Three Children Attacked a Black Woman. A Sheriff's Deputy Arrived -- and Beat Her More.

[happy feet]

Propublica
October 16, 2021

"The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deputy accused of 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. A 14-second video captured the incident in the New Orleans suburb where, for decades, Black residents have accused the Sheriff’s Office of targeting them.

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

https://www.propublica.org/article/three-children-attacked-a-black-woman-a-sheriffs-deputy-arrived-and-beat-her-more?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature

[2naSalit]

1. How totally...

Fucked up is that?

[dalton99a]

2. Video:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUD3LIDDAJW/

Shortly after Arnold had been taken to a hospital by ambulance, her sister, Mercedes, arrived on the scene. Mercedes, 32, said the deputy accused of attacking her sister was still present and tried to convince her to call the coroner to have Arnold committed to a hospital for mental health problems. She refused.

“He was just trying to cover up what he did by saying my sister is crazy,” she said.

In the following days and weeks, Mercedes and multiple family members said, the same deputy has rolled by their house multiple times in what she believes to be an attempt to intimidate them. But she said she and her family are not afraid and will continue to speak up until the Sheriff’s Office holds its deputies accountable.

[Auggie]

10. Why wait? Civil suit ASAP.

[HipChick]

3. JFC..

Disgusting..

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. Abolition now.

[spooky3]

5. Horrifying. Nt

[Baitball Blogger]

6. "local boys." That means white boys?

[chowder66]

7. May not be. The article said she was a target because of her stature and missing eye.

Could be local kids of any color.

[Ilsa]

8. Maybe it's time for an insurrection in Jefferson Parish?

I know it's not possible, but if Black cops were working over white women like that, there'd be a river blood.

[Deuxcents]

9. There needs to be a purge

Of cops with this kind of behavior. They should never be in a position of service again. I hope this family sues em

[The Jungle 1]

11. Police in America are full up fascist

I don't see how they could have handled this any worse.
Clearly they knowingly incited this situation and directed the out come. They wanted to beat someone.
America we must stop these fascist.