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

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Three children attacked a Black woman. A sheriff’s deputy arrived — and beat her more

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 se…