On Thursday, a Miami-Dade cop was found guilty of unlawfully tackling a woman to the ground and then filing a false arrest report. It occurred in March 2019.
On body camera footage, Miami-Dade officer Alejandro Giraldo is seen tackling Dyma Loving, who had called the cops after her neighbor reportedly pointed a shotgun at her.
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When the cops arrived, it was Loving who was handcuffed and taken to jail.
Jurors found Giraldo guilty of battery and official misconduct after a little more than an hour of deliberation on Thursday.
He could be sentenced to up to five years in prison.
Katherine Fernandez Rundle, the State Attorney for Miami-Dade, issued the following statement on Twitter:
“We will continue doing what we can to hold officers who violate the law accountable, because when a law enforcement officer commits a crime, it truly eats at the trust they need to keep our residents & communities safe.”
