As racial justice protests broke out nationwide in the summer of 2020, a man driving a silver hearse became a regular at the demonstrations in Denver. He was a paunchy 5-foot-7 with a ruddy complexion and wore military fatigues with patches on the sleeves. By activist standards, he was an old timer: pushing 50 as he sawggered through crowds of teens and 20-something protesters, a cigar clamped in his lips. "I didn't know much about him, but he drove a hearse," said Zebbodios "Zebb" Hall, a Black activist in Denver. "Inside this hearse was a lot of guns: AR-15s and...