Former Colorado Officers Who Arrested A 73-Year-Old Woman With Dementia Face Charges
The two officers involved in the violent arrest that attorneys say left Karen Garner with a dislocated shoulder were criminally charged on Wednesday.
by Vanessa Romo
May 19, 2021
3 minutes
Multiple charges have been filed against two former Colorado police officers for their roles in the arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia last year.
The charges were filed on Wednesday against former Loveland Police Department officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali, who arrested and booked Karen Garner as she was walking home from a local Walmart after failing to pay for about $14 worth of merchandise.
"I was able to review dozens of witnesses, interviews, scores of records, phone calls, reports, and photographs, hours of audio and video, and a host.
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