Retired Army Captain Anna King Files $3 Million Claim Over Alleged National Guard Assault
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Updated · NBC News · Jul 31
Retired Army Captain Anna King Files $3 Million Claim Over Alleged National Guard Assault
2 articles · Updated · NBC News · Jul 31
Summary
$3 million is what retired Capt. Anna King is seeking in a claim filed Tuesday against the Defense Department over an alleged May 8 assault outside her Washington home.
Three Idaho National Guard members allegedly entered her gate, said they were apprehending her without a warrant, shoved her to the pavement and restrained her in plastic handcuffs for about eight minutes.
King's lawyers say she suffered retaliation for criticizing the Guard's D.C. deployment, citing signs at her home; they called an officer's suggestion she had assaulted a guardsman days earlier baseless.
The Pentagon declined comment, citing policy on ongoing litigation, as the Trump administration keeps National Guard troops deployed in Washington through Inauguration Day 2029.