Suit: Galveston officer broke Harris County woman's leg

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Houston Chronicle

Suit: Galveston officer broke Harris County woman's leg

Galveston police reinvestigating allegation

By Harvey Rice

Updated 5:53 pm, Thursday, September 15, 2016


GALVESTON – A Harris County woman is accusing a Galveston police officer of breaking her leg by hurling her to the floor and then leaving her there without summoning medical assistance.

The accusation is contained in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed this week on behalf of Kaylie Gentry, 27, a 5-foot-3 nurse at the University of Texas Health Science Center.

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The lawsuit gave the following account of the allegation:

A police officer identified only as Officer Lopez confronted Gentry on Feb. 6 at Tsunami's, a Galveston bar, at about 1:50 a.m. and asked Gentry to leave the bar.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Lawsuit-claims-Galveston-officer-broke-Harris-9225439.php

[cstanleytech]

1. Assuming she has witnesses at the bar to this the police would be well advised to

quietly settle the case out of court because if they dont they could end up paying a hell of alot more in punitive damages.