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20 Oct, 16 tweets, 10 min read
‘Deputy filmed slamming woman so hard he ripped her braids out’

“Shantel #Arnold told investigators she encountered the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy as she was walking home after being assaulted by a group of boys on 20 September.”

independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
‘White Louisiana sheriff's deputy is filmed slamming 4'8 black woman to ground so hard her braids broke off after she 'refused to talk to him''

“A 14 second video showed the deputy, who hasn't been named, hurling #Arnold to the ground”

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
“The video shows the deputy gripping #Arnold's wrist as she's thrown to the ground. He jerks her around and then grabs her by the hair before slamming her to the pavement. At the end of the video, the deputy appears to kneel on her back.”

insider.com/video-lousiana…
‘JPSO deputy under investigation after video shows him slamming Black woman's head on pavement’

“The video begins with a JPSO deputy seen holding the wrist of #Arnold, who is lying on her back on the sidewalk. The deputy appears to be dragging her …”

nola.com/news/crime_pol…
“… dragging her along the pavement. The deputy then grabs #Arnold’s arm with his other hand and jerks her upwards, lifting her entire body off the ground.

They briefly disappear behind a parked white vehicle. When they come back into view, the deputy…”

nola.com/news/crime_pol…
“… is holding #Arnold by her braids, slamming her repeatedly onto the cement. At one point, he whips her down so violently her entire body spins around and flips over.

The footage ends as the deputy crouches down and places a knee onto Arnold’s back.”

nola.com/news/crime_pol…
“The incident started around 2 p.m. on Sept. 20 when Arnold was attacked by three boys as she was walking down the street near her family’s trailer home. At 4-foot-8 and about 100 pounds, her left eye missing from a car accident years earlier, #Arnold …”

wwno.org/news/2021-10-1…
“…regularly made an easy target for the neighborhood bullies, her family said.

During the attack, which lasted several minutes and was captured in a cellphone video, the boys slammed #Arnold to the ground and beat her while a crowd watched and laughed.”

wwno.org/news/2021-10-1…
“one recorded the fight with their phone… #Arnold was finally able to fend her three attackers off with a stick and her 71-year-old stepfather Lionel Gray came to her defense.

Speaking to the JPSO’s internal affairs investigator, Arnold says the …”

blackenterprise.com/white-louisian…
“… #Arnold says the officer demanded she speak to him. She responded by briefly telling him what had happened and said she wanted to go home. That’s when the officer jumped out of the car, grabbed her and threw her to the grown, Gray told investigators.”

blackenterprise.com/white-louisian…
#Arnold was walking home, disheveled and covered in dirt, when a JPSO deputy pulled up alongside her and asked her what happened. News reports note that the unidentified officer demanded that she stop and talk to him. 

Still upset by the assault …”

thegrio.com/2021/10/18/vir…
“… #Arnold told the deputy he had been attacked and wanted to go home, and she continued walking.”

According to witnesses, the officer then stopped the police car, grabbed the already-victimized woman, and threw her to the ground.”

thegrio.com/2021/10/18/vir…
“The JPSO announced last week that it would be obtaining body cameras by December, a request that has been made by the public for several years.”

wdsu.com/article/jpso-v…
“Other responding deputies called an ambulance, and the vehicle took her to the hospital, where she was treated for bruises, scratches and a busted lip. She reportedly now suffers recurring headaches. #Arnold was not charged with any crime.”

blackamericaweb.com/2021/10/19/lou…
‘Recent assault of Black woman in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, highlights toxic sheriff's office’

“You can pick any year and find a story of egregious behavior by JPSO deputies. Last year, an officer shot a boy in Terrytown while the 14-year-old was …”

dailykos.com/story/2021/10/…
“… was lying on his stomach on the ground. The incident went unreported for months. The year prior, white deputies attacked and wrongfully arrested a Black man during a Mardi Gras parade in Metairie. Only recently did the man receive a settlement.”

dailykos.com/story/2021/10/…

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