Near the end of a dramatic and angry protest that forced Golden 1 Center arena to go on emergency lockdown for hours Thursday night, demonstration organizer Barry Accius got a surprise and slightly unnerving invitation.
A King's representative approached him in the plaza outside as the crowd dispersed, saying team co-owner Vivek Ranadive, former player Doug Christie and others wanted to talk to him.
Inside.
Accius said he first thought he was going to end up "in handcuffs." He had just helped organize a sustained demonstration that had disrupted an NBA basketball game, blocking more than 10,000 fans from getting inside and costing the team untold money in tickets refunds and lost sales.