Chapter 13: Rats, Infil-traitors and Government Informants Summary and Analysis

A rat is the true enemy in a organization like the Hell's Angels. There haven't been many defectors over the years. Anthony Tait and George Wethern both ratted on the club and wrote books. Jim Jim informed on the club for years. He hung himself the night before he was scheduled to return to prison rather than return there. Sonny was falsely fingered by Wethern and another member for taking part in an insurance scam and for murder.

The biggest Hell's Angels rat was Anthony Tait. He was an infiltrator and informant. Tait always had a lot of money. Sonny figured he was selling drugs not knowing, of course, that he was receiving government money. A sign that he wasn't a true biker was that long runs always made him sick...