{"id":6096,"date":"2026-08-04T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=6096"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:30:08","slug":"a-veteran-was-detained-by-the-national-guard-in-her-front-yard-now-shes-suing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=6096","title":{"rendered":"A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she&#8217;s suing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"storytitle\">\n<h1>A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she&#8217;s suing<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORYTITLE\" --><\/p>\n<div id=\"story-meta\" class=\"story-meta has-byline\">\n<div class=\"story-meta__one\">\n<div class=\"story-meta__one-inner\">\n<div class=\"dateblock\">\n    <time datetime=\"2026-08-04T05:00:00-04:00\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"date\">August 4, 2026<\/span><span class=\"time\">5:00 AM ET<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORY-META__ONE-INNER\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORY-META__ONE\" --><\/p>\n<div class=\"story-meta__two\">\n<div id=\"storybyline\" class=\"storybyline-wrap linkLocation\">\n<div class=\"bucketwrap byline\">\n<div class=\"byline-container--block\">\n<p class=\"byline__name--block\">By\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"byline byline--block byline--has-link\" aria-label=\"Byline\">\n<p class=\"byline__name byline__name--block\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/630949669\/kat-lonsdorf\" rel=\"author\"><br \/>\n      Kat Lonsdorf<br \/>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP BYLINE\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORY-META__TWO\" -->\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"STORY-META\" CLASS=\"STORY-META HAS-BYLINE\" --><\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\" class=\"storytext storylocation linkLocation\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-137239\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 2826;--source-height: 1683\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2826x1683+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F65%2F1a%2Fe7bdbcc94ffda336f90a36486132%2Fring-camera-dc-1.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2826x1683+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F65%2F1a%2Fe7bdbcc94ffda336f90a36486132%2Fring-camera-dc-1.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Ring video shows veteran Anna King being detained by National Guard troops.\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Ring video shows veteran Anna King being detained by National Guard troops.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    ACLU of the District of Columbia\/Screenshot by NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><\/p>\n<p>              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        ACLU of the District of Columbia\/Screenshot by NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Anna King was sitting on a bench one afternoon outside her home on a busy street in Washington, D.C., scrolling on her phone when three National Guard members entered her front gate, confronted her and pushed her to the ground, tying her hands behind her back with zip ties.<\/p>\n<p>The incident, which happened on May 8, was caught <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acludc.org\/cases\/king-v-united-states\/#documents\" target=\"_blank\">on a Ring security camera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get away from me right now,&#8221; King, a retired U.S. Army captain who served in Iraq and earned both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, can be heard telling the three male guard members in the video as they approach her on the bench. &#8220;You have absolutely no authority to detain me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As she tries to make her way to her front steps to go inside, the three Idaho National Guard members grab King and wrestle her to the ground. You can hear King yelling &#8220;Get off of me!&#8221; and coughing, while two of the troops tighten the zip ties on her hands.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5918354-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5892498\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/14\/nx-s1-5892498\/national-guard-deployment-dc-2029\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/14\/nx-s1-5892498\/national-guard-deployment-dc-2029&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3231x3231+808+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faa%2F3a%2F987a14de431eb5a2a08247b513c7%2Fgettyimages-2284356528.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3231x3231+808+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faa%2F3a%2F987a14de431eb5a2a08247b513c7%2Fgettyimages-2284356528.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3231x3231+808+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faa%2F3a%2F987a14de431eb5a2a08247b513c7%2Fgettyimages-2284356528.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Members of the Army National Guard patrol at the Lincoln Memorial on July 2 in Washington, D.C.