A former Colorado police officer was sentenced to prison for assaulting Karen Garner, a 73-year-old woman with dementia, in a 2020 arrest.
Author: Sady Swanson, Fort Collins Coloradoan
Karen Garner case: Ex-officers face charges in arrest of 73-year-old Colorado woman with dementia
Two former police officers are facing criminal charges for how they handled the June 2020 arrest of a 73-year Colorado woman with dementia.
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The attorney representing Karen Garner, 73, and her family released a video of Colorado police officers joking about her injuries after her arrest.
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