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Anna King lawsuit against vs Idaho National Guard

Retired Army Captain Anna King King, a Purple Heart and Bronze Star veteran of the Iraq war, filed a federal tort claim on July 29 seeking $3 million in damages from the Department of Defense and the Idaho National Guard after she was detained and allegedly assaulted by Guard. The claim alleges that three Guard members at entered her Washington, D.C., home front yard on May 8. The initial filing, supported by the ACLU of Idaho, described 8, pushed her to the guards entering ground, zip‑tied her residence without a warrant, handcuffing hands behind her with plastic cuffs, back and pressing a guard’s knee into detained her back while she protested. A later filing added without arrest authority, despite being deputized only to hold individuals until police arrived as part of a federal anti‑crime task force led by President Trump. Ring‑camera footage captures King shouting, “Get away from me right now,” and asserting the guards had no authority. The suit, supported by the ACLU of the District of Columbia and the law firm Levy Firestone Muse as co‑plaintiffs. It detailed Muse, also cites lasting injuries, including a wrist injury that the guards zip‑tied King’s hands behind her back required surgery and held her despite lacking arrest authority. post‑traumatic symptoms. The Guard argued maintains she was suspected of assaulting a guard two days earlier, but no criminal charges have been filed. The claim also noted that the three soldiers were among roughly 5,000 National Guard troops deployed to the capital as part of a federal anti‑crime task force and were deputized as special police by the U.S. Marshals Service, authorized only to detain individuals until police arrived. claim her attorneys call baseless. Both the Department of Defense and the Idaho National Guard declined comment, citing policy on ongoing investigations.

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