National Guard troops seized Anna King, slamming her to the ground and leaving her with injuries that required surgery, according to a federal tort claim
A retired U.S. Army captain and Iraq War veteran is taking legal action after National Guard troops approached her outside her Washington, D.C. home, pushed her to the ground and detained her in an aggressive, caught-on-camera confrontation.
Anna King, who received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star for her service, was cornered on her front porch by three National Guard troops on the evening of May 8.
“Get away from me right now,” King can be heard telling the guards in footage taken on a Ring security camera. “You have absolutely no authority to detain me.”
Footage shared by the ACLU of the District of Columbia shows King trying to go inside her home as the men, three Idaho National Guard members, grab King and force her to the ground as she screams for them to get off her.
This is why absolutely nobody should be joining the US military. Its all “support our troops” until those troops are women, people of color, LGBTQ+, anti-war, anti-Zionist and/or simply not a fascist. Then you become an enemy of the state.
This is why absolutely nobody should be joining the US military.
This and all the imperialism.
Don’t even have to be any of those. It’s “support our troops” until they come home, then they’re all chattel.
As an American, fuck the troops.
Poverty makes people do wild things. It’s an incredible weapon wielded by the rich.
I absolutely agree that joining the military is a crazy choice, and yet, propaganda works and desperation does unfortunate things to our instincts.
I thought the custom was to fuck their wives while they’re on deployment.
This. Get some taste of your own medicine. Coming to crush people around the globe, and then expecting to sit quietly on a patio in peace back home - what could be more hypocritical?
But also, the story is most importantly of abuse of power that can and does affect civilians.
Or simply become a vet
the National Guard claims that King was approached by the troops because she was a suspect in an assault of a National Guardsman two days earlier.
King’s attorneys said they believe she was targeted because she has been outspoken against the National Guard’s presence in D.C., including putting signs on her front patio that are critical of their deployment. Two signs read: “Occupation: Troops Out” and “National Guard Stop Being So Embarrassing.”
National Guard Stop Being So Embarrassing.
Lol, thats an excellent thing to put on a sign
There was a sign right there telling them what not to do and they still failed.
You think they are able and willing to read?
Let’s say she did assault a member of the national gaurd 2 days ago.
The national gaurd has zero authority to enter her property and detain her. This is solely a power of the civilian law enforcement, or at least its supposed to be.
Thank you! This part missing from the description makes no sense to me. I only read it to know the reasoning for the assault, and not for the description of how exactly they slammed her.
I guess nowadays it is relevant to note that “slammed” was physical, instead of a couple negative words.
Who cares about their bullshit reasoning? They aren’t law enforcement have no right to detain anyone.
So the federal government gave a bunch of potato brained iditos from Idaho the authority to wander around D.C terrorizing black and brown people for exercising their constitutional rights. Got it. The downward spiral toward fascism continues.
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If anyone has any doubt what side the military is going to be on when the shit hits the fan…
I’ve been saying it for years. This is Weaponized Patriotism. They spent the last 20 years deifying the military in American eyes so at least half the country would either be fine looking the other way when the military is turned on US citizens, or are so deep in the propaganda that they’ll outright support it
National Guard is a small part (and state specific) of the military AND is mostly representative of the state they’re from. They usually have a more homogenous world view derived from the culture of their state.
Active duty military gets to experience other places and takes people away from their home state, usually improving their world views.
Point being, it’s not black and white, and generalizations are generally useless.
They usually have a more homogenous world view derived from the culture of their state.
Wasn’t Trump deploying the National Guard to other states specifically for that “problem”?
Remember Kent State
and U New Mexico
Remember Kent State
They usually have a more homogenous world view derived from the culture of their state.
'cept that time they murdered students from Kent State to New Mexico.
That’s my point exactly?
Yeah but then they were defending themselves from …. Flowers and stuff
Now they’re going on offense
usually improving their world views.
You mean learning where countries are on a map by bombing them?
I won’t trust them until I’m sure.
