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Jesus was indeed apolitical, focusing on the actions and responsibility of the individual.
He did not rally against the then current political machine ("Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's," "My Kingdom is not of this World") but instead focused on the individual ("Is there no one left to condemn you?").
You say he was executed on a political charge, but that is a simplistic explanation of his execution. The reality is that he was executed because he rocked the boat of the status quo (the Pharasees and Saducees), so Pilate executed him to pacify them and the mobs they controlled.
Not exactly the trial of the Chicago Seven.
That Jesus' teachings were and are in conflict with some political institutions does not mean that he was political. (Indeed, since there are no "institutions" without individuals, this is not suprising.)
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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis
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