} eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), I want her to learn that it is better to take what you are feeling inside that you know is wrong and take that for what it is worth and do what is right, she said. hitType: 'event', Body camera video released by the attorney showed Hopp telling Garner to stop and talk to him as she walked home. I ask that justice be served for my mom today.. "I've always been someone with the best intentions," Jalali said. In his ruling, Lehman continually came back to one word for how he saw the case: incomprehensible. At one point, he appears to bend her over the hood of his vehicle, while twisting her left arm. The judge said he has watched many videos over the years of police takedowns, yet felt the footage from Garner's arrest was excessive. Updated on: May 6, 2022 / 7:11 AM (Law&Crime founder Dan Abrams was the host of Live PD.). I was like, Okay, youre gonna play, and I was pushing, pushing, pushing, and I hear pop, I was like Oh, no. Hopp responds. Apparently, you did not.. Not what happened to our mother. In June, a Walmart employee called police and said a woman, later identified as 73-year-old Karen Garner, tried to leave without paying for $14 worth of items. The district attorney's office argued that the Garner family's request for at least three years of probation, and added jail time was warranted. Body cams are my favorite thing to watch, I could watch live stream body cams all day." Antolina Hillwere added to an amended complaint on Sunday. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. She later. I think that speaks to the deterrent effect for the conviction of this crime., Maillaro, echoing what Shannon Steward had said, pointed out that throughout Garners arrest and holding, Jalali had every opportunity to stop the cruelty.. She later added that while there is responsibility on Jalalis part in her knowing that she was falling short, she was still getting the affirmation from her department that she was doing fine. document.querySelector("#adunit").addEventListener('click',function(){ Around the mid-way point, one of the officers (apparently one of the guys) farted. Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. Loveland ex-cops charged with injuring dementia patient. Jalali pleaded guilty in June for failure to intervene in the use of excessive force failing to stop fellow officer Austin Hopp in Garner's brutal arrest. She pleaded guilty to that charge in late June. Clearly didn't understand what was going on," the judge said. The lawsuit alleges Loveland police officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali and Sgt. Throughout the 27-minute unedited video, Garner can be heard telling the officer: "I'm going home." Hopp says he is detaining the elderly woman for resisting arrest and for stealing the items at. They said Hopp was placed on administrative leave. ", "What happened in June of 2020 was an abysmal failure. Anna Geigle, Jalalis attorney, said in her argument that she was able to look at Jalalis personnel files from the LPD and another department she had worked for previously. IE 11 is not supported. He described the sentence as punishment for a horrible and tragic choice., You need to learn from it, and you need to be punished for it, he said. Three police officers resigned after they and the city of Loveland, Colorado were sued over the rough arrest of 73-year-old Karen Garner, who a lawsuit says has cortical dementia. A former Loveland Police Department officer who assisted in the 2020 arrest of Karen Garner has been sentenced to 45 days in jail followed by three years of probation for a case that the presiding judge described as incomprehensible.. She was arrested by another cop, officer Austin Hopp, after leaving a Walmart without paying $14 worth of items which included a candy bar, a Pepsi, and a t-shirt. Lets wreck it!'. READ MORE, Lin Wood says Walmart food has 'fetal tissues', calls Rockefeller 'devil worshipper', Karen Garners family slams arrest that left elderly dementia patient with dislocated shoulder, fractured arm, After the old lady turned away from Hopp, the officer grabbed her arm, pushed her to the ground, and handcuffed her. "This whole thing was tragic. Whether movers in Fort Collins are helping you Austin Fleskes joined the Reporter-Herald team in August 2020 as the newsroom's public safety reporter. First published on August 5, 2022 / 10:12 AM. ga('ads.send', { }) Garner's family sat in the first row in the courtroom wiping tears from their eyes as this final chapter of their mother's case came to an end. > Below: Body camera footage shows the arrest. InLarimer County Court in early March, Hopp pleaded guilty to an assault charge that was punishable by 2 to 8 years in prison. Jalali said she initially felt that Garner was intoxicated and not suffering from dementia. MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. All matters related to the arrest of Loveland resident Karen Garner in June 2020 are subject to a criminal investigation, ordered by the 8th Judicial District Attorney and conducted by Fort Collins Police Services, wrote Public Information Officer Tom Hackerin a statement. }); document.querySelector("#google_image_div").addEventListener('click',function(){ Jalali and lawsuit co-defendant Supervising officerSgt. The fact that two law enforcement officers couldnt comprehend that is incomprehensible to me. Officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali, as well as community service officer Tyler Blackett, are no longer members of the Loveland Police Department in Colorado. if(document.querySelector("#google_image_div")){ Karen Garners lawyers previously released body cam footage from the point-of-view of the arresting officerAustin Hopp, and in a federal lawsuit, they claimed the cop dislocated the womans shoulder after she forgot to pay $13.88 at Walmart. "I do think you are sorry, but I dont think you get it.". Advertisement Garner's family sued the. gads_event = event; Jalali was also charged with official misconduct and failing to stop or report Hopp's actions. As seen on video, Hopp confronted Garner on the side of the road. As in the prior sentencing of former officer Austin Hopp, this verdict does not change Ms. Garner's wrongful and illegal treatment or the pain she and her family have experienced. It is just tragic that this even happened and it was compounded by your continuous choices that you made throughout the two hours you were with her, Judge Lehman told Jalali during the sentencing. Hopp and former officer Daria Jalali were charged in May 2021, almost a year after the arrest of the then-73-year-old Garner. Former Loveland, Colorado police officers Austin Hopp, left, and Daria Jalali. The two former Loveland police officers charged Wednesday in connection to their arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia