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

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.

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