$3m deal reached in rough arrest of Colorado woman with dementia
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US police officer pushed Karen Garner suspected of shoplifting against hood of his car and fractured her arm, suit claims.
A United States city has agreed to pay $3m to a woman with dementia who was roughly arrested by police last year, money her family said now will pay for the around-the-clock care she needs following the incident. Then-Officer Austin Hopp arrested Karen Garner, 73, after she left a store without paying for $14 worth of items in Loveland, Colorado, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Denver in June 2020. Police body camera video shows that after she turned away from him, he grabbed her arm and pushed her to the ground. She was still holding the wildflowers she had been picking as she walked through a field. A federal lawsuit that Garner filed claimed he dislocated her shoulder and fractured her arm.More Related News