Alexis Acker sues after Colorado cop Tyler Walker 'body slams her over nasty comments'

Publish date: 2024-05-17

A Colorado Springs police officer threw a handcuffed woman face-first onto the floor after she kicked him, her attorney claims as her client seeks $500,000 from the city for her injuries including two knocked-out teeth.

The incident occurred in 2013 but was not widely reported until this week, when the Colorado Springs Independent newspaper posted surveillance video of the confrontation on its website.

Alexis Acker filed a claim with the city in May saying she suffered injuries to her face, head, teeth and jaw - and continues to suffer from PTSD, migraines and cognitive difficulties.

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Alexis Acker pictured after the attack in 2013 in which she lost two teeth and claims she has been left with medical problems

Alexis Acker pictured after the attack in 2013 in which she lost two teeth and claims she has been left with medical problems

Suing: A Colorado Springs police officer threw a handcuffed woman face-first onto the floor after she kicked him, her attorney claimed. She is pictured here being led by the officer in CCTV footage

Suing: A Colorado Springs police officer threw a handcuffed woman face-first onto the floor after she kicked him, her attorney claimed. She is pictured here being led by the officer in CCTV footage

Police spokeswoman Lt. Catherine Buckley said she could not comment on the matter because of the civil litigation and an internal investigation. 

She said the officer, Tyler Walker, is still on the force.

Acker, then 18, had been arrested on charges of interfering with officers who were arresting her boyfriend. She was taken to a hospital but it was unclear why.

Hospital surveillance video shows an officer pushing a woman into a chair and the woman then kicking at him.

According to the Daily Beast, William claims Acker yelled: 'I hope you and your wife can never have any children… because you're a stupid f***ing cop.'

In a police report, Walker said Acker kicked him in the groin. 

Pushed her down: Hospital surveillance video shows an officer pushing a woman into a chair and the woman then kicking at him

Pushed her down: Hospital surveillance video shows an officer pushing a woman into a chair and the woman then kicking at him

Conflicting stories: Defense attorney Cindy Hyatt claims Acker kicked something Walker was holding, possibly a computer. Walker says she kicked him in the groin

Conflicting stories: Defense attorney Cindy Hyatt claims Acker kicked something Walker was holding, possibly a computer. Walker says she kicked him in the groin

Intense: The video then shows the officer, who is 6-foot-3 and about 210 pounds, lifting the 5-foot-4, 110-pound woman out of the chair and slamming her to the floor

Intense: The video then shows the officer, who is 6-foot-3 and about 210 pounds, lifting the 5-foot-4, 110-pound woman out of the chair and slamming her to the floor

Defense attorney Cindy Hyatt disputed that, saying Acker kicked something Walker was holding, possibly a computer.

'There's no way she kicked him that hard in the balls,' Hyatt told the Colorado Springs Independent. 'He wouldn't be standing. He'd be hunched over.'

The video then shows the officer, who is 6-foot-3 and about 210 pounds, and lifting the 5-foot-4, 110-pound woman out of the chair and slamming her to the floor.

'It was then evident that I had caused her injury and knocked out her front tooth while throwing her on to the hard linoleum hospital floor, while her hands [were] still handcuffed behind her back,' he wrote in his report.

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Share 366 shares Acker, then 18, had been arrested on charges of interfering with officers who were arresting her boyfriend. She was taken to a hospital but it was unclear why

Acker, then 18, had been arrested on charges of interfering with officers who were arresting her boyfriend. She was taken to a hospital but it was unclear why

Acker pleaded guilty to misdemeanor obstruction of a police officer, and in return prosecutors dropped two felony counts of second-degree assault on an officer, Hyatt said.

Acker also received a deferred sentence on a menacing charge. If she stays out of trouble for three years, that charge is erased, Hyatt said.

Attorney Shimon Kohn represents Acker in her claim against the city. He didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.

'This is a very violent attack on someone who is in handcuffs, who is partially restrained and tiny, and there's just no need for it,' Hyatt said. 'You can't have something like this, whether it happens 100 times, 10 times or one time. It's unacceptable. It cannot be tolerated. As a patrol officer in particular, that's part of the job, dealing with that without planting someone's face in the floor.' 

 

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