels informant your. Atwell became a sergeantatarms of the angels downtown toronto chapter.
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Mar 30, 2017 its been almost a decade since dave atwell ever truly unpacked his suitcase. Michael plante didnt cop a plea to avoid jail time. Apr 04, 2017 dave atwell was a hells angel turned police informant. My life with the hells angels and why i turned against them by dave atwell and jerry langton 2017, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. You cant help but form an opinion about dave atwell the subject of the book. The hard way out by jerry langton overdrive rakuten. Atwell said he agreed to join the hells angels because his friends were doing so and he did not believe it would be much of a change.
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He coauthored a book about his escapees in the club with jerry langton who is a credible crime journalist and former deputy editor of the daily news. The hard way out my life with the hells angels and why i turned against them book. Not since the former hells angels sergeantatarms flipped on his club has he ever really felt at home. Apr 06, 2017 author jerry langton tells us about writing the hard way out, which is an account of a hells angel turned police informant. Former hells angel says illegal activity was discussed at.
He was never a member of the bc hells angels or any of the three chapters in question making the relevance of his testimony limited. When i grabbed this book, i was definitely hoping for a whole lot more about what goes on within the hells angels and other bike gangs. My life with the hells angels and why i turned against them. Neil hall wrote about that case in his book, hell to pay. There is a new book about the hells angels worth mentioning. Atwell already anticipates making a movie out of all this, starring bruce willis and tom cruise. Jul 06, 2011 ironically, central to the crowns case against the hells angels is the ripoff of barrels of liquid ghb, known as the date rape drug but called coconuts by the bikers secretly recorded by.
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