The two largest online retailers in Canada have agreed to stop selling Hells Angels support gear after coming under fire for carrying merchandise promoting the world’s largest outlaw motorcycle club.

The decision by Walmart and Amazon comes after a man wearing biker support gear was assaulted – leading to criminal charges against an alleged member of a rival club – outside a grocery store in Southwestern Ontario last month.

The sale of Hells Angels-themed clothing and accessories on Walmart.ca and Amazon.ca was first revealed in a report by Le Journal de Montreal last week, prompting Quebec’s public security minister to ask the retailers to pull the items from their online catalogues.

“I am asking the companies to remove the articles immediately. The glorification of crime has no place

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