"These cells had held Tom Manning and Ray Luc. They held Mutulu Shakur and Oscar López Rivera. Now I joined my elders in maintaining my resistance while buried in the Rockies,"
"All the bucking, protesting, resisting, fighting, starving, struggling, had all led to this. When they can't handle your presence, they bury it."
"In 2018, at FCI Florence, a lieutenant took him to a mop closet, where he was pushed and punched. King defended himself, after which he was slammed to the floor, stomped, handcuffed to a bed post, suffocated, and tortured."
Eric King experienced escalating targeting in federal custody for his anarchist political beliefs, including denial of family visits and restricted mail. In 2018 at FCI Florence, a lieutenant assaulted him in a mop closet; after King defended himself he was charged with assaulting an officer but won a not-guilty verdict at trial. Following the acquittal, authorities retaliated by transferring him to ADX Florence, the most restrictive supermax. King describes ADX as entombing prisoners and situates himself among past political prisoners. He authored A Clean Hell, focusing on anarchism, mutual aid, support for political prisoners, and prison abolition.
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