Posted on 04/26/2021 1:08:27 PM PDT by Red Badger
“Ready for the pop? Here comes the pop.”
The quote above is from a Loveland Police officer – Austin Hopp – said in reference to the sound it made when he dislocated and fractured Karen Garner’s shoulder. Hopp made this comment to two fellow Loveland Police officers while they watched his body camera video together at the police station. They all laughed about it. The comment was made while Karen Garner, who has dementia, remained handcuffed to a bench in a cell just 10 feet away from them, alone, confused and crying in pain. She would ultimately go over six hours without any medical attention.
This horrific statement comes to light after Ms. Garner’s family hired a sound engineer to enhance the audio on Loveland Police station booking videos from the day of Karen’s arrest. The video reveals a grotesque culture of callous disregard for the health and safety of citizens. The officers fist-bump one another multiple times in self-congratulation for both the assault on Garner and the intimidation of the citizen who attempted to complain about it.
In an April 26, 2021 press release responding to the revelations seen in this video, Ms. Garner’s attorney, Sarah Schielke of The Life & Liberty Law Office states: “This is utterly disgusting. These videos cannot be unseen or unheard. I am sorry to have to share them with the public. This will be traumatic and deeply upsetting for everyone to see. But as it often goes with bad police departments, it seems this is the only way to make them change. They have to be exposed. If I didn’t release this, the Loveland Police’s toxic culture of arrogance and entitlement, along with their abuse of the vulnerable and powerless, would carry on, business as usual. I won’t be a part of that.”
“Loveland knew. They’ve known all along,” Schielke continues. “They failed Karen Garner. They failed the community. And they did it all on camera. Do you realize how horrifying that is? That means they were used to getting away with it. That the comfortable norm in Loveland is one of zero accountability. That this is not just some ‘isolated incident.’ It is not just one single ‘problem.’ It is widespread, sociopathic criminality. And to attempt to shift the burden to Karen, or a bystander, or her family, or counsel, to report this? Shame on you, Loveland. You took an oath to protect and serve. This is a disgrace.”
Since filing a federal lawsuit against the City of Loveland and three of its officers on April 14, 2021, the Loveland Police Department’s gruesome arrest and abuse of 73-year-old grandmother Karen Garner has horrified the country, making national headlines (New York Times, Washington Post, CBS News, NBC News, CNN, Newsweek, The Guardian, Vice). The 8th Judicial District Attorney’s office, in conjunction with the FBI and Fort Collins Police, has since opened a criminal investigation into the Loveland Police.
Meanwhile, the City of Loveland has vowed to protect the “due process” rights of its officers, with Chief Robert Ticer putting one officer on administrative leave (Hopp) and “reassigning” the other two officers (Sergeant Metzler and Officer Jalali) to “administrative duties” (desk duty) until the various investigations are completed. To date, the City has yet to extend any apology to Ms. Garner or her family for the various atrocities witnessed on these videos.
https://www.reporterherald.com/2021/04/26/new-information-released-on-karen-garner-incident-officers-seen-laughing-over-her-arrest-in-newly-released-video/
It is a known problem. A lot of cops are psychopaths who should never be allowed into positions of authority.
We have to have police. The fact is that there is no such thing as “no police”. Someone always fills that roll. But why can’t we keep the sadists out?
Sick.
We have to realize that as Europeans our government is actively hostile to us and has erected new Jim Crow laws to punish and impoverish us and therefor we have to treat the government accordingly.
I blame Wal-mart for this. Why did they call the cops, for an unfinished transaction?
She couldn’t pay.
They took the items back.
Why did they call the police?
Getting hard to tell cops from “peaceful protesters”. I don’t want a thing to do with any of them.
This is the most disgusting police video I’ve ever seen. That fat cop needs to charged, convicted and placed into general population.
Hope he’s made to squeal like the pig he is.
“things like laughing at injuring an old lady sure makes it tough at times...”
It should make it impossible. There’s no excuse for what these men did. If a grown man can’t subdue a 73 year old woman without dislocating her shoulder he needs to find a different job. And to laugh about injuries you’ve inflicted is JUST SICK.
Not all cops are good, some are maniacs unsuited for the job. Like these guys, all of whom belong in prison or the ground.
We used to see a cop, a middle-aged white guy, directing traffic by our office. I suppose he resented the duty because he behaved like a madman the entire time. yelling at drivers, pedestrians, passers by. It was truly frightening to think the man was armed.
Who on here will continue to defend that inhumane treatment?
They replaced brown shirts for blue. Let that sink in.
The smaller the town the more likely it is they have unqualified and untrained police.
What these vermin did in the stop and arrest was bad enough but to watch the Jack Booted Thugs laugh and fist bump at the station puts it way over the top.
All three should not only never wear a police uniform again they should be prosecuted for Assault and any other statute that might apply. They should do some jail time.
Words cannot express the feelings I have for them.
The date at the top of the video was June of 2020...
Does anyone know what if any action has been taken since then????
this is super sick......
> What is wrong with these cops? Aren’t they human? <
Some people wonder what was in the German psyche that allowed so many of them to happily serve in the death camps.
This video shows that it’s not just a German thing. There are filthy sadists in every society.
Many German sadists faced the hangman for their crimes. Will these cops face anything near that? Of course they won’t. After an internal investigation they’ll get a slap on the wrist. And a lawsuit judgement won’t affect them personally at all.
More armed citizens means we won't need as many police. How to keep the sadists out? Refuse to hire them. There's a reason they hire lower-IQ candidates.
The smaller the town the more dangerous are it’s police.
Got a good one here, nully.
Support cops? These cops?
Yes, sadly there are some people who want to be cops because they lust for power and/or enjoy hurting people. The same could be said for some other professions, but police are unique in their position of authority.
The vast majority of cops care about the people in their community and this sort of thing gives all police a bad name. It’s sad. Expect things to get worse with the push for hiring more minority and female police regardless of qualifications.
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