Video Shows Louisiana Deputy Brutally Slamming 4-Foot-8 Crime Victim, Shantel Arnold

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deputy caught on video holding a Black woman by her hair and slamming her head repeatedly into the pavement, with such force that a witness to the Sept. 20 incident said it ripped several of Shantel Arnold’s braids from her scalp.

It was the second time that hour that Arnold, 34, had been assaulted. By the time the deputies arrived, she said she had already fended off an attack by some local boys.

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 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 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.

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