gunfire. 15 would eventually be sent to prison. it was the deadliest biker brawl in american history until this sunday s shootout in texas. joining me now is kerry drovan who wrote running with the devil. we tend to romanticize the idea of outlaws. tell us a little bit more about how these groups function and their connection to organized crime. well, it s true they are glamourized. but they are really the mafia on wheels. they are a group of highly organized criminals. it s a criminal organization. they take their hierarchical strukture structure from the military. there s a prospecting period where people have to get a sponsor and woo over the people in power. then they get fully patched in, which is equivalent to being a made member. and then they commit organized crime.