Despite being caught in a 2021 video ripping out Shantel Arnold’s hair, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Julio Alvarado failed to report the incident. By: Richard A. Webster, Verite - July 23, 2025 2:25 pm Louisiana passed a new police accountability law following allegations of civil rights violations against a sheriff’s deputy caught on video dragging a Black woman by her hair and slamming her head into the ground. The woman, Shantel Arnold, sued the deputy and the sheriff, accusing the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office of conspiring to cover up the 2021 assault. The Sheriff’s Office agreed in March to pay…