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Monday, June 1, 2009

Nightlife R Place Security Staff Rattled By Gang Member Visit

Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 1:08 PM

Security staff at R Place called police last month after a member of a violent motorcycle gang paid the Capitol Hill club a visit.

According to a police report, a security staff member called Seattle police on May 27th to report that two weeks earlier, on May 15th, a man tried to enter the club wearing a motorcycle jacket adorned with patches from the Gypsy Jokers, a motorcycle gang based out of Washington and Oregon.

The security staffer, the report says, tried to talk the man out of entering the club, and pointed out that R Place is a gay bar. The man said he was just meeting friends and was allowed inside the club.

Security kept a close eye on the man, but he left without causing any problems. It's unclear why security waited two weeks to call police—club management was not aware of the incident—but the police report says staff promised to contact SPD if they spotted any more motorcycle gang members in the club.

Seattle police have been meeting with club and bar owners around the city in the last few months to provide tips on identifying gangs because of a rise in gang violence around the city.

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Posted by bikers can be gay and have gay friends too. on June 1, 2009 at 1:19 PM

In related news:

A string walks into a bar. The bartender says, "We don't allow strings in this bar," and kicks the string out. Outside, the string rolls around on the ground and contorts and pretzels himself, then walks back in the bar. Bartender says, "Didn't I just tell you we don't allow strings in this bar?!", to which the string replies, "I'm a frayed knot."

Posted by Sweating Bullets on June 1, 2009 at 1:48 PM

Can you imagine if a gay walked in to a biker bar and the biker's called the cops?

Adrian Ryan should test this out and then post about it.

Posted by Jeff on June 1, 2009 at 2:03 PM

And why is this news? Why report this? Isn't reporting this putting R Place at further risk? If indeed there was any risk in the first place, which it sounds rather like there wasnt.

Posted by pblake123 on June 1, 2009 at 2:29 PM

wow Jonah - you googled 'gyspy jokers and gun' to have it pull some obscure and impossible to read 3rd account blathering out of Australias ass. Boy that mean those people sure are violent up here. Watch out gays! OH NOES!

Posted by Slow news week for hipster hill on June 1, 2009 at 2:39 PM

Is this a news item from the mid to late '60's?

Posted by hotness on June 3, 2009 at 2:13 PM