Troops trained for combat, stationed in neighborhoods, produce exactly this.
On July 29, the ACLU filed a legal claim on behalf of Anna King, a retired Army captain who earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart in Iraq. The claim seeks 3 million dollars from the Defense Department and the Idaho National Guard.
On May 8, King was sitting on her front patio in Washington, DC. Three National Guardsmen walked through her gate and told her she was detained. Video shows them pinning her to the concrete, kneeling on her back, and binding her in plastic flex cuffs. The complaint says the cuffs stayed on for 17 minutes, ruptured ligaments in her wrist, and put her into surgery.
The Guardsmen told police they approached her over a liquid allegedly thrown at troops two days earlier. She has never been charged in connection with that incident. She faces two misdemeanor assault charges from the takedown itself and has pleaded not guilty.
King had posted signs outside her home criticizing the deployment. Her words: “My porch is not a war zone.”
Her claim is one of 54 the ACLU filed this week across 17 states and DC.
Troops trained for combat, stationed in neighborhoods, produce exactly this.
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