Anna King, a retired US Army captain who served in Iraq and was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star, has filed a $3 million federal tort claim after being forcibly detained by Idaho National Guard members outside her Washington, DC home. The incident, which occurred on 8 May 2026 and was captured on her Ring doorbell camera, saw three guardsmen enter her front gate, push her to the ground and zip-tie her hands while she sat on a bench outside her house. The case has drawn attention to the roughly 5,000 National Guard troops deployed in the capital as part of President Trump's anti-crime task force, a move critics argue is unwarranted given crime in the city is at a 30-year low.

The claim, filed by the ACLU of DC and law firm Levy Firestone Muse, alleges assault and seeks damages for injuries King says required wrist surgery, along with ongoing post-traumatic symptoms. The National Guard has claimed King assaulted a guard member two days before the incident, an allegation her lawyers describe as baseless, noting no charges have been filed. King, who has been openly critical of the deployment and displayed protest signs at her home, said she intends to continue speaking out, stating she will not stop "bringing awareness to the fact that armed National Guardsmen in any city in the US is uncalled for."