window.googletag.cmd.push(function() { Police video shows officers joking about violent arrest of Colorado woman, 73, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. A male bystander was so disturbed that he called out Hopp, but the officer dismissed his concerns. Lehman said that the nurse said that night was just one of two times she cried during her tenure there. window.adsContainer = {"positionAfterTitle":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle5_Rel_Newrev","isOrganicUserAd":true,"max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position2":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_After_Title_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position3":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Below_Next_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position4":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position5":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle1_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position6":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle2_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position7":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle3_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position8":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle4_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position9":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle5_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position10":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle6_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position11":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle7_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position12":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle8_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position13":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle9_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position14":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle10_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position15":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle11_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position16":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle12_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"positionTop":{"code":"Article_Desktop_970x250_Header_Rel","isOrganicUserAd":false,"max_width":970,"max_height":250},"positionBottom":{"code":"Article_Desktop_Sidebar_Bottom_Rel_Newrev","isOrganicUserAd":true,"max_width":300,"max_height":600},"positionBottomRight":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_After_Title_Rel_Newrev","isOrganicUserAd":true,"max_width":336,"max_height":280}} Are you finished? Hopp can be heard saying. The judge after watching the body camera video footage said, "She just sounds out of it and terrified to me. Former Loveland police officers Austin Hopp, left, and Daria Jalali Hopp dislocated Garner's shoulder and fractured her arm. 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. Jalali returned to report that Garner was complaining that theyre really hurting her.. Garner's children sat in the court room during the judge's comments at times nodding their heads, audibly agreeing and even smiling at times when the judge acknowledged points they have argued for years. Two more officers, Tyler Blackett and Philip Metzler, were also placed on administrative leave. Jalali can be heard asking Garner if she needs medical attention, a point that she later brought up in her own statement, as well as the inclusion of the audio clip where, in response to a question from Sgt. Jalali was sentenced to 45 days in jail, 36 months probation and 250 hours of community service. 4. She finished by again apologizing and recognizing that she should have acted differently to handle the situation properly. Describing herself as possibly naive and immature, Jalali apologized to Garner and her family. Emailus. Garner, who returned the items before leaving the store, was thrown to the ground by Hopp after failing to comply with orders to stop walking. OFFICER DARIA JALALI, Loveland Police Officer, in her individual capacity, and . }); Hopp was senteced to five years in prison with three years of mandatory parole for his guilty plea to second-degree assualt stemming from his 2020 arrest of Karen Garner. 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. but it can also be stressful. hitType: 'event', Living at Kimberly Court can seem like living in the most convenient location in Boulder. We're not going to hold you." MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. 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. 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. ga('ads.send', { Wow. Documents, video footage and other records produced and compiled in connection with the Karen Garner arrest and its aftermath will be considered by investigators from the District Attorney and Fort Collins Police Services, chosen through mutual agreement to lead the investigation.. ga('ads.send', { You are just minutes from Greenwood & Myers Mortuary is the first choice for many families when they are seeking funeral services in Boulder. Are you finished? She lives with cortical dementia and sensory aphasia, a condition described as an inability to understand spoken, written or tactile speech symbols that results from damage to the area of the brain concerned with language, according to the complaint. One former officer with the Loveland Police Department, Austin Hopp, was charged with assaulting the woman, while the other officer, Daria Jalali, was charged with not intervening in a case. The officers are Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali as well as community service officer Tyler Blackett. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), They continued to watch the footage, and bantered about her arrival at the arrest. "Thats not ever how I should see my mom being treated.". disappointed., [Screengrab via Loveland Police Department], Have a tip we should know? Officer Austin Hopp and two others who mocked a woman with dementia were fired Credit: Loveland Police Department/Facebook. ga('ads.send', { Officers Austin Hopp, Daria Jalali and Tyler Blackett resigned. I could watch livestream bodycams all day," Jalali says. The District Attorneys action and the third-party investigation are in keeping with a multi-agency Critical Incident Response Team protocol. Clearly didn't understand what was going on," the judge said. He said that he had not watched any of the video or media that had been posted about the case prior to Friday, and hearing Garners voice for the first time as she said she was going home in the video was incredibly eye-opening. This is what it appears to be by the defendant, he said. Her case is ongoing. If you try to kick me, oh, this is going to be bad.. }); He repeatedly dodged questions regarding our family. He made no reference to Karen personally. The judge said he did not watch any news coverage