He’s a huge man; she’s a tiny girl. He’s handling her like a rag doll.” — W. Lloyd Grafton, a former member of the Louisiana State Police Commission, on a violent incident in which JPSO Deputy Julio Alvarado, a 17-year veteran, grabbed Shantel Arnold, a 34 y/o Black woman who is under 5 feet tall, by the hair and slammed her to the ground. We live in a country where this is deemed “reasonable and acceptable.” We’re fighting for a future where police no longer exist to stand as a dangerous threat to our communities. Read the full @propublica article at our bio link