The Kinfolk Motorcycle Club is an American one-percenter[1] outlaw motorcycle club best known for their longstanding rivalry with the Bandidos Motorcycle Club. The club was formed in Texas in 2016 and has several chapters within the United States that include Texas, Nevada, Washington, Oklahoma, New Mexico and recently has seen expansion to the East Coast in states such as Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana and Florida. The Kinfolk United States Nation continues to grow and flourish. There are International chapters in Asia, Europe, Australia, Canada and South America, although they are separate from the US club. The Kinfolk MC as a whole embraces the values that traditional clubs had and choose to create its own identity as an American 1% club.
 The patch logo of the Kinfolk Motorcycle Club | |
| Founded | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Chopper Dan |
| Named after | Kinfolk, a term that refers to relatives or family |
| Founding location | Bonham, Texas |
| Years active | 2016-Present |
| Territory | Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Washington, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida and Louisiana. |
| Rivals | Bandidos MC |
History
editThe Kinfolk Motorcycle Club was formed in 2016 by several outlaw motorcycle club members and bikers who had left the Bandidos MC and several other Clubs due to their disapproval in the leadership, calling it a "dictatorship". Those men along with several other men from various clubs looking for change and a return to more traditional values formed this new club. The remaining members of the Bandidos did not approve of their ex-members' departure and establishment of a new club, which has been the cause of much conflict between both groups.[2]
Criminal allegations and incidents
editOn March 4, 2016 Kinfolk MC member Dusty Childress was gunned down in Jones County, Texas by Wesley Dale Mason, a member of the rival Bandidos MC.[3][4] He was sentenced to life in prison for the murder.[5]
On July 30, 2017, Kinfolk MC member Javier Gonzalez was sentenced on a murder charge in the shooting of Juan "Compa" Martinez Jr, a Bandido MC member in El Paso, Texas. Martinez, who was shot seven times, died days after the shooting. Three other men linked to the Bandidos were injured in the shooting.[6]
References
edit- ^ MC, KINFOLK. "THE ONLY THING NEEDED FOR EVIL TO PREVAIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING". KINFOLK MC.
- ^ "Kinfolk MC (Motorcycle Club)". One Percenter Bikers. December 31, 2016.
- ^ Group, Sinclair Broadcast (March 6, 2017). "Jones County shootout: Inside the..." KTXS.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ KTXS Staff (December 6, 2018). "3 members of outlaw motorcycle gang indicted for beating, robbing Abilene man". KTXS.
- ^ "Abilene gang member gets life in prison for Jones County murder". January 31, 2019.
- ^ Borunda, Daniel (12 August 2017). "Biker shooting part of conflict between Bandidos, Kinfolk". El Paso Times. Retrieved 27 October 2022.