Balogun was released from prison last week
and shortly after spoke to the Guardian about his ordeal.
As mentioned, part of that case was rooted in using Balogun's social media presence to paint him as a violent cop hater.
For instance,
while in court the FBI's Keighley highlighted Facebook posts in which Balogun expressed sympathy for people accused of killing police officers.
Balogun is the co-founder of Guerrilla Mainframe,
a group dedicated to weapons training and community outreach, and a founding member of the Huey P.
Particularly, Balogun says, he was infuriated by the way media
and law enforcement portrayed the high-profile killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile as justified.
Still, and with the assumption that the government
will continue to monitor him in the days to come, Balogun says he has no intention of backing down:.
The feds' attempt to keep Balogun in a cage lived and died within the context of a larger narrative,
one purporting a“war on cops” exists in the United States.