Posted on 04/21/2021 1:32:55 PM PDT by simpson96
A 73-year-old grandmother of nine was picking wildflowers on the side of the road in Loveland, Colorado, last summer when a local cop got out of his patrol vehicle and told her to stop—beginning a police encounter that ultimately left her with broken bones, bruised, and traumatized.
Loveland Police Officer Austin Hopp had been driving behind Karen Garner with his overhead lights on because she was accused of shoplifting from a nearby Walmart. But Garner did not appear to notice, according to body camera footage published by Garner’s attorney Wednesday.
Garner has dementia and sensory aphasia, an inability to understand spoken and written speech, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit filed on her behalf this week against the city of Loveland and three officers involved in Garner’s arrest.
Hopp asked Garner why she didn’t stop after he activated his lights and siren, at which point Garner gave him a blank expression, said something unintelligible, and started to move away.
“No, no, no,” Hopp said, according to bodycam footage.
Hopp then grabbed the 80-pound woman, threw her to the grass, and twisted her arms behind her back, bodycam footage shows. Garner was still clutching a handful of wildflowers. A second cop, Daria Jalali, arrived within minutes and assisted in the arrest.
Then, despite Garner’s evident distress and small stature, Hopp pushed her left arm “painfully upward,” according to body camera footage and the lawsuit. Police repeatedly threw her on the ground, and hog-tied her on the side of the road—a controversial restraint that’s been banned by some police departments.(snip)
“I’m going home,” Garner cried repeatedly.
As a result of the incident, Garner was left with a dislocated shoulder, a fractured humerus bone, and a sprained wrist, the lawsuit alleges. She was covered with bruises by the time she arrived at
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Couldn’t he have just tased her?
She was obviously a violent threat to him.
What kind of cops do they hire there?
Grandmothers beware!! Crimefighters protecting the wildflowers.
Now there’s a cop (and partner) who need to spend some time in jail...
Lousy bastards...
shes white
big media sees no exploitative story here to push any of their agendas
move along
That cop should be trading places with officer Chauvin.
Its OK. BLM won’t be protesting this one.
She didn’t have a dog to shoot so . . . you gotta do something to relieve the boredom and a 80 lb. grandma took the hit that day.
I second that motion.
Power tripping cop - total a-hole. I’ve had a dislocated shoulder and it hurts like hell, nearly as bad as a kidney stone.
definitely excessive force. As an aside, not sure she should be driving.
She was obviously a violent threat to him.
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She was picking wildflowers. Maye you meant she was a VIOLET threat.
probably ex military with ptsd issues
these are actual problem cops
if they think they are back in enemy territory and running as if their military points of view are still in play
plus they have issues the army didnt help them with before leaving, its not good for them or anyone they come in contact with
First, that was hardly a ‘tackle’ and he didn’t ‘throw her to the ground.’ Such salacious bullcrap. The cop didn’t do anything wrong here. He’s not a clinician. That wasn’t a medical examination to determine competency. It was the arrest of a woman suspected of shoplifting. Diminished capacity isn’t immunity from arrest.
If everything that is alleged in the civil suit is true, then her FAMILY is responsible for what happened to her, not Walmart or the Police.
I would be for protesting this officer’s actual excessive physical violence.
i should notmsay probably
could be,
plenty of typical aholes without ptsd and army experience
Sort of like Democrats especially China Joe.
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