A California woman is suing the city and county of San Francisco after police allegedly beat her boyfriend, a Black man, near Fisherman's Wharf last year.

The lawsuit follows weeks of global protests against police brutality after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Tofer & Associates in Beverly Hills and J. Davis Law Firm in Covington, Kentucky, is representing Breonna Richard in a complaint filed June 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Richard claims that San Francisco police officers broke her boyfriend's leg and wrist during an evening out at Pier 39 in October. When Richard began to cry after her wallet had been stolen, her boyfriend consoled her by hugging and kissing her, according to the complaint. Richard asserts that police arrived on the scene and had shouted commands, and then pulled Richard's boyfriend from her and began "brutally attacking" him.

"Plaintiff's boyfriend was repeatedly struck with hands, feet and batons," wrote Tofer & Associates attorney James Doyle and Jamir Davis of the J. Davis Law Firm. "He was thrown to the ground and was forced to use his hands to protect his head and neck areas, as the baton blows would have likely resulted in death."

A representative for SFPD referred comment on the pending litigation to the City Attorney's Office. John Coté, communications director for the Office of City Attorney Dennis Herrera, said in an email, "We'll review the lawsuit once we've been served with it, and we will address it in court."

Richard asserts that she begged police to stop attacking her boyfriend but was ignored. When she stepped in front of police to stop the beating, the officers threw her to the ground injuring her back and wrist, according to the complaint.

After arriving at the hospital, the complaint states that district attorney investigators told Richard that they were Internal Affairs detectives, took her statements and attempted to record a private conversation between Richard and her boyfriend by leaving a recording device in the hospital room.

"The harassment and intimidation by COUNTY employees continued," Richard's attorneys write. When Richard's boyfriend was released from surgery, she alleges that police entered the hospital room unannounced and demanded that she leave, serving an emergency protective order that included a fabricated story about domestic violence between the couple. In response to the conduct of the county employees, hospital staff tightened security around her boyfriend's room, according to the complaint.

Richard and her boyfriend were ordered to separate for 12 days without contact. The police told media outlets that Richard's boyfriend strangled her and beat her, according to the suit.

About a week after the incident, Richard asserts that she found out she was pregnant but miscarried the child two weeks later.

"COUNTY employees have further conspired to conceal the truth of this outrageous attack on PLAINTIFF and her boyfriend by refusing to release video evidence, releasing the names of the officers involved and have instructed third party entities with knowledge of the incident to not release critical evidence," wrote Doyle and Davis, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Richard is suing for 12 causes of action including violation of her Fourth Amendment rights, battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress, intentional misrepresentation, false imprisonment and negligence.