Former Colorado police officer sentenced to 45 days in jail in rough arrest of 73-year-old woman with dementia
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A former Colorado police officer will spend 45 days in jail and three years of probation for failing to intervene when another officer roughly arrested a 73-year-old woman.
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Lawmakers stepped up penalties for the crime in 2020 as part of a police reform bill passed during protests over racial injustice and police brutality that year.
Former officer Austin Hopp arrested Garner after she left a store without paying for about $14 worth of items. Police body camera video released last year shows Garner repeatedly saying that she was trying to go home.
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