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Hells Angels rolling into Toronto to pay tribute to fallen member

Hells Angels rolling into Toronto to pay tribute to fallen member

Posted on by Amanda G. Dean

Toronto Police vow to “do everything” they can to ensure the outlaw bikers — as many as 800 to 1,000 — disrupt the city as little as possible.

Hells Angels Toronto
Hells Angels Toronto “Downtown” chapter member Donny Petersen (L) shares a laugh with an Ontario Nomads member during a summer party at their Casaerea marina complex in the summer of 2003. Jack Boland, Toronto Sun

Hundreds of Hells Angels will roll into town Thursday to pay tribute to a fallen member in their old Leslieville stomping grounds before heading to a weekend party in Brooklin.

But Toronto Police vow to “do everything” they can to ensure the outlaw bikers — as many as 800 to 1,000 — disrupt the city as little as possible.

“This procession will inevitably cause traffic disruption in our city,” Supt. Scott Baptiste said at a news conference Wednesday. “We’re going to do everything we can to ensure that there’s a robust traffic plan, to ensure that

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