Royal Canadian Mounted Police Blame ‘Sons of Anarchy’ for Rise in Nova Scotia Motorcycle Gangs

“People look at that and they think, ‘Oh that’s an attractive lifestyle,'” Constable Mike Carter tells Board of Police Commissioners

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are blaming former FX crime drama “Sons of Anarchy” for the rise in Nova Scotia motorcycle gangs.

“I can tell you that it’s growing, ever since the phenomenon of ‘Sons of Anarchy,’” Constable Scott Morrison of the Criminal Intelligence Service of Nova Scotia told the Board of Police Commissioners during a recent presentation, according to the Star Halifax. “Where that television show has seemed to almost socialize outlaw motorcycle gang life, more people want to join that life, think it’s a brotherhood, think the camaraderie is there, based on the television show, and they’re joining up.”

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