SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio Police Department officer at the center of a 2018 settlement for excessive force is now accused of breaking a woman’s teeth in a separate 2019 incident, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court last month.
The suit, filed against Officer Misty Floyd, the City of San Antonio and SAPD Dec. 15, states that Floyd grabbed the woman from behind after stating she could arrest her for being intoxicated in public.
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The woman, who had called 911 for help with her mother, was attempting to go back inside her home when Floyd “seized” her from behind and threw her onto the ground, the suit states.
The woman suffered broken teeth and other injuries, according to the suit.
She is seeking $3.5 million in damages.
The lawsuit against Floyd was first reported by the San Antonio Express-News.
The lawsuit is the latest excessive force accusation made against Floyd, a one-time SAPD spokeswoman.
In April 2018, city officials paid a San Antonio man $165,000 to settle a separate federal lawsuit filed against Floyd in 2015, city council records show.
In that case, David Ricks said he suffered several fractured bones including his sternum in April 2013, after Floyd physically assaulted him outside his home in the 4700 block of Dietrich Road, according to previous stories written by this reporter.
Ricks had called 911 to report a missing person and then became combative with Floyd, according to an incident report previously released by SAPD.
Two other officers involved in the subsequent physical altercation with Ricks were later named in the lawsuit.
Ricks, who was still using a cane and having trouble walking when he spoke to this reporter in 2015, spent two weeks in a hospital and multiple days in an intensive care unit after the incident.
An assault of a public servant charge against Ricks was dismissed due to insufficient evidence in April 2015, less than two weeks after the suit against Floyd and the other officers was filed.
The incident was one of three excessive force complaints made against Floyd during a 15-month period of time, according to previous stories written by this reporter.
Floyd was eventually cleared of wrongdoing by internal affairs investigators in all three incidents, SAPD officials previously said.
The Defenders could find no record that the woman who filed the latest lawsuit against Floyd was ever criminally charged.
A city spokesperson declined to comment Friday, citing the pending litigation.