I deployed and went TDY all over US and the world, as did my NG counterparts. The only difference is they don’t PCS. Regardless if they are active or guard/reserves, they get plenty of exposure. Some people just don’t change.
The PCS part is really important. It’s what forces you to be comfortable with loving in New surroundings.
I can understand why more people in the guard don’t change. Because despite the TDYs they are always going to back to the same home.
My point was that it isn’t. At least half of the active duty guys I kept in touch after I got out all went full on maga. And most of them PCS’d not only all over US, but Europe and Asia as well.
Yeah, sure. My point was you’re more likely to have NG guys that never change because they don’t get as much exposure.
Active duty tends to have more exposure. Doesn’t mean they all grow better for it.
You’re bringing in anecdotes. I’m sorry you’ve met so many miserable people.
You know what’s wild? The US military runs on socialism. It literally cannot work without it.
“I know for a fact that protesting is one of the very protected things we have here,” she continued.
And I know for a fact that that isn’t true. This article proves it. Its sad as fuck but USA is toast man. There’s no fixing any of this anymore. Cats out of the bag, toothpaste is out of the tube, bullet is out of the casing.
We’re fucked.
How the fuck is this supposed to help?
Instead of just giving in, like you, she’s fighting to keep it.
Idk man maybe if enough people stop lying to themselves and everyone around them we will all get pissed off enough to actually do something
But as it stands I’m not about to take up arms and get shot in the street while the media paints me as a terrorist for actually defending democracy. Has to be a LOT of people doing it all at once.
Maybe if we stop these illusions and lies and rip the mask off enough people will be pissed off and change will happen.
Idk.
But I know that peacefully protesting and then having to sue when the guard beats the brakes off of you for doing it and getting a sweet settlement paid out in tax dollars isn’t helping shit, to be honest.
I stand with this woman too I’m not saying I don’t or that she shouldn’t protest. But that line about it being protected is 110% completely false. Where is the protection?
I’ll tell you though this bullshit about making some signs and singing songs together isn’t fucking working, man.
You see that right?
Organize.
USA is toast man.
Better nuke the site from orbit - only way to be sure.
The three National Guardsmen are among the 5,000 troops deployed to Washington, D.C., since last summer as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to combat crime — though the troops have been found to have had “no measurable effect,” according to a study.
Judging by this example, they probably increased crime in Washington D.C. since this looks a lot like unlawful detention and/or assault.
That’s the intention. Create a problem that doesn’t exist, then solve said problem. Crime in DC was at an all time low until Trump sent troops who are now committing crimes. Now Trump can point to “look at the crime in DC! Look at it!”
You don’t need to solve anything.
Few people bother with statistics. Far more often their ‘common sense’ reasoning goes: “Well there must be horrible crime, otherwise they wouldn’t send in the national guard”.
She get Purple Heart for occupying other peoples land and was detained for protesting against occupation of her’s town. Am I only one who see “Karma is a Bitch” situation here?
Yes.
Why? Because Americans.can do whatever they want to other and that is OK but when similar shit is happening to them then is terrorism? What a joke of society, zero moral values.
Thank you for your service though
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I never thought the imperial boomerang would hit me in the face.
She was attacked because she was out being cool by fucking with the guard.
Fucking with fascist collaborators is good and just, so I can’t disagree with her there, but still: Better this happen to someone who was involved in the second-worst war crime of the 21st century (the worst being the Gaza genocide) than someone who wasn’t.
The leopards are hungry.
They don’t give a shit about the troops yet so many people believe they do
God the comments on that article.
That was the gentlest forcible arrest I’ve ever seen.
They shouldn’t be there or arresting her regardless, though.
The one where she required surgery for the injuries it caused?
I saw the video of the old 93 year old woman they arrested for not paying rent and they were super gentle with her.
Although, not the national guard so I guess that’s not really the same.
The one where she required surgery for the injuries it caused?
As claimed by the defense, who always exaggerate claims in cases like this, so that they can walk them back later. Anchoring is a standard negotiation tactic. So, I’ll wait for the trial. I donate monthly to the ACLU, so I’m funding her defense.
