Via Salon:

In the parking lot of a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Tx. this Sunday, nine were killed, 18 injured and at least 170 arrested in a shootout between the Bandidos and the Cossacks — two rival biker gangs believed to be fighting for control of Texas.

OMGs, or outlaw motorcycle gangs, are organizations that take advantage of their motorcycle clubs in order to conduct criminal activities. According to the FBI, “OMGs are highly structured criminal organizations whose members engage in criminal activities such as violent crime, weapons trafficking, and drug trafficking.” The most notable gangs include the Hells Angels, Mongols, Outlaws, Sons of Silence and the Bandidos. […]

“The slight percentage increase indicates that OMGs are more problematic than their modest numbers suggest,” the report reads. “This is likely due to their solid organizational structure, criminal sophistication, and their tendency to employ violence to protect their interests.”

Biker gangs and white supremacist groups are increasingly intertwined. “All five of the major white supremacist movements in the United States — neo-Nazis, racist skinheads, Ku Klux Klan groups, racist prison gangs and Christian Identity groups — have developed noteworthy ties to the biker subculture,” reports the Anti-Defamation League. “There is a significant overlap between elements of the biker subculture and elements of white supremacist subcultures, including shared symbology, shared slang and language, and in some cases shared dress.”