of the Garner arrest and that he only watched the content provided in court during her hearing. }); 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. Thats the thing., Police station surveillance footage, which was released after the body cam footage, showed Hopp, Jalali, and an officer identified in an amended complaint as Blackett bantering about the arrest, fist-bumping about it, and watching back body cam footage in enjoyment. A CCTV footage showed the cops seated at their police precinct desks while watching the bodycam footage of the incident. "This isn't something where I can see how someone in the heat of the moment thought this was appropriate. media-tech companies with hubs around the world. Carrying a wildflower in her hand, she failed to comply with multiple orders to stop. When I had her pushed against the car when you first got there? Does she have flowers in her hand? said Jalali. } 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. ", "This case is not about a mistake," she said before she handed down the sentence. "I made a terrible mistake that day," he said. ', Thats going to turn into something, Jalali said. "The photos and the video blows that up, magnifies it. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Both Jalali and Hopp resigned on April 30 amid an internal investigation, the Daily Beast reported. A woman who entered the courtroom with Jalali, and who sat behind her in the first row of the courtroom, was seen wiping away tears during the judge's comments. Loveland police used excessive force in arrest of 73-year-old woman: lawsuit. A second officer on the scene, Daria Jalali, was charged with failure to intervene, failure to report the use of excessive force, and official misconduct. The video shows Hopp, Jalali and Blackett laughing as they begin to watch the body camera footage of Garner's arrest. }); On May 19, the arresting officer, Austin Hopp, was charged with second-degree assault, attempt to influence a public servant, and official misconduct. 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. }); I was like, Okay, youre gonna play, and I was pushing, pushing, pushing, and I hear pop, I was like Oh, no. She said that she truly believed that Garner was just being uncooperative both during the arrest and at the station, with her thought being that Garner was only complaining about the handcuffs so she could get out of them. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), No doubt, with all the cars that stopped. Jalali and lawsuit co-defendant Supervising officerSgt. He said that he will never forget the footage that he had seen of Garners arrest, adding that Jalali has no idea the stress, pain and sadness it has inflicted on their entire family. 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. As a police officer and more importantly as a human being, we engage, we process and we act, he said. 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 pop" alludes to something in the video, but what it is is unclear. He said that the disconnect that Garner had during her arrest was clear and that Jalli should have noticed and acted differently, but did not. The lawsuit alleges Loveland police officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali and Sgt. She later. They continued to watch. Garner was seen on the video shrugging her shoulders as she continued to walk. Hopp was dispatched to a local Walmart on the report of attempted shoplifting. 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. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotOnload', function(event) { She was also sentenced to undergo a mental health evaluation and must avoid contact with the Garner family while also maintaining employment of at least 35 hours per week. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), A federal lawsuit said police slammed Garner, who was 73 at the time, to the ground and hogtied her. eventAction: 'click_adunit' hitType: 'event', Two other officers, Jalali and Tyler Blackett, also left the department. 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. 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. Judge sentences former Loveland Police Officer Daria Jalali for 'abysmal failure to protect and serv, FORT COLLINS, CO - AUGUST 5, 2022: Former Loveland police officer Daria Jalali, far right, looks over her shoulder at people in the courtroom Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, during her sentencing hearing at the Larimer County Justice Center in Fort Collins. The judge suggested that Jalali's lack of actions to help Garner that day may have been dogged by her romantic involvement with Hopp. Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. Hopp was initially charged with assault, attempting to. When I had her pushed against the car when you first got there? The Loveland police chief, Robert Ticer, announced the departures of officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali and the community services officer Tyler Blackett in connection to the arrest of Karen Garner, without providing details about how they left. This is not the result of a mental deficit, this is not a result of a lack of training. Hopp was also sentenced to three years of mandatory parole. There was a brief pause. 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. (Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald), FORT COLLINS, CO - AUGUST 5, 2022: Former Loveland police officer Daria Jalali is taken into custody on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, during her sentencing hearing at the Larimer County Justice Center in Fort Collins. } She is a co-defendant in the lawsuit, and they seem to give each other high marks on the interaction. A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died. She had all of the information she needed, the reason that she did not act . The Loveland Police Department, in consultation with the District Attorney and regional law enforcement partners, sought the criminal investigation under the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) protocol, a process that preserves impartiality and integrity in the conduct of such investigations. 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. They said Hopp was placed on administrative leave. The arresting officer was placed on administrative leave. Jalali, as the defendant, was given the opportunity to speak to the judge and the courtroom before sentencing. Jalali and Blackett were put on leave later, as was a sergeant. }) 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.. Ready for the pop? Hopp said. Lets wreck it!'. Body camera footage from Hopp showed the officer approaching Garner as she walked home. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function(event) { Are you finished? he said. The charges stem from the 2020 arrest of Karen Garner by former officer Austin Hopp. The maximum sentence of failure to intervene comes with up to 60 days in jail and five years of probation. 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.