White Fort Jackson soldier charged in altercation with a Black man to be prosecuted in civilian courts
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Officials at Fort Jackson are looking into the incident reportedly featuring Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Pentland. (Screenshot via Twitter)
A white Fort Jackson soldier charged in connection with an April 12th altercation with a Black man will be prosecuted by the civilian justice system before the military justice system gets involved, the South Carolina post’s commanding general said Friday.
Sgt. First Class Jonathan Pentland, the Army non-commissioned officer shown confronting a Black man walking in his Columbia, S.C., neighborhood in a viral video, was charged with third-degree assault and has been suspended from all instructor duties. The charge is a misdemeanor, and Pentland faces a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, thirty days imprisonment, or both.