San Jose to pay $800K to Hells Angels

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- The city agreed to pay nearly $800,000 to the Hells Angels motorcycle club to settle claims that police needlessly killed three dogs during raids on club members' homes. Ninety officers participated in the raids on the club's San Jose headquarters and nine members' homes after a 1997 killing at a strip club. Steve Tausan, a bouncer and Hells Angels member, was acquitted of murder and none of the bikers whose homes were targeted were ever charged.
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