'You tarnished your reputation.' Ex-Miami-Dade cop gets 364 days for wrongful arrest

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In the three years after she was tackled by a Miami-Dade police officer and wrongfully arrested, Dyma Loving says the presence of anyone with a badge has left her shaken.

Being around relatives who are cops is awkward, Loving told a judge this week. Her kids have freaked out when they see a patrol car. When police officers walked into her job at Panera Bread for lunch, she believed they were there to try and intimidate her.

“I just don’t trust police officers at all,” Loving said. “None of them.”

For roughing up Loving and lying on a police arrest report, ex-officer Alejandro Giraldo was sentenced to 364 days in jail, to be followed by 18 months of probation. “You tarnished your reputation and all of the reputations of the men and women in blue,” Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Ellen Sue Venzer told him.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article262732687.html#storylink=cpy

[exboyfil]

1. I am sure he never acted like that before

Right?

Good for the judge but a year isn't nearly enough for lying on the police report (not to mention the totally baseless arrest).

The judge gave him a break, but not nearly the break the prosecutor was ready to give him. That is why you need special state prosecutors to handle malfeasance by LEOs. Ones whose status and promotions are dictated by their successful convictions with meaningful punishment (just like we incentivize local DAs now who prosecute the rest of us).

[blueknight73]

2. Like all of them

He's not sorry he did it, he's sorry he got caught. I'd bet on it