Veteran Files $3 Million Claim over Alleged Assault by National Guard in DC
Anna King says the encounter left her with surgery, lasting numbness and reactivated PTSD after Idaho National Guard members restrained her, court documents said.
- On Wednesday, Army Captain Anna King filed a $3 million federal tort claim alleging serious physical and psychological injuries from a May 8 detention by Idaho National Guard members in Washington, D.C.
- King, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump's mobilization of the National Guard, had displayed signs on her patio reading "Occupation: Troops Out," which attorneys say prompted the confrontation.
- Tight plastic cuffs ruptured wrist ligaments requiring surgery, the claim alleges, while also causing bruised ribs and reactivating post-traumatic stress disorder from King's deployments to Iraq.
- While King faces two misdemeanor assault charges related to the May 8 incident, her attorneys dispute the allegations as baseless, noting she was never charged in connection with an alleged prior assault.
- Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, King's filing is among 54 administrative claims filed Wednesday across 17 states and Washington, D.C., all alleging harm involving federal personnel.
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Idaho Capital SunWoman files $3 million claim against Idaho National Guard for detaining her in D.C.
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — A woman has filed a $3 million legal claim against the Idaho National Guard for injuries and distress she said she experienced after guardsmen detained her at her home in Washington, D.C., in May. Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia, or ACLU-D.C., and law firm […] The post Woman files $3 million claim against Idaho National Guard for detaining her in D.C. appeared first on East…
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