Called 911 for help, punched instead: Denver mother sues police

DENVER (KDVR) — Two years after a Denver mom called 911 for help, she’s filed a lawsuit against three Denver Police officers accusing them of excessive force, unlawful entry, wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution.

The lawsuit, filed in state district court by 46-year-old Lidya Ryans, names Denver Police Officers Grisleit Blanco and Christopher Brown, along with Cpl. Patrick Smith.

On April 20, 2021, the officers were dispatched to Ryans’ home for a call coded as “Nature Unknown.”

According to her lawsuit, Ryans had called 911 not to report a crime, but to ask for assistance in making sure her husband left their home peacefully.

The couple had been involved in a dispute about…