The group, which would have been created last year and would have a presence mainly in Montreal and Laval, is called Moors, North Shore section (north shore) and its best known member is Richard Goodridge. Since their appearance, the Moors have been seen by police on a few occasions, wearing a typical biker jacket. On the back of it, their name, logo and region are sewn in three parts, with the letters MC, for motorcycle club, like the motorcycle clubs approved by the Hells Angels. Their logo features a man wearing an oriental hairstyle and holding various objects. Originally, the Moors (Moors, in French) took their name from the populations of Berber origin who lived in North Africa during Antiquity. According to our sources, one of the Moors' philosophies is to be more "inclusive" than other biker groups. The best-known member of the Moors is Richard Goodridge, 52, deported from Canada to his home country Guyana in 2014 for serious criminality, but returned to Montreal two years later, presumably after obtaining his Canadian citizenship. , according to sources.
In 2016, a spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada told La Presse that due to the Privacy Act, he was unable to disclose information about Richard Goodridge. without their consent.
His Moors jacket seized
According to our information, Richard Goodridge's residence in Laval was searched Thursday by investigators from the Organized Crime Division (DCO) of the SPVM, as part of an investigation into an attempted murder with a firearm that occurred in daylight, in an alley at the corner of Saint-Dominique and Saint-Zotique streets, in Little Italy, on April 20. Goodridge was not charged, however, but Moors cell phones, clothing and a jacket were found at his home and seized.
