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The Jordan Harbinger Show

673: Ken Croke | Undercover in an Outlaw Biker Gang Part One

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

Education, Science, Business

4.812.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Ken Croke is a retired ATF agent who worked undercover for years to bust numerous criminal organizations, and is the co-author of Riding with Evil: Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Keep an eye out for part two later this week!]

What We Discuss with Ken Croke:
  • What's the hardest part about keeping an undercover identity intact while under heavy scrutiny by some of the world's most paranoid and dangerous miscreants?
  • How does the hierarchy of an outlaw biker gang work, and what does the process of becoming a trusted member entail?
  • What does an undercover agent do to pass among criminals without actually committing crimes (or stepping outside the boundaries of what's been cleared in advance)?
  • How do outlaw bikers really feel about the way their subculture is portrayed in popular media (e.g., Sons of Anarchy)?
  • What did Ken's wife and kids do while he was undercover for two years?
  • And much more...

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Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger Show.

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So the chapter president at the time was like, hey listen,

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I got permission for you to get Sutaar's sword early.

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They broken a bunch of things with me early.

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Like I became an officer early, then I was supposed to.

0:15.0

I got arrested, and so I should have been pushed out of the club

0:18.0

until that case got adjudicated.

0:19.0

Like there's all these different things that they had

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rules they broke it for me.

0:23.0

So when it came to this, I'm like, man, I go home with Sutaar's sword

0:25.0

of my neck. This is not going to play well with my wife

0:28.0

to start with and then forget where else.

0:30.0

And so I said to my city, hey listen, I'm already getting some attitudes

0:33.0

for some folks because I've been cut in corners and you guys have been

0:36.0

doing things for me earlier than you probably should have.

0:39.0

Let's just let this one run out.

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Let me do my time and earn this one.

0:43.0

The chapter president was like, hey man, that's stand up.

0:45.0

Harbinger sent behind you.

0:46.0

So it was another bullet dodged.

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Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger.

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On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets,

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