And, after that, they tried to destroy our bikes, and were not gonna stand for it. Are you familiar with the jargon Im using? Walker worked on this theme with Paul Cox and other prosecution witnesses. They took me to lunch and made sure I ate.. Shit, the only dreams I have in here are of getting out., (And hes a student again: Im signed up for a course in butchery.). Scientists believe they've found untapped helium reserves, Extra food support ends for millions of low-income U.S. taxpayers, Man arrested after explosive device found in his luggage at Pennsylvania airport. featured in Gimme Shelter, the film by David Maysles and Charlotte Zwering which . Verify and try again. The scavengers pawed over the ground as once thieves had ransacked the bodies of the soldiers on the field of Waterloo. When The Stones lead singer Mick Jagger spoke out against the biker gang following the incident, they hatched a plot to murder him. Alan Passaro was born on August 23, 1948 in Farrell, Pennsylvania, USA. Please enter your email and password to sign in. The event turned into a disaster when a member of the Hells Angels, who had been hired as security, stabbed a gun-toting audience member. Please consider making a donation to our site. I made the frame. (When I get out Im going to get another chop. he had a weapon in his hand He stepped back on the box and when he did I hit him and yelled, Look out, hes got a gun! . He said he saw an Angel grab the side of his head and shake him: and that when Hunter shook loose, the Angel hit him and threw him into the crowd. He said he saw Hunter try to get to his feet, and he saw Hunters girl friend, Patricia Bredehoft, run over and try to get between him and some Angels, and that she shouted to him not to use his revolver. This gun, like the witnesses, did little or nothing for the prosecution. He was wearing a smart leather jacket with old-gold sleeves, Oxford grey pants, black socks and well-shined black shoes. And I aint no peace freak not by no sense of that word peace. Somebody get my face and Ill get theirs. Thats what I went there to doIm no peace creep, by any sense of the word, and if a cat dont want to fight with me, dont want to hassle with me, I want to be his friend. He testified he might even be as tall as 5 10, but at Soledad he was measured as 5 6. Nobodyd back up. Yes I have a dark side, doesnt everyone? All results for Alan Passaro. Looking back I dont think it was a good idea to have Hells Angels there. When he was asked about the confrontation with Hunter, he astonished the reporters by saying, I went for my knife.. Walker asked him what happened to Hunter when he was knocked off his position on the speaker box a few feet away. He said he hadnt been smoking grass. In his summation to the jury, later, Walker treated Cox as an expert on dope users. [1] Claiming self-defense, he was acquitted of the . And, he testified, I attempted to get his gun hand . Donovan said they talked to 1100 persons and showed them photographs of possible suspects. The trial began 370 days after the killing. And there was gleaming Meredith Hunter in his lovely green suit, so photogenically high on a speaker box, so close to the stage. Birthday: August 23, 1948 Date of Death: March 29, 1985 Age at Death: 36. I think it illustrates the difference between the two countries. Let them take care of their own. Alan Passaro died in 1985 after drowning in the Anderson Reservoir in Santa Clara County His death was labeled suspicious, but has gone unprosecuted In 2008, . who tried the case. She gave in during the last hour of deliberation. Others say the Stones hired the Angels to protect them, and maybe also some of the other acts, like Santana, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. But most people thats got a good Harley chopper got a few grand invested in it. Hunter had a loud green suit on and really stuck out from the crowd. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. The plunder of the dead festival has not ceased. On the day before the verdict, while the injury was deliberating, Celeste asked him, Where did you sleep last night, Alan? He gave her a really affectionate smile and said, at the Hilton.. . Search above to list available cemeteries. He was found dead floating in the Anderson Reservoir with $10,000 in his pocket in 1985. When he looked at Cox, his eyelids drooped a trifle. And you know what? He didnt pinpoint any suspects for 47 days. The next day, for six hours, all but one woman wanted acquittal. The coroner said it had been an accidental death. Sergeant Hilliard said three of his informants had told him that Angels had remarked, in comment on her death, This is what happens to snitchers. Oakland patrolman James Carreker testified that one informant told him once: Id rather go to the state penitentiary for 20 years than be involved [as an informer] with the Hells Angels and get caught at it.. The legendary motorcycle group Hells Angels fight with pool cues during the Altamont Free Concert by John Springer Collection via Getty Images. Mr.Bryant, did you see blood, did you see a gun flash? . You have chosen this person to be their own family member. He asked Bryant, Were you under the influence of any drug or narcotic when you shot that film?. He told the jury that when he phoned Rolling Stone: I was very nervous, wound up like a clock, and agreeing with everything he said. (Commenting on this the other day, Burks said: I still think he was telling us what had gone on there. (I dont know Jagger but I think hes a punk. Ive played a lot of evil, ball-breaking women. Walker told the jury: Under the theory of self-defense, he [Passaro] could have struck all five of those blows if that was necessary to subdue that man.. I did what I thought was right. He said he and another inspector couldnt get out to Altamont that evening because they couldnt penetrate the disorderly human anthill that surrounded the event. In this Dec. 8, 1969 file photo, the Rolling Stones perform at the Gimme Shelter rock concert at the Altamont Race Track in California (AP Photo, file). When he waived his constitutional rights not to