Abrupt Chaos

PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING US HERE- ☺ MEMBERSHIP - PATREON - “Ready for the pop? Here comes the pop.” Austin Hopp, a Loveland Police officer, made the above quote in reference to the sound he made when he dislocated and broke Karen Garner’s shoulder. Hopp made this remark to two other Loveland Police officers as they were watching his body camera footage at the police department. Karen Garner, who has dementia, was handcuffed to a bench in a cell just 10 feet away from them, alone, confused, and weeping in agony. She would eventually go more than six hours without receiving medical attention. Ms. Garner is 73 years old and has dementia and sensory aphasia, which limit her ability to communicate verbally and understand what others are saying. She stands five feet tall and weighs eighty pounds. On the afternoon of June 26, 2020, she was walking through a field to her home two blocks away, collecting wildflowers and disturbing no one, when Offic