Biography
Eric King was an anarchist and local artist known to Kansas City police for doing unauthorized politically charged murals on the exteriors of vacant buildings, which got him arrested for vandalism on a number of occasions. In 2016 someone threw a brick through the window of a congressional office along with a lit rag that failed to ignite and caused no damage besides the broken window. Police claimed they used a partial fingerprint on the shards of glass to match it to King despite speculative partial fingerprint matching being proven to be inaccurate. King had already been named as the prime suspect solely for his pro-anarchism views before police even tested the shards of glass for fingerprints. He was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison. While in prison a guard with far-right views who was affiliated with the prison's Aryan Brotherhood brought King into a supply closet where the guards knew the cameras weren't working and brutally beat him. Despite having no injuries the guard claimed he acted in self-defense and that King who was a pacifist had attacked him. King was charged with attacking the guard and the prosecution wanted another 20 years added to his sentence. He was acquitted of the charges and in retaliation the DOC had him transferred to ADX Florence, the supermax prison. Eric G. King attempted to firebomb Congressman Emanuel Cleavers Kansas City office with Molotov cocktails on September 11, 2014 as a form of anti-government protest. The cocktails failed to ignite. Sentenced to 120 months federal prison.
