“For members of the Community of Hope AME Church in Hillcrest Heights, Md., having former members of a black gay street gang participate in the Sunday morning service was no big deal. And that’s why it really was a big deal. “You have done so many things to help us,” said Travon Warren, 23, who had started the gay gang, called Check It, in 2005. Organized for self-defense against attacks from homophobic bullies, Check It members went on to achieve notoriety in 2010 and 2011 for their ferocious flash mob fights in and around the Gallery Place Metro station in downtown D.C. Sometimes, they needed little, if any, provocation for the knives to come out. But the brawling was taking a heavy toll. Some members were seriously injured or killed. Others were arrested and jailed, where they were sometimes subjected to abuse by other inmates. Check It members would have to change. Or die. In a spiritual sense, they did both.” wapo.st/1rYxSuK
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:00:52 +0000
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