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Background Information
Satan's Choice MC is not known for having a compassionate commitment to parliamentary democracy but rather a compassion for outlaw behaviour that favours civil liberties. This compassion and desire to go against mainstream society was the future foundation of the MC. Satan's Choice was founded in the 1950s out of Toronto, ON. The initial Chapter at this time included 45 members. Near they beginning of their development, their focus was kept away from criminal activity. Members were not known to have had any serious criminal activity or very mild criminal pasts. In it's time, Satan's Choice founded 12 chapters throughout Ontario. As the brotherhood expanded, former Phantom Riders president Bernie Guidon, later become the president of the newer, larger version of Satan's Choice.

Significance of the 1% patch
Between the 1960-70's, the brothers redirected themselves towards becoming an 'Outlaw Biker Gang' that proudly bearded the 1% patch. The 1% patch is significant in the context of the MC subculture because is differentiates the 1 percent MC outlaws from the 99 percent of motorcyclists are law abiding. The term was invented by the Hell's Angels in 1947  when the president of the American Motorcycle Association made a claim that 99% of motorcyclist are law abiding citizens after a biker riot claimed media headlines in California. One-percent motorcycle clubs (1% M.C.s) are composed of bikers who ‘‘do not fit’’ in any other sociatal setting except those provided by their outlaw clubs and saloon society milieu. Although the Hell’s Angels invented the 1% logo, they no longer bear it because of the brotherhood it implies with similar clubs whom may be rivalries. The Hells Angels consider Satan's Choice along with the Phantom Riders, the Canadian Lancers, the Throttle Twisters, and the Wild Ones to be inferior to them.

Rivals
As The Outlaw MC continued to develop in Canada from the U.S., their alli Satan's Choice continued to prosper however, so did their conflict with the Hell's Angels. As both MCs continued to develop throughout Ontario, territorial issues began to fuel a growing riverly Further, this led the Montreal chapter of Satan's Choice and their Outlaw allies into open conflict with the Hell's Angels. The Outlaw MC continued to grow as they spread into Canada and this eventually worsened the conflicts with the Hells Angels. In the 1990's their rivalry hit a peak when it resulted in a war in Quebec > Because of the high level of violence in the province, Quebec became known in the Canadian biker world as a “red zone.” The Outlaws lost the war and concequently were pushed out of Quebec and back to Ontario. Ever since, the Outlaws are known to be running about half a dozen chapters

Patching Over
Although once recognized as the largest english speaking 1% motorcycle club in Canada, Satan's Choice began to deteriorate when their members began to patch over. In 1975 there was as a spilt in the brotherhood when half of their members patched over to The Outlaws when they came to Canada from the U.S. . The existing members later merged with the Hell's Angels causing the degeneration of Satan's Choice Slightly prior to the patch over, the MCs operations and criminal enterprises in Ontario were  deteriorating due to police targeting the club  for "Project Retire". In 1996, Six municipal police forces collaborated to target chapters of Satan's Choice as part of an other project known as the "Dismantle project". As a result, police yielded $10 million worth of narcotics and deemed their Hamilton clubhouse to be an asset that was acquired by criminal proceeds, thus forfeiting it' closure.

As a result of police operations weakening Satan's Choice, club president Andre Wattel, made a decison for the remaining chapters to join the Hell's Angels and abandon their own clubs identity Wattel backed his decision by claiming that it would mutually benefit both club's criminal enterprises. satan's Choice considered the final patch over to the Hell's Angels to be for the greater good of their brotherhood. On December 29, 200 Satan's Choice, along with the Loners, Lobos, and Para-Dice Riders, were involved in the patch over that overnight, placed the Hell's Angels in a position of dominance in Ontario.

Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WJF862bsRo