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11 Jan 2019
Sean King, a Black Lives Matter activist, provided information that helped police identify the actual killers of Jasmine Barnes.

In reality, Sean King, one of the leading figures of the Black Lives Matter movement, is literally responsible for tipping off the police that the shooters were Larry Woodruff and Eric Black Jr., not a white guy in a red truck. Do you understand what I'm saying? Because what I'm saying is that a prominent figure in the Black Lives Matter movement went out of his way in order to help police find the actual killers because he cared about the truth, not just scoring points making white people look bad.

10 Jul 2017
Sean King was ambushed by a large group of attackers in high school, contrary to police reports that minimized the incident.

Unfortunately, it seems that several groups on the internet are spreading lies about an event that happened at my high school when I was a student there. This is a problem for me because they were not first-hand witnesses, nor are any of their sources. I, however, was there and I saw it happen. I've been asked to post my memory of that day, which I'm happy to do. It involves another student at the time, Sean King. I was a senior in high school and had just walked out of the band room when I saw Sean walking towards me in the hall. "'For my entire high school career, "'I cannot recall saying anything more than hello to him. "'However, this day, no exchange took place, "'because before it could happen, "'Sean was quite literally ambushed "'by a large group of large people. "'He never saw what hit him. "'He never had a chance.' I didn't stop to count how many attacked him, but the number was easily in the neighborhood of a dozen. They were big white farm boys, all members of the FFA, the Future Farmers of America. Immediately a crowd formed while they stomped the life right out of Sean. Who couldn't have weighed more than a hundred pounds, if at all. I remember not being able to get close, certainly not close enough to interfere. The attackers had formed a circle around the debacle and would not let anyone in. It stuck in my mind for years as the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. It couldn't have lasted long. As soon as the chaos attracted the attention of two teachers, it was over, and the attackers deftly dispersed. There was blood all over the floor. I hung around in mute horror, not believing what I had just seen. I had had a fairly sheltered upbringing and it was my first brush with violence that had left an impression. So now, in 2015, various organizations on the internet have taken the stance that this incident never happened. This view seems to stem from one specific article making the observation that the police account and public records of this incident do not coincide with Sean's account. For example, the police report says there was only one attacker, not a dozen. It also states that Sean's injuries were very minor. What the article does not discuss is the political and social climate of that place and time, and how these factors had an effect on the fallout from this incident. This is Versailles, pronounced Versailles, Kentucky, in 1995. I believe the population around that time was about 6,000 or so. When a minority gets almost beaten to death in a small rural town's high school, it is every civic leader's nightmare. In 1995 in Versailles, it could have potentially made national headlines, had the story gotten out. But unfortunately, it did not, and no residents of Versailles, Kentucky should be surprised. By this point in the reading, you should have surmised that any investigating officer would have felt heavy, intense pressure from all sides. The last thing Woodford County High School wanted was for this story to be on the front page of the local paper. You don't have to interview school administrators to know that. The city's elected leaders did not want this thing getting out because they wanted to keep their jobs, and the local police needed to keep a tight lid on it so they would not look like jackasses. So, Sean's injuries were downplayed to just a scratch on the police report. The Future Farmers of America guys had planned ahead for one of them to take the fall for all of them. The investigating officer was happy to put that detail in his reports, nor was he eager to interview witnesses, having never asked me a single question.