White Fort Jackson soldier charged in altercation with a Black man to be prosecuted in civilian courts 3 hours ago 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.
Who Is Jonathan Pentland? Army Sergeant Charged With Assaulting Black Man in Viral Video
On 4/15/21 at 6:16 AM EDT
Soldier Jonathan Pentland has made headlines after he was seen aggressively shoving and harassing a Black man on a sidewalk in a South Carolina neighborhood on Monday.
Video of the encounter captured the U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Captain, 42, threatening and yelling at the man, repeatedly telling him to leave and, at one point, pushing him violently.
The clip, first posted to Facebook by Shirrell Johnson, has been watched more than two million times. Johnson named the other man only as Deandre.
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Fort Jackson in South Carolina said Wednesday they have launched their own investigation into a viral video showing a white man harassing a Black man in a Richland County neighborhood. Fort Jackson’s Media Relations Officer confirmed in an email to Complex that “the soldier in the video is stationed at Fort Jackson,” he’s been charged by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, and the Department of Justice “is also looking into the incident.”
In the two-minute video, which went viral on Twitter after being shared on Tuesday, a barefoot white man is seen questioning a Black man on a sidewalk. The Black man is heard explaining he was out for a walk.