Inside the Mongols Motorcycle Club and "1%er" Biker Culture (with Justin "Mooch" DeLoretto)

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4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Today's guest is Justin "Mooch" DeLoretto. Justin served as a chapter president of the Mongols Motorcycle Club for 15 years. He was also a key figure in the founding of one of the largest Australian chapters, which served as a base for expansion into Asia. He is now a social worker and a Mental Health Therapist who provides Multisystemic Therapy to At-Risk Youth and is the author of the book, “The Ride of My Life: From Street Gangs to Motorcycle Clubs to Social Worker”. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original. SPONSORS: Firecracker Farm Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ Allegiance Gold Go to https://ProtectWithAndy.com to get exclusive lowest pricing on the market for select gold bars or call (844) 790-9191 to talk to an account representative. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code HALFOFF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.5	thought I was infiltrating some weird stuff.
1:09.5	And I just admitted, yeah, I'm a member of the Mongols and here's why it has benefited my career. And here's why, you know, why I'm trying to help kids. And they were just pretty upfront. And they said, yeah, we are concerned that you're trying to go into the youth authority to recruit members for your gang. So they think I was going to recruit teenage kids that don't ride motorcycles.
1:11.1	It made no sense.
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1:33.2	And so they admitted they fired me for being a Mongol.
1:35.4	So I had an attorney and we sued for discrimination and we won.
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