The Carolinas’ Full Throttle Magazine
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Hundreds of Bikers Pack The Hide-A-Way Tavern To Back The Blue
By: Lincoln Infield
TV has social unrest on every channel. It seems that everyone coast to coast have been protesting the police and calling for the police to be defunded. It didn’t look good for the boys in blue. However, a couple hundred bikers in Richmond County were determined to let their local law enforcement know, that they back the blue. On September 19th, I rolled into the Hide-A-Way Tavern ately the
in Rockingham, NC for the Back The Blue Ride at 11:30 and there were already a few bikes and riders anticipating the day’s events. Chris, the proprietor of the Hide-A-Way Tavern, let me know that a big group of riders was heading in from Laurinburg along with the police escort that was leading the ride that day. Chris wasn’t kidding. A pack of at least 200 motorcycles rolled in and packed the Hide-A-Way Tavern parking lot and overflowed on to other nearby clearings. There were motorcycles parked everywhere you looked, some were flying the USA Thin Blue Line flags, American flags, Thin Red Line flags and there were a ton of pro-police shirts in the crowd. There was no guessing which side of the line these bikers were on. Along with the bikes came around 30 or more cagers, a couple fire trucks, ambulances and other LEO vehicles that wanted to make sure their support was noted as well. This event was such a big deal that NC’s 9th district congressmen Dan Bishop, made a special stop at the HideA-Way Tavern. Congressman Bishop utilized the PA System of a Scotland Co Sheriff’s Car to deliver a stirring pro-LEO
Congressmen Dan Bishop Shakes Hands With Riders
