ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); 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. The lawsuit alleges Loveland police officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali and Sgt. The now-former officers include Austin Hopp, who was the arresting officer during the June 26, 2020 incident; Daria Jalali, who was the second on the scene; and community service officer Tyler Blackett, who is being sued for allegedly ignoring the plaintiff's injuries. According to a YouTube transcription of the video, Hopp continues: "Are you ready for the pop?" An attorney for Garner said she has dementia and sensory aphasia, which impairs her ability to verbally communicate with people or understand others communications. Jalali was given a badge to protect and to serve and that is not what she did, she said. 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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. State District Judge Michelle Brinegar said Hopp used his "position of power and authority to show off his toughness, disregard any sense of humanity, displayed an alarming degree of criminal thinking and caused a great deal of harm and trauma. See, you dont know the whole situation, said Hopp. }); LOVELAND, COLORADO: A former Colorado police officer has been arrested and sentenced to jail 45 days in jail after she was unable to stop a colleague from roughing up Karen Garner in 2020. I think it was her shoulder, Hopp said. An audible pop is heard on the camera, something Hopp acknowledged hearing in footage later released by Loveland police. Ex-Loveland officer Daria Jalali sentenced to jail over Karen - MSN Please enter valid email address to continue. Daily Mail revealed that Jalali and Hopp are lovers. pg.acq.push(function() { The lawsuit said that he fractured and dislocated her shoulder. }); The Violent Arrest of A Woman With Dementia Reveals Police Need - NPR The arrest left then 73-year-old Garner, previous information alleges, with a dislocated shoulder and broken arm. Two years is a long time., Swartz, who said she would be going to see Garner, agreed that she didnt sense any remorse from Jalali but added that it will take time for her to learn it.. A department spokesperson, Tom Hacker, later confirmed they had resigned. "Thats not ever how I should see my mom being treated.". Jalali said that she arrived on the scene to find her partner saying that Garner was resisting arrest. It is part of a group-think mentality that occurred that day.. The officers could not be reached for comment. Daria Jalali Jalali, 28, appeared in the 8th Judicial District Court Tuesday afternoon where her attorney Anna Geigle said she has been in discussions with the 8th Judicial District. MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. There was a brief pause. Denver Metro News. Hopp was initially charged with assault, attempting to. window.googletag.cmd.push(function() { Mediation unsuccessful in lawsuit against Loveland, police officers for hitType: 'event', eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), The arrest of Garner, 73, took place in June 2020 when officer Austin Hopp grabbed her arm and pushed her to the ground for leaving a Walmart without paying $14 worth of items . }); I do hope this brings the next level of closure for Ms. Garner and her family.. Garners lawsuit said Hopp dislocated her shoulder during the arrest and that she did not receive medical care for about six hours after being taken to the county jail. The attorney said that because of the dementia, Garner forgot to pay for the items, which were retrieved by Walmart employees. eventAction: 'load' eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), he says. You understand me? Hopp left the police department in April 2021. When she tried to turn around, the officer bent her left arm up near her head. (Law&Crime founder Dan Abrams was the host of Live PD.). I was like Im fine, I can handle her. Garner suffered a dislocated shoulder, a fractured arm and a sprained wrist, according to the lawsuit, which the citysettled in September for $3 million. While bantering with a male officer, he said later that he was proud because it was the first time he got to use his hobble restraint. Ex-officer Austin Hopp sentenced to 5 years in prison for violent document.querySelector("#adunit").addEventListener('click',function(){ Colorado Police Laughed at Body-Cam of Violent Arrest of Karen Garner Not what happened to our mother. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function(event) { He said that our mothers case has hurt him personally. It is clear that the only thing that has hurt him personally has been the attention this case has brought to his department. Attorney Eric Ziporin said in an email the city has no comment on the mediation outcome. "You have to remember this went on for two hours," the judge said. Hopp first encountered Garner after being dispatched to a report of an attempted theft at a Loveland Walmart, according to CBS Denver. ga('ads.send', { For the dark subject matter, the officers tone appears lighthearted throughout the video. Hopp has been charged with second-degree assault causing serious bodily injury, attempting to influence a public servant and official misconduct in relation to the June 26, 2020, arrest of Garner, who was tackled and handcuffed for leaving a Walmart with unpaid goods. Law&Crime reached out for comment about the new surveillance footage. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function(event) { 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. Officer Austin Hopp, who brutally dislocated Karen Garner's shoulder during the arrest on June 26, 2020 after she left Walmart without paying for a candy bar, a can of Pepsi and a t-shirt. }); The Loveland Police Department has placed Hopp on administrative leave and reassigned Daria Jalali, another officer named in the lawsuit, to administrative duties while it investigates the . The sentencing comes more than a year after information on Garners arrest was made public by Sarah Schielke of the Life and Liberty Law Office when she filed a lawsuit in early 2021. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); The prosecution was quick to tell the judge they felt Jalali's actions were not the result of a lack of training or a mental deficiency, but rather a lack of human decency. He then hogtied her by the ankles and forced her into the car, the video showed. Read his latest reports or check out his bio and send him an email. 