Former Colorado cop sentenced to 5 years for assaulting woman with dementia during 2020 arrest

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A former Colorado police officer who was seen assaulting a 73-year-old woman with dementia during an arrest was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday.



seen on widely-aired video, joking with colleagues about the arrest.

Austin Hopp accepted a plea agreement in March that allowed him to plead guilty to an amended charge of second-degree assault, a Class 4 felony, despite strong opposition from Garner's family. Hopp's original two felony charges and one misdemeanor charge were dismissed as part of the agreement. The plea agreement meant Hopp's potential maximum sentence dropped from 30 years in prison to eight.


Hopp was responding to a reported petty theft at Walmart, where staff had stopped Garner just outside the store after she tried to walk out with merchandise. Garner returned the items and was walking home when Hopp stopped her.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-colorado-cop-sentenced-to-5-years-for-assaulting-woman-with-dementia-during-2020-arrest/ar-AAWY5vs

[exboyfil]

1. Glad he got that sentence

but this a___hole should have gotten just as much.

https://www.cpr.org/2022/01/28/former-idaho-springs-police-officer-probation-tasing-michael-clark/

He also planted a weapon on the guy. He got probation.

The woman who called 911 was impaired by drugs, had a record of lying to the police, and also of stabbing someone. Her story did not hold up, and, even with the police desperately trying to get her to support her story, was unable to validate it. Looking at the video it is obvious she was lying as her "injuries" did not match the description she gave.

The old man was overcharged for menacing and both cops lied in their reports. Their supervisor also went along with it.

[malaise]

2. Good

I remember this