More than 100 years after his great-grandfather served in a segregated Army, General Beagle leads Fort Jackson Author: Darci Strickland Updated: 7:25 PM EDT June 15, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. General Milford Beagle can say without question, more than 100 years ago he had a relative lay the groundwork for his success today.
His great grandfather walked through gates, of what at that time was Camp Jackson, in 1918.
Private Beagle wore his uniform in a segregated Army. He had no idea that one day that military instillation would be led by his great-grandson.
The table was set for General Beagle so, he could move forward with the same type of deliberate attention to paving a path for others.
By Hannah Knowles and Meryl Kornfield
April 15, 2021 at 2:02 p.m. PDT
An Army sergeant and instructor in South Carolina was charged Wednesday with third-degree assault after a video captured him shoving a young Black man and saying he was “in the wrong neighborhood,” authorities said.
Obviously, he just attacked some random black youth because he hates all blacks. The confrontation from earlier this week near Columbia, S.C., sparked a public outcry, and protesters crowded Wednesday on the sidewalk outside the home of the soldier, 42-year-old Jonathan Pentland, who is White. The video stoked long-standing concerns about harassment faced by Black Americans, and law enforcement and Army officials condemned Pentland’s behavior as “disturbing” and as bringing “disrespect” on Fort Jackson, the large training center where he was stationed.