Well, look who just discovered the consequences of living in fantasyland and shouting violent threats into the internet void—Robert King, 35 years old and apparently just now learning that “edgy” social media rants have a little thing called legal consequences.
Turns out, calling for the murder of federal agents isn’t exactly protected speech, especially when you go full lunatic and refer to them as the “Gestapo” while telling people to “shoot them and kill them. No mercy.” This isn’t a Call of Duty lobby, buddy—this is the real world, and in the real world, ICE agents aren’t villains from a dystopian novel. They’re federal law enforcement officers doing their jobs, whether you like it or not.
King, of course, had all the keyboard courage in the world—until he was hauled into federal court, where he promptly broke down crying. And if that isn’t the most poetic example of “play stupid games, win stupid prizes,” I don’t know what is. He spent however long puffing up his chest online, threatening law enforcement like some revolutionary hero from a left-wing Reddit thread, only to end up sobbing in front of a judge because reality finally came knocking.
And let’s talk about that judge, Renee Toliver. She wasn’t having any of it. She looked at Mr. Keyboard Revolutionary and said, yeah, this guy’s not only a flight risk but a danger to the community. And she’s right. Anyone spewing garbage like “just shoot them and kill them” about law enforcement doesn’t belong on the street. They belong exactly where King ended up: in custody, under federal charges, staring down the barrel of up to five years in prison.
But here’s the best part—and by “best,” I mean the part that will give every law-abiding, fed-up American a little chuckle—King was living with his sister and her husband, who just so happens to be a Mesquite police officer and a former CBP agent. Imagine that awkward family dinner.
One look at King’s rantings, and the brother-in-law did what any responsible person would do: he kicked him out. Didn’t cover for him. Didn’t rationalize the madness. Just packed up the rhetoric warrior and showed him the door. Maybe he even handed him a box of tissues on the way out. Good on him.
Robert King, a U.S. citizen was recently taken into custody in McKinney, Texas for making terroristic threats against ICE agents and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
King’s alarming social media posts included intentions to “open fire” if agents are seen in his neighborhood. pic.twitter.com/LyVf3M6ECe
— HSI Dallas (@HSI_Dallas) April 2, 2025
And while we’re at it, hats off to whoever tipped off the FBI. We live in a time where law enforcement gets smeared for doing their jobs, politicians grandstand about “defunding” them, and social media mobs praise people like King as if they’re saying something brave. No, it’s not brave. It’s reckless, delusional, and dangerous. And it’s high time people like King find out that America still has laws—and yes, even under this administration, occasionally those laws get enforced.
This is the same energy we’re seeing from the crowd who thinks vandalizing Teslas or throwing paint at art galleries makes them modern-day heroes. They genuinely believe there’s no price to pay for their little tantrums. That they’re protected by some invisible ideological shield.
Then the footage rolls, the cops show up, and suddenly everyone’s got their hands up asking for forgiveness. But here’s the hard truth: actions have consequences. You may think you’re staging some digital revolution from your mom’s guest room, but when you start making threats or destroying property, the law tends to catch up.
Robert King found that out the hard way. And as the justice system keeps tabs on his case, maybe it’ll serve as a wake-up call to the rest of the unhinged social media class who think inciting violence is just another form of activism. Spoiler alert: it’s not. It’s a crime. And in this country, we still lock up criminals—even the ones with Wi-Fi and a martyr complex.
