A US Army soldier charged with assaulting a black man outside his South Carolina home for being âin the wrong neighborhoodâ has been suspended from his instructor duties by authorities at Fort Jackson.
Jonathan Pentland, 42, whose assault on the black man on Monday went viral, was charged with third-degree assault and battery in the incident which sparked Black Lives Matter protests at his doorstep.
Fort Jackson, the U.S. Armyâs largest basic training facility, wrote on Twitter Thursday evening that the Richland County Sheriff’s Department “transferred Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Pentland to Fort Jackson authorities late yesterday evening.”
Fort Jackson: Military suspends sergeant accused of assaulting Black man in SC neighborhood
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Fort Jackson suspends sergeant accused of assaulting Black man in SC neighborhood
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April 14th, 2021
By Ty Ross
By now, most have probably seen the video of Sergeant First Class Jonathan Pentland, a Ft. Jackson, SC drill instructor, and his hostile interaction with a young black man walking in the neighborhood.
While the video is certainly shocking, what it isn’t is surprising. Not these days anyway.
Being originally from Charlotte, NC, about 90 miles north of the largest basic training facility in the country, I’m pretty familiar with Columbia. My mother, a retired Army First Sergeant, did her basic training at Ft. Jackson and was a drill instructor herself at the base. Unlike many areas in a state that leans red, Columbia is more liberal and split almost evenly among racial lines.
Soldier charged after viral video surfaces of confrontation with Black man outside his SC home
Sheriff Lott addresses viral video of Richland County confrontation By Laurel Mallory | April 14, 2021 at 3:28 PM EDT - Updated April 14 at 11:29 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A viral video showing a white man in Richland County, South Carolina confronting a Black man who was walking on the sidewalk outside of his home has led to an arrest.
The video is being investigated by police, Fort Jackson military officials, and the Department of Justice, and has
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott addressed the public Wednesday evening about the incident.