4. The hour-long video released Monday shows Loveland Police Department officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali, who responded to the incident, and a third officer Tyler Blackett celebrating and. }); ga('ads.send', { And just like on June 26, 2020, the inhumane treatment of our mother was ignored and his continued support of the department was the focus. Garners attorneys claim that police deprived her of medical attention for more than six hours. Jalali pleaded guilty to a charge of failure to intervene with an officer using excessive force, which is a crime committed by lawmakers and is a part of a reform bill that was passed during protests over racial injustice and police brutality in 2020. Hopp and the male officer fist bump while continuing to watch the footage. Several of Jalali's neighbors confirmed to the news outlet that Hopp and Jalali had been living together but were aloof and unfriendly. She is heard repetitively telling Hopp she was going home, advocates for those living with dementia say her confusion was apparent and should've changed how Hopp and Jalali responded. He picked her up, bent her over the hood of his vehicle, and twisted her left arm. "(Jalali) did nothing but to help," the prosecution shared to the court. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), pg.acq.push(function() { Garners son, John Steward, addressed the court before the sentence was announced. On May 19, the arresting officer, Austin Hopp, was charged with second-degree assault, attempt to influence a public servant, and official misconduct. Garner was taken to a holding facility at the Loveland Police Department, where she complained multiple times about having injuries, CBS Denver reported. Nearly two years after violently arresting a 73-year-old woman with dementia, former Colorado police officer Austin Hopp was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday as part of a plea agreement to lessen his jail time. 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. Two more officers, Tyler Blackett and Philip Metzler, were also placed on administrative leave. 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. Asked by Jalali how it went, Hopp can be heard replying: "I thought it went great." "You do?" The cops resigned after the woman's family sued them and the city of Loveland over the arrest. Karen Garner arrest: Austin Hopp pleads guilty to assault | 9news.com }); Former Loveland police officer involved in violent arrest of Karen Body camera video released by the attorney showed Hopp telling Garner to stop and talk to him as she walked home. Everyone chuckled. "I do think you are sorry, but I dont think you get it.". What you did that day was clear that you were more concerned with protecting yourself and officer Hopp," the judge said. eventAction: 'view' "This isn't something where I can see how someone in the heat of the moment thought this was appropriate. You are a lot tougher than she is. Judge sentences former Loveland Police Officer Daria Jalali for Former Police Officers Charged Over Arrest of Woman With Dementia Yeah, Im a little worried that shes like senile and stuff, Hopp can be heard saying at one point. 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. Its like Live PD, Jalali said, referring to the former reality TV show following police on patrol. In the video, Hopp gives his partner Jalali a fist bump when asked how the arrest went, CNN reported. Carrying a wildflower in her hand, she failed to comply with multiple orders to stop. Throughout the arrest and the hours following, Jalali had every opportunity to stop the cruelty and do the right thing, but did not, he said. Wow. Geigle requested that the court impose an 18-month probationary period with no jail time, adding jail would merely be punitive, and that Jalali has faced a great deal of difficulty since the information on the case was made public. Julia Cardi [email protected] "Can you stop it now?" hitType: 'event', It really shows you, my God this is just not a little personthis was a delicate, very fragile elderly woman," the judge said. "The trajectory of her life has dramatically changed," her lawyer said as she asked for 18 months of probation with no jail time. He noted that Hopp's actions were more concerning overall, calling them incomprehensible. He accepted a plea deal in March for the assault charge, which Garners family opposed. Jalali was also charged with official misconduct and failing to stop or report Hopp's actions. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Failure to Intervene is a relatively new charge created in recent years in Colorado. }); There are a lot of kids in this neighborhood and the amount of PDA was a little weird," they said. The video showed them struggling to get Garner in the back of the car. While only one video was played to the court, there was more footage, she said, noting that the footage depicts a consistent string of decisions to not act on what was happening. }); document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ When I had her pushed against the car when you first got there? hitType: 'event', Rude.. Some 17 minutes into the video, Hopp appears to give a fist bump to Officer Daria Jalali, who had arrived at the original scene to help him arrest Garner. Colo. Officers Appear to Mock Violent Arrest of Woman with Dementia eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), "The pop" alludes to something in the video, but what it is is unclear. I haven't seen either of them around since." Hopp was also sentenced to three years of mandatory parole. Update 7:20 p.m.:Garner family attorneySarah Schielkesaid in a statement obtained by Law&Crime that it was long overdue for the three officers to become unemployed, but voiced concern about Metzler still being part of the department, and Hill remaining on duty. MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of Philip Metzler used excessive force when they arrested Karen Garner in June 2020 on suspicion of stealing $13.88. 