Shantel Arnold: Black Woman Slammed and Dragged on the Pavement by Jefferson Parish Deputy

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deputy for holding 4’8″ Shantel Arnold by her hair and repeatedly slamming her head into the pavement. He ripped several braids from her scalp. The officer proceed to tried to convince her sister to commit her to a hospital for mental health problems.

This poor woman not even 5ft tall and 100 lbs had recently been the victim of an attack by some neighborhood boys, she was trying to make her way home when this cop showed up and this was the result. pic.twitter.com/sr64T569tI

— 🥀_ Imposter_🥀 (@Imposter_Edits) October 16, 2021

Arnold was attacked about three boys less than an hour earlier before this officer brutalized her. Arnold was a victim trying to get help but ended up being in more danger when the officer arrived.