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.
Taylor Swift breaks The Beatles’ 54-year-old record of three chart-topping albums
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Wed, Apr 21, 2021
Taylor Swift re-recorder version of Fearless has topped the UK chart, following the success of her eighth and ninth studio albums Folklore and Evermore .
The US singer has broken The Beatles long-held record for having the fastest run of three number one albums after her re-recorded version of Fearless topped UK Chart on Friday.
The The 31-year-old music sensation scored her hat-trick in just 259 days, beating the Fab Four s 54-year-old record of three chart-topping albums in 364 days.
The previous record was held by The Beatles for 54 years, with the iconic band achieving a trio of number one records in 364 days between 1965 and 1968, with Help!, Rubber Soul and Revolver.
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