last year have both turned themselves in to Larimer County authorities as of Thursday morning. ga('ads.send', { Right, said Jalali. as Jalali covers her ears. Hopp and former officer Daria Jalali were charged in May 2021, almost a year after the arrest of Garner, who was 73 when the incident took place. Hopp was also sentenced to three years of mandatory parole. The maximum sentence of failure to intervene comes with up to 60 days in jail and five years of probation. Dillon Thomas is multi-Emmy Award winning general assignment reporter/MSJ for CBS News Colorado. Garner was taken to a holding facility at the Loveland Police Department, where she complained multiple times about having injuries, CBS Denver reported. On May 19, the arresting officer, Austin Hopp, was charged with second-degree assault, attempt to influence a public servant, and official misconduct. A former Colorado police officer who injured an elderly woman with dementia during an arrest in 2020 was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison. Jalali returned to report that Garner was complaining that theyre really hurting her.. document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ Ex-officer Austin Hopp was sentenced in May to five years in prison for roughing up the 80-pound woman. ', Thats going to turn into something, Jalali said. A CCTV footage showed the cops seated at their police precinct desks while watching the bodycam footage of the incident. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('impressionViewable', function(event) { "The pop" alludes to something in the video, but what it is is unclear. }); Steward called Hopp "callous" and said he was "insensitive" for joking about the arrest. Philip Metzlerare on administrative duties. There was more than just that guy., Later in the video, Hopp said, I cant believe I threw a 73-year-old on the ground.. ga('ads.send', { Minyvonne Burkeis a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News. Have a tip or story idea? John Steward said while he does not feel Jalali was remorseful, he thinks it will set in pretty quick., We are just glad we are at this point finally, he said. Hopp says later: We crushed it. Jalali voiced concern she was not helping enough, but Hopp appears to support her. In the video from the Loveland police station released by Garner's lawyer, several cops were seen laughing, joking, and exchanging fist bumps around her arrest. }); pg.acq.push(function() { eventAction: 'click_adunit' ga('ads.send', { Her lawyer argued that the department's willingness to allow her to continue to patrol when she wasn't qualified for the job was partially to blame for her actions the day of Garner's arrest. The cops resigned after the woman's family sued them and the city of Loveland over the arrest. A male bystander was so disturbed that he called out Hopp, but the officer dismissed his concerns. } Austin Hopp will spend just five years in prison after cutting a deal for the brutal assault that broke the wrist and popped the shoulder of 73-year-old dementia patient Karen Garner. After Garner filed a federal lawsuit this month and her lawyer released body-camera footage of her arrest, the department announced it was putting Hopp, the arresting officer, on leave. 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Asked by a male officer, he said he did not read her Miranda rights. A former Loveland police officer is now the second officer to be sentenced by a court for her role in the rough arrest of Karen Garner, a woman living with dementia. They continued to watch the footage, and bantered about her arrival at the arrest. Jalali, speaking on her own behalf, began by apologizing to Garner and her family for everything that happened. Bodycam video shows a police officer arresting Karen Garner, 73, in Loveland, Colo.,on June 26. injured an elderly woman with dementia during an arrest in 2020, Police officer who violently arrested 73-year-old woman may get plea deal, Body camera video shows police force 73-year-old woman with dementia to ground, accepted a plea deal in March for the assault charge. reporters on a platform technologically tailored to meet the needs of the modern reader. Antolina Hill have all been named in the lawsuit. Swartz said that Garner was humiliated by Jalali and Hopp. Several of Jalali's neighbors confirmed to the news outlet that Hopp and Jalali had been living together but were aloof and unfriendly. MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of Hopp, Jalali and Blackett were seen on surveillance video released by Garners lawyer this week watching Hopps body-camera footage and commenting while Garner sat handcuffed in a holding cell nearby. When I had her pushed against the car when you first got there? }); pg.acq.push(function() { Daria Jalali: 'Laughing' cop faces jail for standing by as colleague brutally arrested dementia patient Karen Garner. She added that she is not sure how (Jalali) can be proud in her assistance in the arrest of Garner, who she said was not only 73-years-old but barely 5-feet tall and less than 100 pounds. (Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald) Since the original civil rights suit against the LPD was filed April 14 that included footage of Garner's arrest, more information and video footage has surfaced of Hopp, Jalali and Blackett reviewing the . eventAction: 'view' Jalali, as the defendant, was given the opportunity to speak to the judge and the courtroom before sentencing. The two continue to scrutinize the bodycam footage, as Jalali can be heard commenting I hate this and Hopp apparently chimes in: This is great., Jalali left, apparently to check on Garner in a nearby cell. Shes just very flexible and very He covered his mouth to whisper something, then said, Did you hear the pop? The officers are Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali as well as community service officer Tyler Blackett. They arrested 73-year-old Karen Garner on June 26, 2020, after she left a Walmart with $13. A bodycam video revealed Karen Garner, 73, a dementia patient, being harassed by a cop while a colleague laughed. The judge credited Jalali with repetitively asking Garner if she needed medical attention, but scolded her for not using common sense to realize that Garner needed the help without verbalizing it. "What?" It was incomprehensible. Employees stopped her at the entrance. Reach him at afleskes@prairiemountainmedia.com or on Twitter @Austinfleskes07. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); Officers Austin Hopp, Daria Jalali and Tyler Blackett resigned. Defendant Austin Hopp is a natural person, and was at all times relevant to this Complaint duly Jalali's defense spoke to the judge saying that her personal records of employment show she didn't know better due to a lack of training and accountability from Loveland Police.