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>         <\/p>\n<div class=\"bucketblock\">\n<h3 class=\"slug\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/series\/g-s1-92243\/national-guard-deployments\">National Guard deployments <\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/14\/nx-s1-5892498\/national-guard-deployment-dc-2029\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/14\/nx-s1-5892498\/national-guard-deployment-dc-2029&quot;}\">Trump&#8217;s National Guard deployment in D.C. has been extended until 2029<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5918354-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Now, the ACLU of the District of Columbia and the private law firm Levy Firestone Muse have filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acludc.org\/cases\/king-v-united-states\/?document=Complaint#documents\" target=\"_blank\"><u>a federal tort claim<\/u><\/a> against the Idaho National Guard on King&#8217;s behalf, seeking $3 million in damages from what they describe as an assault that led to lasting and serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The National Guard says King was approached by the troops because she was suspected of assaulting a guard member two days earlier, something her attorneys called &#8220;baseless&#8221; in their filing. They say no charges around such an incident have been filed against King.<\/p>\n<p>The three guardsmen who detained King are among nearly 5,000 National Guard members deployed to D.C. as part of President Trump&#8217;s anti-crime task force. It was launched last August, despite a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low\" target=\"_blank\"><u>30-year-low in crime<\/u><\/a>. All of the troops in the task force have been deputized as special police by the U.S. Marshals Service and are carrying handguns \u2014 which is rare for a domestic National Guard deployment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"MID-STORY-RECOMMENDATIONS-MOUNT-PIANO\" CLASS=\"MID-STORY-RECOMMENDATIONS-MOUNT-PIANO\" ARIA-LABEL=\"RECOMMENDED STORIES\" --><\/p>\n<p>They do not have arresting powers, but they can detain individuals until an officer arrives.<\/p>\n<p>NPR reached out to the Idaho National Guard, which said it was aware of the filing but declined to comment because of ongoing litigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Idaho National Guard is committed to the professionalism and accountability of its service members and takes all allegations of misconduct seriously,&#8221; it said in a statement, while referring further questions to the joint task force in D.C. as the &#8220;allegations arise from activities associated with a federally directed mission.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The joint task force said it is aware of the claim, and reiterated the claim that King assaulted a guard member two days earlier.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-137240\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 5842;--source-height: 3895\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5842x3895+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F60%2Fc5%2Ff142d5ae49ccb35fafba16531b89%2Fgettyimages-2286655192.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5842x3895+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F60%2Fc5%2Ff142d5ae49ccb35fafba16531b89%2Fgettyimages-2286655192.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"The Washington Monument is seen in the distance as members of the National Guard stand atop the steps at the Lincoln Memorial at sunrise on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                The Washington Monument is seen in the distance as members of the National Guard stand atop the steps at the Lincoln Memorial at sunrise on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2026.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Kent Nishimura\/AFP via Getty Images<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><\/p>\n<p>              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Kent Nishimura\/AFP via Getty Images<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>King&#8217;s attorneys say that they believe she was approached by the guard because she has been a vocal critic of their deployment in the city for months, hanging large signs outside her house with messages like &#8220;Occupation: Troops Out&#8221; and &#8220;National Guard Stop Being So Embarrassing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a really troubling example of what happens when you rely on National Guard members to do your policing. National Guard members aren&#8217;t trained for this work. This isn&#8217;t what they do on a day-to-day basis, they are being asked to do something that they are not equipped to do,&#8221; says Michael Perloff, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of DC who is representing King.<\/p>\n<p>Perloff also represented Sam O&#8217;Hara, another D.C. resident who was arrested after he followed several Ohio National Guard members while playing the Darth Vader theme song from <em>Star Wars<\/em> in protest last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/d-c-will-pay-50000-to-man-detained-while-protesting-guard-patrol-with-star-wars-song-record-says\" target=\"_blank\"><u>He sued over the arrest and settled with the city.