Biker challenges ban on wearing patches

A Canadian member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club is challenging the province of Saskatchewan's ban on wearing club patches in licensed bars.

Jesse Bitz, 36, and five other club members were charged last year under the year-old provincial Safer Communities and Neighborhoods Act for wearing the club's trademark designs on their vests in a bar, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix reported.

Monday, Bitz's lawyer argued in a Saskatoon court the law was unconstitutional as it encroached on the federal rights of freedom of expression.

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