The authorities of the city of Lowland in the US state of Colorado agreed to pay three million dollars to a woman with a dementia, which the police broke their hand during arrest. This is reported by ABC News.
Local administration representatives also apologized to 73-year-old Karen Garner and her family for what happened. The authorities noted that in relation to the arrest of police officers are conducted. According to the relatives of the American women, the funds received will be directed to round-the-clock care, since the state of the woman worsened after rough detention.
The incident occurred in June 2020. The police arrested a woman after calling Walmart employees: she tried to go out with $ 13. One of the security officials poured Garner to the ground on the side of the road literally 30 seconds after she refused to stop and said that he was going home. Its unpaid goods were forced to leave in the store.
According to relatives, a woman just forgot to pay and was confused. Family Garner told that during the arrest, the police broke her hand and dislocated her shoulder. The victim fell into the hospital, she was aggravated by the symptoms of dementia.