Mission Implacable

Among the Plaintiffs: Fredy Parra received head and face wounds that required stitches. A fourth man, Baltazar Fernandez, escaped injury.

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Glikshtern's refusal to be intimidated by Ramirez's efforts to turn the politically correct, anti-gentrification forces of mob rule against him has, at the same time, only strengthened his commitment to his business. Though settling seemed like an attractive escape to the whole mess, Glikshtern would not give in. "I don't think it is right to just lay down and fold to this sort of thing. My integrity is important to me," he says. "If Ramirez would've sued only for beating those guys up, maybe I would've paid. But he was accusing me with all kinds of shit that had nothing to do with it."

The notion that the Mission should be home only to underpaid artists, bohemians, and immigrants escapes Glikshtern. The way he sees it, being an entrepreneur is no crime. "Was there a sense of me trying to be a pioneer? Yes," he says. "I saw the potential. But I never thought of the social-economic ramifications. I just wanted to make a living."