MAGAtard dislocates old woman's shoulder

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Cuddles, Apr 20, 2021.

  1. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    3 officers resign in rough arrest of woman with dementia
    https://www.wral.com/3-officers-resign-in-rough-arrest-of-woman-with-dementia/19654232/

    Three Colorado police officers involved in the rough arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia — and later seen on video talking about her arrest, laughing and joking at times — have resigned, police said Friday.

    Loveland Police Chief Robert Ticer announced the departures of Officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali and Community Services Officer Tyler Blackett in connection to the arrest of Karen Garner at a news conference, without providing details about how they left. Department spokesman Tom Hacker later confirmed they had resigned.

    Ticer noted that last year's treatment of Garner in the city about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Denver, revealed by the filing of a federal lawsuit this month, had led to an outpouring of concern and anger in the community, the country and around the world and apologized.

    “Our goal at the Loveland Police Department has always been to make our community proud. We failed and we are very sorry for that,” he said.

    The officers could not be reached for comment on Friday.

    Hopp arrested Garner in June 2020 after she left a store without paying for about $14 worth of items. His body camera footage shows him catching up to her as she walked through a field along a road. She shrugged and turned away from him and he quickly grabbed her arm and pushed her 80-pound (36-kilogram) body to the ground. A federal lawsuit filed on Garner's behalf, which included images from the body camera footage, claims Hopp dislocated her shoulder by shoving her handcuffed left arm forward onto the hood of his patrol car and that she was denied medical treatment for about six hours.

    In response to the lawsuit, the department announced it was putting Hopp, the arresting officer, on leave. Jalali, who arrived to help Hopp shortly after Garner was handcuffed, and Blackett, who helped transport Garner to the police station, were put on leave later, as was a supervisory sergeant who stopped by the arrest scene. Hopp, Jalali and Blackett were also captured on surveillance video with enhanced audio released by the lawyer representing Garner and her family this week that shows them watching Hopp's body camera footage and talking about the arrest as Garner was handcuffed in a holding cell a few feet away. At one point, Hopp refers to hearing a “pop” sound as he recounts repeatedly pushing Garner, suggesting that he was aware that he had injured her.

    Sarah Schielke, the lawyer representing Garner and her family, said the department has a toxic culture that goes beyond the three officers who resigned and she thinks Ticer should have also stepped down to take responsibility for it.

    “It’s this attitude of arrogance and entitlement, and frivolity taken in the use of force on its citizens and complete disregard for the people they’re policing,” she said.

    She also faulted the department for not firing the supervisory sergeant and another sergeant who approved of Hopp's use of force report.

    Ticer said he did not know of Garner's serious injuries until the lawsuit but he declined to say how many people in his chain of command knew about her injuries, saying that would be looked at by a city investigation into whether police policies were followed in the arrest. That probe will not start until after an investigation to determine whether any criminal charges are warranted that is being conducted by police in nearby Fort Collins. They are part of a team of area law enforcement agencies that investigates other departments' uses of force resulting in serious injuries in coordination with the district attorney.
     
    #11     Apr 30, 2021
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  2. wrbtrader

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    During the arrest they harass someone that started video taping...after the arrest they were caught on audio in joking about the woman's possible injuries plus it took many hours for them to get her medical attention while she was in pain at the jail...

    Good riddance to them.


    Now there's three job openings for new police officers that are willing to serve / protect their community.

    wrbtrader
     
    #12     Apr 30, 2021
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  3. userque

    userque

    You ok with these self-cancellations?

    Didn't they only cancel themselves due to your so-called 'cancel culture' pressure, pressure that didn't manifest until after the video went public.
     
    #13     May 1, 2021
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  4. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Being terminated or forced to resign because you failed to do your job properly is completely different than being cancelled due to having an opinion that offended someone.
     
    #14     May 1, 2021
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  5. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Follow-up:

    Two former Colorado police officers charged for arresting 73-year-old woman with dementia over $14 Walmart ‘theft’
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colorado-officers-woman-dementia-b1850569.html

    Two former Colorado police officers have been charged for arresting a 73-year-old woman with dementia last year for leaving a Walmart store without paying for an item.

    Former Loveland police department officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali arrested and booked Karen Garner as she exited a local Walmart after failing to pay for about $14 worth of merchandise.

    The body camera footage of Mr Hopp shows him catching up to Ms Garner as she walked through a field after leaving the store. As she turned away from him, he can be seen quickly grabbing her arm and pushing her to the ground.

    “I don’t think you want to play it this way,” he says in the video. “You just left Walmart. Do you need to be arrested right now?” Mr Hopp asks. Ms Garner can be heard repeatedly stating, “I’m going home,” as she tries to get up but Mr Hopp forces her back down and cuffs her left hand.

    Ms Garner, who according to her lawyers is a 5-foot-tall woman and weighs 36 kilograms, suffered a dislocated shoulder from this incident.

    Mr Hopp is now charged with two felonies — a second-degree assault and attempts to influence a public servant. Mr Jalali is facing charges of failing to report a use of force, failing to intervene and official misconduct.


    “While peace officers are permitted to use reasonable force to effect an arrest, the investigation, in this case, showed that Austin Hopp used excessive force in the arrest of Ms Garner that resulted in serious bodily injury to Ms Garner,” District Attorney Gordon McLaughlin said at a news conference Wednesday, the Denver Postreported.

    “Further, the investigation showed that Daria Jalali, having witnessed that excessive force, failed to live up to her duties under the law and as a sworn peace officer to either intervene or report that conduct,” he said.

    These two officers were among three who resigned last month after a federal lawsuit filed by Ms Garner’s family. The lawsuit said Ms Garner moved out of the Walmart with “a Pepsi, a candy bar, a t-shirt, and some Shout Wipe refills” and had forgotten to pay.

    The incident triggered anger in the community and comes amidst increased discussions over excessive use of force by the police.
     
    #15     May 20, 2021
  6. userque

    userque

    In case anyone forgot what we're dealing with in this country:

     
    #16     May 20, 2021
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  7. wrbtrader

    wrbtrader

    Next...

    There now needs to be a conviction.

    wrbtrader
     
    #17     May 20, 2021
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  8. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark


    GWB liked this post.No surprise since the victim is white.
     
    #18     May 20, 2021
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  9. userque

    userque

    Don't all of his initial posts that are negative towards policing, involve White victims?

    Don't all of his reply posts that are positive towards policing, involve Black/Brown victims?

    ref: @gwb-trading
     
    #19     May 20, 2021
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  10. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark


    Yep
     
    #20     May 20, 2021