A former Loveland police officer will spend up to five years in prison for violently arresting a 73-year-old woman with dementia, breaking her arm and dislocating her shoulder.
The sentencing of Austin Hopp on Thursday is the latest development in the nearly two-year saga of the 2020 arrest, which spawned protests, criminal prosecutions, a multimillion-dollar civil settlement and internal investigations at the northern Colorado police department.
The call to police about an alleged attempted petty shoplifting should never have escalated to violence, the judge said, noting only 26 seconds passed between Hopp getting out of his car and Hopp taking Garner to the ground. Garner’s health and memory deteriorated quickly after the assault, her children said Thursday during the sentencing hearing. She was living independently at the time of the arrest and now lives in a memory care facility and has post-traumatic stress disorder from the assault.
“When she’s with me, all she asks is, ‘Why did he do that to me?'” said Allisa Swartz, Garner’s daughter. Security officers at a Walmart store in Loveland called 911 on June 26, 2020, after Garner allegedly tried to walk out with $13 worth of merchandise. Store employees made Garner leave the merchandise at the store and criminal charges against Garner were dismissed. Garner’s family has said they believe Garner forgot to pay for the items and was confused.
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