In interesting news, the leader of the San Francisco group of Hell's
Angels was murdered on September 2 in the Mission District here in San
Francisco. Mark 'Papa' Guardado (Papa Frisco) was the president of the San
Francisco group, known as 'Frisco' and was apparently a big shot all across
the country. His funeral was this morning, and there have been 'Guardian
Angels' (as well as extra police) all over the Mission District ever since
his murder. Today I was lucky enough to witness the funeral procession as it
passed through the city (the funeral was in Daly City). There were literally
thousands of bikers in this procession. I've seen some news reports saying
that 2,000 people (mostly bikers) at his funeral. The funeral procession was
(according to the news) one of the longest motorcycle trains ever, and was
definitely the noisiest thing passing through the city today. It went on for
several minutes, and was so loud that all conversation stopped, and was
practically impossible. I knew nothing about any of this until a few days
ago, when I saw a blurb in the paper about his death, and how the group was
not going to release the procession route to the police. There were
absolutely no police escorts for this procession, and the only vehicles on
four wheels were the hearse, and one limo directly behind the hearse. This
was definitely a once in a lifetime experience and I am VERY glad that I was
there to experience it, even though we weren't planning on it. We were
trying to have a lunch meeting, and just happened to be on the procession
route in an open air café.
Angels was murdered on September 2 in the Mission District here in San
Francisco. Mark 'Papa' Guardado (Papa Frisco) was the president of the San
Francisco group, known as 'Frisco' and was apparently a big shot all across
the country. His funeral was this morning, and there have been 'Guardian
Angels' (as well as extra police) all over the Mission District ever since
his murder. Today I was lucky enough to witness the funeral procession as it
passed through the city (the funeral was in Daly City). There were literally
thousands of bikers in this procession. I've seen some news reports saying
that 2,000 people (mostly bikers) at his funeral. The funeral procession was
(according to the news) one of the longest motorcycle trains ever, and was
definitely the noisiest thing passing through the city today. It went on for
several minutes, and was so loud that all conversation stopped, and was
practically impossible. I knew nothing about any of this until a few days
ago, when I saw a blurb in the paper about his death, and how the group was
not going to release the procession route to the police. There were
absolutely no police escorts for this procession, and the only vehicles on
four wheels were the hearse, and one limo directly behind the hearse. This
was definitely a once in a lifetime experience and I am VERY glad that I was
there to experience it, even though we weren't planning on it. We were
trying to have a lunch meeting, and just happened to be on the procession
route in an open air café.
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