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National Guardsmen shoved a retired Army captain to the pavement in violent retaliation for her opposition to their deployment in Washington D.C., the decorated soldier said in a multi-million administrative claim filed this week.<\/p>\n

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The confrontation unfolded May 8in front of the home of retired Capt. Anna King, on New York Avenue NW in the district, she said in her claim filed against the Defense Department on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

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King, 44, was sitting on a bench outside her home at about 7:05 p.m. when \u201cthree National Guardsmen walked through the gate and announced they were\u201d apprehending her, though they \u201cdid not have a warrant and did not explain the basis for\u201d detaining her, according to the complaint made against Idaho National Guard.<\/p>\n

The guardsmen \u201cgrabbed her arms and back and shoved her toward the concrete patio\u201d before two of them \u201cpressed their weight down on her and cuffed her wrists behind her back, extraordinarily tightly, with plastic handcuffs,\u201d King\u2019s legal team wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cMs. King repeatedly screamed in pain, but the Guardsmen continued to hold her down and did nothing to help her. One Guardsmen pressed his knee into her back and pulled her arms upward, increasing the pain,\u201d according to the injury claim seeking $3 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Guardsman squatted on top of Ms. King, holding onto the handcuffs, for about eight minutes, keeping her immobilized, her face against the concrete. As additional National Guardsmen arrived on scene, Ms. King complained that her shoulder hurt and pleaded for the Guard members to loosen the handcuffs, but no one did. She asked why she was being detained but received no response.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Metropolitan Police Department officer allegedly told King\u2019s neighbor that night that the former Army captain was a suspect in an assault of a guardsman days earlier.<\/p>\n

That allegation is \u201cbaseless\u201d and no such charges have ever been filed against King, her legal team said.<\/p>\n

King, in her claim, said she\u2019d been a vocal critic of the Guardsmen patrolling Washington D.C.<\/p>\n

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King said she had displayed signs at her home, including \u201cOccupation: Troops Out\u201d and \u201cNational Guard Stop Being So Embarrassing,\u201d according to the complaint. <\/p>\n

The \u201conly apparent reason the Guards targeted Ms. King was her speech, via the prominent signs in her window, criticizing their presence in the District,\u201d accoring to the claim.<\/p>\n

A Defense Department official declined to comment on King\u2019s allegations on Friday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a matter of longstanding policy, the Department does not comment on ongoing litigation,\u201d the rep said.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration said it deployed the National Guard to various U.S. cities \u2014 such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, Ore., and Washington, D.C. \u2014 in an effort to battle crime.<\/p>\n

The Defense Department said earlier this month that the National Guard will remain deployed in Washington D.C. through Inauguration Day 2029.<\/p>\n

King served in Iraq and has received a Bronze Star and Purple Hart for her service, according to her claim.<\/p>\n

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