"He Did All the Right Things the Wrong Way"

"And that's when the idea crystallized: He'd fight back. With fists. With knives. With pool cues and chains—with anything necessary to protect the vulnerable kids who hung around his community center. His idea was to train his crew in karate and judo, and arm them so they could protect themselves—and one another. He knew the idea was crazy, and he knew the police would hate him for it. But he didn't give a damn. He wanted to form his own gang—for self-defense."

Eric Markowitz at Newsweek tells the story of the Reverend Ray Broshears, the founder of San Francisco's Lavender Panthers in the 1970s.