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Fort Jackson’s Brig. Gen. Milford Beagle Jr. announced Friday that the Army would allow civilian authorities to handle the investigation into a drill sergeant accused of simple assault against a young Black man during an altercation outside his South Carolina home. I have the utmost confidence in our civilian criminal system and trust that it will reach a fair and just resolution of this case, Beagle said in a statement. I do not want to take any actions now that could interfere with the fair resolution of civilian criminal charges.
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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.
Jonathan Pentland Suspended by Army As Sergeant Charged with Assaulting Black Man
On 4/16/21 at 3:03 AM EDT
Jonathan Pentland, the army sergeant who was captured on video harassing a young Black man in South Carolina, has been suspended by military leaders pending an investigation.
Footage went viral of Army Sergeant Jonathan Pentland confronting the man who was walking in front of his home near Columbia in Richland County.
Pentland is seen threatening him with violence, at one point, shoving the young man hard in the shoulder, causing him to almost fall to the ground after telling him to leave the neighborhood.