Rev. Dr. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church gives the keynote address during the 5th Annual C.O.F.F.Y. Youth Violence Prevention Conference at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Ind. Friday May 11, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Keanu Pattersn, 15, of East Chicago, listens as Rev. Dr. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church gives the keynote address during the 5th Annual C.O.F.F.Y. Youth Violence Prevention Conference at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Ind. Friday May 11, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Rev. Dr. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church in Chicago gives the keynote address during the 5th Annual C.O.F.F.Y. Youth Violence Prevention Conference at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Ind. Friday May 11, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Rev. Dr. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church gives the keynote address during the 5th Annual C.O.F.F.Y. Youth Violence Prevention Conference at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Ind. Friday May 11, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Rev. Dr. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church (left) talks with Lt. Lawrence Wright of the Gary Police Department before Pfleger gives the keynote address during the 5th Annual C.O.F.F.Y. Youth Violence Prevention Conference at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Ind. Friday May 11, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Rev. Dr. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church talks with members of the media shortly befre giving the keynote address during the 5th Annual C.O.F.F.Y. Youth Violence Prevention Conference at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Ind. Friday May 11, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Rev. Dr. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church talks with members of the media shortly befre giving the keynote address during the 5th Annual C.O.F.F.Y. Youth Violence Prevention Conference at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Ind. Friday May 11, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Rev. Dr. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church talks with members of the media shortly befre giving the keynote address during the 5th Annual C.O.F.F.Y. Youth Violence Prevention Conference at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Ind. Friday May 11, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
GARY — Speaking to an auditorium filled with teens, the Rev. Michael Pfleger’s message was predictable: set goals, expect consequences, be fair. But his delivery — storming back and forth on the stage, stepping down to speak directly into faces in the front row, delivering …