May 20, 2021 by NextTribe Editors · Activism

More Police Brutality: This Time Against a 73-Year-Old Woman with Dementia

A video showing police using excessive force against a frail grandmother has prompted a criminal investigation and the question: Where the f**k has common decency gone?

Update: We're happy to report that police in this case are being held responsible. The officer who threw Karen Garner to the ground while arresting her, Austin Hopp, was charged with assaulting Garner; the other officer in the case, Daria Jalali, was charged with not intervening in a case of excessive force or reporting it.

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It used to be that the epitome of good deeds was helping a "little old lady" across the street. Not even a self-respecting bully would think of wrestling one to the ground. That's what makes what happened in Loveland, Colorado, last summer even more disturbing.

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