Far-left publication celebrates violent BLM activist’s release after 9+ year prison stint

Left-wing publication Unicorn Riot claimed King spent the last 9+ years as a "political prisoner" and shared images of King leaving prison with his wife and child, wearing a "protect trans kids" shirt with a knife in the center.

"I got to walk out of prison wearing clothes that represent who I am, and so that felt really great," King said of the controversial shirt.

In March 2016, King pleaded guilty to throwing two Molotov cocktails into Congressman Emanuel Cleaver's (D-MO) office in September 2014 as part of the BLM "hands up, don't shoot" riots in Ferguson, Missouri. He was able to raise over $21,000 for his release fund despite the campaign violating GoFundMe's terms of service which says that one can't raise money for violent criminals or suspects.

According to a press statement from the United States Attorney's Office Western District of Missouri, a video of the incident showed King throwing a hammer through a window of the building, then lighting the Molotov cocktails, and throwing them at the building. The first one bounced off the wall, while the second went through the window as he ran away from the building. There was no fire damage done to the building from the incident.

Before the King's arrest, he had posted several social media posts that seemingly advocated for violence against government assets. One post read, "These cops aren’t going to kill themselves, get to the streets." Another post said, "I want to leave KC better than I found or an ashes.”

The 2014 "Hands up, don't shoot," BLM riots in Ferguson followed the death of Michael Brown at the hands of then-police officer Darren Wilson. The phrase was used as a rallying cry by activists after witness accounts claimed that Brown had his hands up when he was shot by Officer Wilson.

After the investigation's forensic evidence didn't line up with the narrative, and several witnesses recanted their story a grand jury was not able to confirm the "hands up" narrative and Wilson was not indicted in Brown's death.