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REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal

Retired special agent Jay Dobyns spent 2 years undercover with the Hells Angels

REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal

Jon Bernthal

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Jay Dobyns is a retired special agent and veteran undercover operative with the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), New York Times Best-Selling author, public speaker, and high school football coach. In 2002, Dobyns and the ATF began an undercover investigation called "Operation Black Biscuit." Its purpose was  to infiltrate the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The infiltration case ends and then my true identity,

0:04.7

like who they thought to be Jay Bird Davis turns out to be Jay Dobbins.

0:08.5

The gun runner debt collector turns out to be an ATF agent,

0:11.6

so that the angels issued contracts on me.

0:14.7

They were farmed out to the Aryan Brotherhood.

0:16.4

They were farmed out to the MS-13.

0:18.2

18th Street picked one up here in Los Angeles.

0:30.4

I want to start just by saying how much of an honor this is for me, man.

0:35.0

Like, full disclosure, we're meeting for real the first time today.

0:39.9

It's a joy for me and I'm so grateful that you would do this.

0:46.0

I read your book years ago, years ago, and I was utterly blown away and fascinated.

0:53.9

In my opinion, you're nothing short of a hero.

0:56.4

You exemplify courage, strength, your wild man.

1:00.4

I learn so much strangely about my whole acting process.

1:05.6

By the way that you approached your work,

1:08.9

my work is putting on makeup and saying lines for a living.

1:13.1

And I operate under the umbrella of safety.

1:15.7

You put yourself out there in such an insane way in your life.

1:22.0

And I have so much respect for you and I'm so glad that I get the chance to actually

1:26.4

kind of meet you and look you in the eye.

1:27.9

So thank you, man.

1:28.8

Thank you very much for coming, bro.

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