People may remember this incident from 2020 in Loveland, Colorado. A 73-year-old woman with dementia, Karen Garner, walked out of Walmart with $13 worth of merchandise. She was stopped by the police, who apparently delighted in using force on her. From the above link at Law & Crime: "Later in the video, Hopp [the arresting officer] said, “I can’t believe I threw a 73-year-old on the ground.”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. “I was super excited,” he said, and recounted his version of what happened. “I was like ‘I’m fine, I can handle her. I mean it’s done, you know.’ I was like, ‘Alright, let’s wrestle girl! Let’s wreck it!'” Hopp is seen in bodycam video manhandling Ms. Garner, then laughing about having dislocated her shoulder. The part where he's excitedly listening for the popping sound is notorious. One of the other officers, Daria Jalali, has been sentenced for what the judge called her "abysmal failure to serve and protect. I write true crime for survivors. After having seen the original video of her playing along with the disgusting Officer Hopp, it's refreshing for me to see this new look on her face, the difference in her attitude. At one point Jalali went back to check on Garner while the men laughed about the incident. Garner was complaining about the pain she was in, and Jalali was more bothered about one of the men farting. So this look on Jalali's face, for me, is a big improvement
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