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5918354-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5896284\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/27\/nx-s1-5896284\/national-guard-memphis-immigration-task-force\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/27\/nx-s1-5896284\/national-guard-memphis-immigration-task-force&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4759x4759+1190+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F36%2F28%2Fe6a788d44066a22399c7658b4dbb%2Fap26200026459182.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4759x4759+1190+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F36%2F28%2Fe6a788d44066a22399c7658b4dbb%2Fap26200026459182.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4759x4759+1190+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F36%2F28%2Fe6a788d44066a22399c7658b4dbb%2Fap26200026459182.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Members of the National Guard stand watch on Beale St., Friday, July 17, 2026, in Memphis, Tenn.  \" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>         <\/p>\n<div class=\"bucketblock\">\n<h3 class=\"slug\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/series\/g-s1-92243\/national-guard-deployments\">National Guard deployments <\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/27\/nx-s1-5896284\/national-guard-memphis-immigration-task-force\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/27\/nx-s1-5896284\/national-guard-memphis-immigration-task-force&quot;}\">In Memphis, an &#8216;anti-crime&#8217; task force quietly turned into an ICE crackdown<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5918354-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>After King was detained by the guard members, the Metropolitan Police were called in, according to the Joint Task Force in D.C. Perloff confirmed that, saying that King was then detained for a night, and is now being charged with assaulting the guard members who detained her.<\/p>\n<p>Perloff says King sustained serious injuries to her wrist from the tight zip ties and required surgery, but is also suffering from post-traumatic symptoms from the incident.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acludc.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Press_FTCA-Anna-King_7_28_26-copy.mp4\" target=\"_blank\"><u>video the ACLU posted online on King&#8217;s behalf<\/u><\/a>, she talks about how it&#8217;s all affected her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being a combat veteran, having served in war to then be abused and assaulted by National Guardsmen at home has deeply decreased my ability to sleep again. I&#8217;m having nightmares daily,&#8221; King says.<\/p>\n<p>She says she will continue to protest the presence of the National Guard in the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to stop sitting outside of my home on my bench, and I&#8217;m not going to stop bringing awareness to the fact that armed National Guardsmen in any city in the U.S. is uncalled for,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"tag tag--story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/tags\/505105414\/trump-administration\">trump administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"tag tag--story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/tags\/366614353\/national-guard\">national guard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"TAGS\" --><\/p>\n<div class=\"share-tools share-tools--secondary\" aria-label=\"Share tools\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-tools__service share-tools__service--facebook\"><button class=\"fbStorynx-s1-5918354\" data-share-facebook=\"{&quot;storyId&quot;: &quot;nx-s1-5918354&quot; }\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;share&quot;,&quot;clickName&quot;:&quot;facebook&quot;}\"><b class=\"share-tools__service-name\">Facebook<\/b><\/button><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-tools__service share-tools__service--flipboard\"><button class=\"storynx-s1-5918354\" data-share-flipboard=\"{&quot;storyId&quot;: &quot;nx-s1-5918354&quot; }\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;share&quot;,&quot;clickName&quot;:&quot;flipboard&quot;}\"><b class=\"share-tools__service-name\">Flipboard<\/b><\/button><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-tools__service share-tools__service--email\"><button class=\"share-tools__email-link\" data-story-id=\"nx-s1-5918354\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;share&quot;,&quot;clickName&quot;:&quot;email&quot;}\"><b class=\"share-tools__service-name\">Email<\/b><\/button><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"SHARE-TOOLS SHARE-TOOLS-SECONDARY\" ARIA-LABEL=\"SHARE TOOLS\" --><br \/>\n<!-- END ID=\"NEWSLETTER-ACQUISITION-CALLOUT-DATA\" DATA-NEWSLETTER=\"{&amp;QUOT;NEWSLETTERID&amp;QUOT;:&amp;QUOT;NEWS&amp;QUOT;,&amp;QUOT;TITLE&amp;QUOT;:&amp;QUOT;UP FIRST&amp;QUOT;,&amp;QUOT;MARKETINGHEADER&amp;QUOT;:&amp;QUOT;SIGN UP FOR NPR&#039;S UP FIRST NEWSLETTER&amp;QUOT;,&amp;QUOT;FREQUENCY&amp;QUOT;:&amp;QUOT;EVERY DAY&amp;QUOT;,&amp;QUOT;SHORTDESCRIPTION&amp;QUOT;:&amp;QUOT;THE STORIES YOU NEED TO START YOUR DAY, HAND-PICKED FOR YOU EVERY WEEKDAY. 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