Second Loveland police officer pleads guilty to charge stemming from When I had her pushed against the car when you first got there? The officers are Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali as well as community service officer Tyler Blackett. Around the mid-way point, one of the officers (apparently one of the guys) farted. Following this, several of Garners family members took to the podium to speak their mind on the sentencing and the case as a whole. First published on August 5, 2022 / 10:12 AM. Colo. Officers Appear to Mock Violent Arrest of Woman with Dementia ga('ads.send', { BREAKING: Officers Austin Hopp, Daria Jalali, Tyler Blackett no longer hitType: 'event', The sergeant remains on leave. Attorney Eric Ziporin said in an email the city has no comment on the mediation outcome. "I made a terrible mistake that day," he said. ', Hopp sounded slightly more serious while voicing concern that Garner was senile. Even during the arrest, he downplayed the challenge of wrestling with Garner, saying she weighed like 20 pounds.. Officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali of the Loveland, Colorado police department arrested Karen Garner in June last year after she left a Walmart store with $14 of goods for which she had not. The judge after watching the body camera video footage said, "She just sounds out of it and terrified to me. pg.acq.push(function() { ", "What happened in June of 2020 was an abysmal failure. We dont play this game. hitType: 'event', MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of ", "This case is not about a mistake," she said before she handed down the sentence. 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. The footage, newly released by the Life & Liberty Law Office, picks up later in the day, with officers bantering during the womans booking. Police did not specify whether they resigned or were fired. Apparently, you did not.. They said Hopp was placed on administrative leave. Another neighbor said the couple were very touchy-feely in public. eventAction: 'click_image_ads' "He took pride in humiliating my mom," he said. Karen Garner case: Judge to sentence former Loveland officer | 9news.com 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. Law&Crime reached out for comment about the new surveillance footage. It worked. if(document.querySelector("#adunit")){ 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. 4. The judge suggested that Jalali's lack of actions to help Garner that day may have been dogged by her romantic involvement with Hopp. He also sentenced her to 45 days in jail with two days of credit for time served. Jalali, as the defendant, was given the opportunity to speak to the judge and the courtroom before sentencing. Colorado cop jailed for failing to stop beating of dementia patient Jalali and Blackett were put on leave later, as was a sergeant. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), It never should have happened," the judge said. Not what happened to our mother. There also needs to be deterrents. }); She argued that the files show that Jalali truly did not know any better when she arrived on scene the day of Garners arrest and did not act with any malicious intent. John Steward, Garners son, described his mother as a wonderful family member who loved spending time with her family doing a number of things, including baking; he added that his mother did not deserve what happened to her. Violent arrest of 73-year-old was "reasonable," Loveland's assistant You were definitely fighting, he said. According to the lawsuit, she was held in that cell for two and a half hours before being taken to the hospital. (Law&Crime founder Dan Abrams was the host of Live PD.). Updated on: August 5, 2022 / 4:03 PM Ex-officer Austin Hopp was sentenced in May to five years in prison for roughing up the 80-pound woman. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), }); }); 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. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), In body camera footage of the June 26, 2020 incident, Hopp can be seen grabbing Garner from behind at the side of the road when she started to walk away. If you try to kick me, oh, this is going to be bad.. He said Hopp never even took a moment to ask questions or assess the situation. Larimer County District Attorney Gordon McLaughlin extended his sympathies to the Garner family again, saying it has been a long haul., He added that this is the first time in Larimer County that a person has been convicted for failure to intervene and said this will send a message about how the DAs office will handle bad actors.. Daria Jalali, the 28-year-old cop, received three years of probation in addition to jail time. Case against former Loveland police officer Daria Jalali moved again Alongside these three, Sgt. In June, a Walmart employee called police and said a woman, later identified as 73-year-old Karen Garner, tried to leave without paying for $14 worth of items. I was super excited, he said, and recounted his version of what happened. A former Loveland Police Department officer who assisted in the 2020 arrest of Karen Garner has been sentenced to 45 days in jail followed by three years of probation for a case that the presiding judge described as incomprehensible.. Arrest [ edit] External video Her next court date is June 22, NBC affiliate KUSA of Denver reported. },false) 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. 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. ga('ads.send', { "This is great," Hopp responds, to which Jalali retorts sayings he hates it. "Thats not ever how I should see my mom being treated.". All matters related to the arrest of Loveland resident Karen Garner in June 2020 are subject to a criminal investigation, ordered by the 8th Judicial District Attorney and conducted by Fort Collins Police Services, wrote Public Information Officer Tom Hackerin a statement. . Jalali was sentenced to 45 days in jail, 36 months probation and 250 hours of community service. Loveland Police Department Interim Police Chief Eric Stewart has issued the following statement regarding the sentencing of former police officer Daria Jalali: "The Loveland Police Department appreciates the diligence and professionalism of the District Attorney's office in the pursuit of justice and due process in this case. Everyone chuckled. He apparently pulls her arms behind her back and places her on the ground. 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. 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. Those files, she said, depict a pattern of poor performance on written examinations, physical activities, behavioral observations and more, that were all excused. 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. Officers Austin Hopp, Daria Jalali and Tyler Blackett resigned. A bodycam video revealed Karen Garner, 73, a dementia patient, being harassed by a cop while a colleague laughed. Phil Metzler, Jalali said she was a little bloody, a little muddy.. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), }); 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. if(document.querySelector("#ads")){ Ex-officer who injured elderly Colorado woman with dementia during Advertisement Garner's family sued the. Describing herself as possibly naive and immature, Jalali apologized to Garner and her family. Garner is out of the room at the time. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. "I hate this," Jalali says. Body camera video released by the attorney showed Hopp telling Garner to stop and talk to him as she walked home.