German courts ban Hell's Angels biker jackets

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(Reuters) - German courts have the legal right to forbid "Hells Angels" members from wearing their motorcycle jackets with "death's head" insignia during trials as these could intimidate those involved, Germany's top court ruled on Wednesday.

The Constitutional Court said wearing them was an "unacceptable showing of force that might intimidate and threaten the parties to the proceeding" and a ban was a "preventive condition for a safe and unimpaired trial". READ ON

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