Bikers Of America, Know Your Rights!: Biker clubhouse demolition a ‘Hell’ of a job

Bikers Of America, Know Your Rights!: Biker clubhouse demolition a ‘Hell’ of a job: "former Hells Angels clubhouse in Oshawa, Ont. was demolished on March 30. A crowd of civilians, as well as a helicopter, were also there to observe the demo job by Priestly Demolition of Aurora, Ont.
For members of the Durham Regional Police Service who observed the demolition, the building stood as a symbol of defiance to authority.
“This really is a symbol of criminal activity and organized crime, basically snubbing their nose at the community and saying ‘we’re here and we’re not going anywhere and you can’t make us go anywhere,’ and now they’re gone,” Durham Regional Police Service Chief Mike Ewles told Oshawa This Week.
For Oshawa Mayor John Gray, the razing of the clubhouse was an answer to his long-standing request to have the structure demolished.
Some citizens of Oshawa said they were relieved to see the house torn down, while residents of a house next door told local media that the owners had been good neighbours.
For the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, the demolition represented the success of the province’s Civil Remedies Act.
The property was seized by the Province in 2006 under the Act. A civil court order was obtained on September 26, 2006, to temporarily take control of the property that was, according to the Ministry “among other things, allegedly used to sell alcohol illegally.” The Act allows the province to seize such properties and assets, and if allegations are proved, to dispose of them and then to distribute the proceeds to victims of crime, or to fund law enforcement activities."