According to
The Washington Post, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jonathan Pentland has been arrested and charged after harassing a young, Black man walking through a Columbia, South Carolina neighborhood.
The 42-year-old was charged with third-degree assault.
State Sen. Mia McLeod, who is Black and represents the area, said on the Senate floor today, My sons have a freaking right to live. Another unarmed Black man could be dead today because he was walking in a neighborhood that, I am told, is adjacent to his, doing absolutely nothing.”
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A video has gone viral of a non-commissioned Army officer harassing a Black man in a Columbia, South Carolina neighborhood.
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