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. As seen on video, Hopp confronted Garner on the side of the road. Jalali said she initially felt that Garner was intoxicated and not suffering from dementia. Loveland Police Officers Placed on Leave Over Karen Garner Arrest A bodycam video revealed Karen Garner, 73, a dementia patient, being harassed by a cop while a colleague laughed. Austin Hopp, a former officer with the Loveland Police Department, appeared in a Larimer County court after he pleaded guilty to charges related to the June 26, 2020, arrest of Karen Garner. Jalali, who sat in the courtroom wearing black pants and a light purple shirt, was forced to spend 12 minutes rewatching the body camera footage from the day of the 2020 arrest. Are you finished? The judge said he has watched many videos over the years of police takedowns, yet felt the footage from Garner's arrest was excessive. if(document.querySelector("#google_image_div")){ Officers Austin Hopp, Daria Jalali and Tyler Blackett resigned. Jalali was sentenced to 45 days of straight jail time and 36 months of probation for her involvement in the 2020 Karen Garner arrest. 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.. I am not done, this is not over, she said. > Below: Body camera footage shows the arrest. }) We dont play this game. ga('ads.send', { window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotOnload', function(event) { Colorado cops who cheered while watching footage of 73-year-old woman Former Loveland police officer sentenced to prison for - The Coloradoan } "I wish I would have just called medical services to check her out," Jalali said. }); ga('ads.send', { 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. This is not the result of a mental deficit, this is not a result of a lack of training. 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. 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. If you try to kick me, oh, this is going to be bad.. Hopp says later: We crushed it. Jalali voiced concern she was not helping enough, but Hopp appears to support her. As a police officer and more importantly as a human being, we engage, we process and we act, he said. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), hitType: 'event', "Well, I thought it went great," Hopp said in the video, adding, "I think we crushed it." The now-former officers include Austin Hopp, who was the arresting officer during the June 26, 2020 incident; Daria Jalali, who was the second on the scene; and community service officerTyler Blackett, who is being sued for allegedly ignoring the plaintiffs injuries. Hopp, Jalali and Blackett have become the focus of several investigations in connection with Garner's arrest in 2020 after an excessive use of force lawsuit placed on Garner's behalf by attorney Sarah Schielke. Daria Jalali, 28, appeared before 8th Judicial District Court Judge Joshua Lehman Friday morning to be sentenced for failure to intervene in the use of excessive force, a class 1 misdemeanor.. We are one of the worlds fastest growing Phil Metzler, Jalali said she was a little bloody, a little muddy.. When Garner began to slump toward the ground, Jalali arrived and said, "Stand up! Karen Garner: Loveland cops Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali fist bump, laugh at arrest footage of dementia patient, Who is Karen Garner? Two other officers, Jalali and Tyler Blackett, also left the department. She later. I was like, Okay, youre gonna play, and I was pushing, pushing, pushing, and I hear pop, I was like Oh, no. Hopp, who is now serving time behind bars for breaking Garner's arm, separating her shoulder and spraining her wrist. Colorado cop jailed for failing to stop beating of dementia patient Karen Garner's arm was broken during an arrest by Loveland PD officers, her attorney said. gads_event = event; if(document.querySelector("#adunit")){ Grandmother with dementia died from face wound neglected by staff for days. Jalali told the judge that she believed Garner was just complaining about the tightness of the handcuffs when she said she was in pain. 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. There also needs to be deterrents. The video shows Hopp, Jalali and Blackett laughing as they begin to watch the body camera footage of Garner's arrest. Apparently, you did not.. 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.. "Hear the pop?" Jalali didn't appear to show emotion as the video played including the moment her comment of "I'm a little bloody and a little muddy but that's how it works," comment was played. The judge after watching the body camera video footage said, "She just sounds out of it and terrified to me. She also provided a personal narrative for the arrest, explaining how she read and understood the situation when she was there. Shannon Steward, Garners daughter-in-law, said that the charge Jalali faces comes from a new Colorado Senate Bill, SB20-217, which she said states officers have a duty to report and intervene in instances of excessive use of force. she asks. They arrested 73-year-old Karen Garner on June 26, 2020, after she left a Walmart with $13. 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. Hopp repeatedly pointed out there was a pop., Did you hear the pop? he said. 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. 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. A second video released by the attorney showed Hopp and other officers at the police station laughing and joking about the arrest. Ms. That is what we need from our law enforcement, the ability to stand up to your fellow officer and say no, what are you doing? Lehman said. Defendant Austin Hopp is a natural person, and was at all times relevant to this Complaint duly The footage, newly released by the Life & Liberty Law Office, picks up later in the day, with officers bantering during the womans booking. pg.acq.push(function() { Steward called Hopp "callous" and said he was "insensitive" for joking about the arrest. }); 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. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), }); LOVELAND, COLORADO: Officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali of Loveland Police Department in Colorado who were accused of using excessive force while arresting 73-year-old Karen Garner, injuring her in the process, have been charged. Lets wreck it!'. She pleaded guilty to that charge in late June. Ex-officer who injured elderly Colorado woman with dementia during