Ralph "Sonny" Barger

United Press International · November 19, 1965

Ralph (Sonny) Barger, (C, front row), President of the Hells Angels' Oakland chapter, announces at a press conference here 11/19 that the notorious Calif. motorcycle gang would not stage a demonstration 11/20 against anti-Viet Nam marchers. Last Oct. 16, during a VDC march through Berkeley several of the club broke through police barricades & assaulted several demonstrators. Barger said his group was calling off its plans because the marchers "may provoke us to violence." LtR, top- Tiny Walters, (L), Ron Jacobson. Seated, Skip Workman, Barger, and Tom Thomas.