testify against himself and sat down in the witness chair some of the jurors leaned forward. Meredith Hunter was not the only fan to lose his life at the show. Luckily for Mick, their boat was hit by a storm, and the men were swept overboard. I been riding bikes since I was 14. Paul Cox, 18, nervously told the court that he had seen Passaro stab Hunter twice (the autopsy revealed that Hunter had been stabbed five times). Aint nobody gonna kick my motorcycle. . All Pictures results for Alan David Passaro. The judge said Cox has expressed his fear and the court needs to know whether in fact the Hells Angels are a dangerous group. But he did not let the jury hear this testimony. Decided Aug. 4, 1980 Victor D. Vertner, San Jose, Cal., for defendant-appellant. Talk about color! But as he took some drags on the cigar the softness of him was covered over by a tough, con-wise expression on his face. Thats the difference.. He likes his father a lot and the name of his four-year-old son is Michael Alan Passaro. Look, I aint no cop. The trouble is its a problem for us either way. They tried me as a person. It doesnt really matter if he hurts me, because Ive been hurt before. I could see the man coming back toward the stage with a gun in his hand . That would be like some freak getting up in front of a Surrender for Christ crusade meeting and saying hes going to shoot Billy Graham. They had hit people with pool queues. For one thing, the motorcycle was laying on its side May be we had to have a little talk with the guy that knocked it down.. Burke: Why did you strike at Hunter with a knife?. Hells Angels plotted to kill Mick Jagger. Just one week before the trial began, on December 14th, they caught this valuable witness.When Cox took the witness stand he was wearing a double-breasted, dark-blue coat with brassy buttons and white twill pants slightly flared at the bottom: the kind of clothes the heroes of British light operas used to wear 30 years ago to produce a blithe yachting flavor. But Angels big shot Sonny Barger says this is untrue. In 1980, he was given a two year prison sentence on a weapons charge and federal racketeering charges in relation to his activities with the Hells Angels. The police listed five stab wounds on Hunters back of the body, nine on the head, and two on the neck. And Im going to ride and ride. English If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Sergeant Donovan even gave up his Thanksgiving holiday so he could go out to Coxs home and catch him with a subpoena. This time peace and love did not win out. . SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 12, 1971 Attorney Mel Belli announced he had filed suit in Superior Court against the guys who released Gimme Shelter, a movie that achieved notoriety by showing a member of Hells Angels with a knife and stabbing at or into a black teenager at Altamont. It was a Harley-Davidson. We have set your language to Criminal. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Passaro was acquitted. The newspaper reporters identified Passaro as a Hells Angel. It would have been as accurate to identify him as a husband, a father or a barber. He was all these. But Hunter had also been badly beaten about the body and head. As for the show, here is how Robert Hatch, writing about Gimme Shelter in The Nation, saw Mick Jagger: He hits the crowd with his pelvis, flings his scarf around his shoulders, jabs nervously at his flowing hair, mouths like a woman in heat, jerks with an aggressive, staccato beat that is as explicit as an anatomy chart. Record information. John Burke, the prosecutor, said after the verdict: He was impeached by his inconsistent statements.. BERKELEY The murder trial stemming from an incident during the Rolling Stones Altamont concert 13 months ago ended January 19th when the jury declared Hells Angel Alan Passaro not guilty in the stabbing death of 18-year old Meredith Hunter. Carter said that eight helmeted sheriffs deputies got through to the murder scene that evening, took one look around, looked at Hunter and saw he was indeed dead, and hightailed it out of that agglutinated mass of longhairs, naked freak-outs, beaten-up kids, Angels, and bum-tripped people in all kinds of costumes that clean-cut kids wouldnt be caught dead in. Alan Passaro was born on 23 August 1948 in Farrell, Pennsylvania, USA. Alan David Passaro Birth 6 Jul 1948 - Sharon Merce, Pennsylvania Death 04/07/1985 - Morgan Hill, Santa Clara, California, USA Mother Anna Meyer Shapona Father Alvaro Passaro Quick access Family tree New search Alan David Passaro family tree Family tree Explore more family trees Parents Alvaro Passaro 1901 - 1980 Anna Meyer Shapona 1902 - 1994 Hunter did a couple of numbers and he was straight like the rest of us ?, Cox: I dont really understand the question., Judge: Do you understand what the words mean?, Cox: Straight means someone with straight ideas., Judge: Have you used those words yourself?, Cox: Ive had someone ask me if Id had a number. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Well, Mr.Bryant, did you see what the cops and the D.A. I read Fromm, Understanding of Dreams. Trump Melts Down Over Murdoch Admitting Fox Lied About Election Fraud. In 2008, FBI agent Mark Young revealed that the Hells Angels plotted to kill Mick Jagger in the aftermath of the incident, angered when Jagger went on the record as saying hed never again hire the Angels to provide security. This browser does not support getting your location. Message in a bottle travels more than 185 miles in Australia. He got into this ambiguous drama by telephoning Rolling Stone and unloading some of the horror and disgust that were jammed up inside him like hard turds. If you cant be quick, be through. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Oops, we were unable to send the email. The sheriffs people got it by contacting an inspector in the San Francisco police department who specializes in Hells Angels. You can send a murderer down for years and sleep at night; but sending a man to his death requires a different mind set. 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