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.
It’s actually because of the dipshits in charge. But, yeah, blame the grunts who went into the military bcz they’re poor and have been subjected to a lifetime of propaganda.
Do I understand it right then that Russian soldiers also aren’t guilty of what they’re doing in Ukraine?
Depends on the crime. Joining the military doesn’t make you a bad person automatically. It’s usually forced conscription, propaganda, poverty, or a combination thereof. Dunno why you’re bringing it up in the context of the national guard brutalized someone for no reason.
I was responding to a specific comment someone made.
Indeed, you were responding seemingly that it’s wrong to “blame the grunts”, so I asked if you really follow that position.
I don’t deny that. They go first.
Which drags on to today. Military folks are honored, and being a vet is seen as a badge of honor, not of shame. Would young folk see it differently when joining the military makes you a pariah?
Well, I didn’t join the military, and I’m not exactly young anymore, so I can’t comment. But my siblings, who also grew up in poverty both joined the military, despite me telling them not too bcz of how extreme the contracts are that you sign. Basically, you’re a number. But, you know that.