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I suspect he got the attention of the FBI by being publicly vocal about his hatred of police but was arrested for having a gun when he was prohibited because of his conviction for domestic assault.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/01/30/is-a-court-case-in-texas...

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The FBI itself admitted that nothing he wrote could be characterized as a threat. However vitriolic, non-threatening speech should never, in a free society, trigger law enforcement action. And note that the gun-possession charge was evidently flimsy enough that a judge dismissed it before trial.

Thank you for saving me from going on an anti-free speech tirade. And now I see the article has been flagged, presumably because the headline is misleading.

> But this month, a judge rejected the charge, saying the firearms law did not apply.

shhh, any excuse to deny a black man his rights is fine.

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