Balogun was startled awake in his Dallas home by a large crash and police officers screaming commands on December 12 , 2017 , when he and his 15-year-old son were forced outside of their Dallas home dressed only in their underwear . Balogun was handcuffed and learned FBI agents were investigating domestic terrorism and had been monitoring him for years for posts on Facebook criticizing police . In particular , posts by Balogun praising Micah Johnson , the perpetrator of the 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers , were cited as grounds for Balogun 's arrest . According to Balogun he was exercising his right to free speech when he praised Johnson , and was not endorsing violence against individual police officers , but a general struggle against the Dallas Police Department
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
Rakem Balogun