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...Squares & the Fuzz. The youthful takeover of the Strip began four years ago, after TV had caused the Hollywood movie industry to slump and Las Vegas had wooed away the big-name entertainers. This left a vacuum that high school teen-agers rushed in to fill. Soon a dozen more à Go-Go clubs sprouted along the length of the Strip itself. Since the Strip was an unincorporated free zone loosely administered by Los Angeles County, club owners last year succeeded in gaining "youth permits" to admit minors under 21, provided that they were not served liquor. The stampede...
...that might have been overlooked had the Strip been tucked out of the way. But it is a main thoroughfare between Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, heavily traveled by both the local citizenry and tourists from afar. The politicians, the property owners and the police-the squares and the fuzz, as the "Strippies" call them-decided that the Strip's image badly needed reburnishing...
...peel-off, Loser (Bruce Dern) puts the burn on a police bike, catches a slug in the back, lands on the critical list. H.B. and his buddies bust him out of the hospital, but back at the clubhouse Loser dies of shock while puffing pot. As the fuzz move in, the choppers move out for Loser's funeral in a chapel draped with Nazi banners. The-rite soon turns into a riot, during which the stompers stomp the preacher, wreck the chapel, and gang rape the dead man's grieving girl friend...
...what does society think of the recommended leathers and big bikes that can be seen? Ha! If you can avoid the never-even-saw-'em-CRASH! drivers, the fuzz locks you up as a menace to society. Admittedly, the Bermuda shorts set on their Japanese toys aren't too bright, but it still comes down to one thing: on a bike you have to expect every jerk on the road...
...represent another government-the Negro government. I'm a $15 million-a-year man, and you're nothing but a policeman. Lay a hand on me and I'll slap a brutality charge on you." After a few more rounds of that, the poor fuzz hauled the fighter of the year off to the station house, where he posted $25 bond on a disorderly conduct charge...