National Guard troops entered a Purple Heart veteran's yard, zip-tied her, then charged her with assaulting them
Anna King, who criticized their D.C. deployment with protest signs, was tackled on May 8 in an incident caught on her Ring camera.
Three Idaho National Guard troops entered Purple Heart veteran Anna King's Washington, D.C., front yard, wrestled her to the ground, and zip-tied her hands. She was later charged with assaulting them.
King's lawyers believe the troops targeted her because she had spent months criticizing their deployment with signs reading "Occupation: Troops Out" and "National Guard Stop Being So Embarrassing." The Guard says it approached her over an alleged earlier assault.
The incident, which happened on May 8, was caught on a Ring security camera.
"Get away from me right now," 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. "You have absolutely no authority to detain me."
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 "Get off of me!" and coughing, while two of the troops tighten the zip ties on her hands.
Trump sent soldiers to fight a 30-year low in crime. They found a veteran to beat down.



Under what rules of engagement did they believe they were operating?
Whose specific orders were they acting under at the time?