Violent arrest of 73-yo with dementia was "reasonable" and "necessary," assistant chief concluded

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/09/07/loveland-police-austin-hopp-excessive-force/

Three Loveland police supervisors signed off on an officer’s use of force after he threw a 73-year-old woman with dementia to the ground in June 2020, according to an internal police report released Tuesday by the woman’s attorney.

Assistant Chief of Police Ray Butler watched the body camera footage of now-former Officer Austin Hopp violently arresting Karen Garner — conduct for which Hopp now faces a felony assault charge — and wrote that Hopp’s use of force was “necessary, reasonable and within policy,” according to the internal police report.

The thorough vetting through multiple levels of police leadership appears to contradict Chief Robert Ticer’s assertion that police did not become aware of the severity of the incident until Garner filed a federal lawsuit in April 2021. The officer broke Garner’s arm and dislocated her shoulder during the arrest, according to the lawsuit.

“We found out, nearly eight months later, that this had occurred,” Ticer said during a May 19 news conference. “We took swift action at that point… I don’t know if we would have found out about that without the federal lawsuit. Perhaps if it would have come in through a different channel — but that’s how we were notified.”

[Irish_Dem]

1. Staff in hospital psych departments regularly take down violent patients without harming them.

There is no need for the police to break bones.

[Hekate]

2. Can't get to the whole article. I remember this heinous incident, but can't quite make out ...

… if the perps have been fired, punished, or put in threat of ruin for what they did. More info?

[Ritabert]

3. Three officers resigned before they were fired

Two of them were directly involved and a third was caught on video at the station laughing about it. The woman had a dislocated shoulder and broken arm and wasn't provided with medical care for hours.

The city of Loveland is paying the woman $3 million to settle the case. So no matter what the assistant chief says the actions were not reasonable.

[IcyPeas]

4. HERE IS THE VIDEO. they enjoyed hearing her shoulder "pop" too

[Ritabert]

5. Animals

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[MoonRiver]

6. We are animals, these thugs are among the worst.

[ARPad95]

9. Absolutely disgusting! It ends with the reporter stating the Alzheimer's Association was

called in to train the officers how to handle similar situations in the future as if the police officers were incapable of having any situational awareness prior to the incident.

How about act like a f'ing human being toward an obviously harmless old lady? If you aren't capable of that, you should not be in any position to interact with people under any circumstances.

[SamKnause]

7. I fucking hate them !!!

[LiberalFighter]

8. Assistant police needs to be fired.

[emmaverybo]

10. Then policy needs to change, NOW and radically. Nt