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/
when did this happen?
June 26, 2020
I’m speaking about events that happen on a higher level. Call it the meta narrative if you like.
Anyway, yes, it’s all planned and orchestrated by communist and globalist lowlifes from more than a century ago.
Go do some reading on the Frankfurt School, for starters.
Nahhh, the only one I know by name is Alaska Wolf, the first name on the ping list. He/she/it was extraordinary. Got banned. Too bad, so sad.
The rest simply aren’t worth the effort to compile a list.
Hopp is 26. Jamal 28. Not sure about the Sgt. Punks.
Then I think these young men have a very expensive lesson to learn if they lose their jobs. Police departments don’t need immature officers. I wonder what kind of requirements they have?
I don’t get your point but if you are suggesting that I am wrongly defending the cops than perhaps you should revisit what I posted, my point was that I 100% do NOT support them and in fact disgusting incidents like this make me reluctant to support cops as a matter of course.
Well I meant did you see the two videos of what these cops said and did?
Requirements for Loveland cop
CO drivers license
21
Assoc Deg or 60 credits
Peace Officer Training
One cop was female. Nasty
> Another police dept would be crazy to hire them. <
It happens all the time. Let’s say you’re the police chief of a small department. Maybe there are five officers total. And one of them just quit.
Losing 20% of your force is a problem. You could hire some kid with no experience. But then you’ve got to wait maybe three months for him to graduate from the police academy.
But then comes along a disgraced officer from another department. He’s ready to hit the streets today. And he promises to behave this time. He’s hired.
Military basic training is a little less than 3 months, but they come out far more highly trained. Honestly, I wonder why that is.
I think getting the certificate of fitness for refrigerant/HVAC requires more training here in NYC.
No, they are liberals...................
They ought to change the name to “HATELAND”......................
It took this long for the family to get the video released..........
One cop was female. Nasty
Thanks, I was caught up in the moment.....so disturbing
Reminds me of a dos[atch call I heard on the Ventura Sheriff net years ago.
A call from a woman came in about a strange man in her house. Calls from several deputies came in on hearing the address:
That is her husband, she has dementia.
The dementia onsets and sudden visits can be so quick and the poor wretch having it, often has no recall.
We were at a church dinner for 4 couples, and the husband wanted to show us his new antique car purchase during the wine drinking time.
So we followed him into his bedroom and watch him open his closet door so we could see his new purchase. He was trying to guide us to his garage.
That finally woke his wife up.
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