Oh, and of course, his chatterbends back toward the reign of rules. "Soldier conduct on and off duty must be exemplary to retain the trust of our communities and our nation," said Fort Jackson Commander Brigadier General Milford Beagle, Jr. "Fort Jackson continues to work with and support [Richland County] Sheriff Lott, our local law enforcement professionals, and community and civil leadership as this case moves forward.". This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ET: An earlier version of this story identified Pentland as a U.S. Army staff sergeant. According to the Associated Press, Johnson did not respond to a request for additional details about the video. "I didn't do anything to you," the man said. The Black man was not charged in either incident. 1st Class Jonathan Pentland has been suspended from his instructor duties at Fort Jackson and is charged with third-degree assault and battery. Low 66F. I intend to work closely with them to reestablish the mutual trust and kinship engendered by years of determined cooperation.. Grating contrast was varied to measure contrast response functions (CRFs) for all attention and stimulation combinations. The time on the stream hits two hours and 19 minutes. A new video shows a U.S. Army sergeant harassing and physically threatening a man who dared to walk while Black in their South Carolina neighborhood. Lott added that the Black man had "an underlying medical condition that may explain the behavior exhibited in the alleged incidents.". "Fort Jackson Commander Brig. She charges her phone on the front porch while he tries to inflate it. Lott, the Richland sheriff since 1997, in March was named the national sheriff of the year by the National Sheriff's Association a first for any South Carolina sheriff. Jonathan Pentland, 42, was charged Wednesday and listed as detained in the Richland County jail and issued a personal recognizance bond, according to online jail records, which did not show him as . 1st Class Jonathan Pentland has been suspended from his instructor duties at Fort Jackson and is charged with third-degree assault and battery for shoving a young Black man walking in front of a Richland County neighborhood. Their posture very well may have been to defend Pentland, Thigpen said. another protester can be heard shouting in the background. Gen. Patrick R. Michaelis has taken appropriate action in response to the conduct of Sgt. Off-camera, a woman who Pentland identifies as his wife shouts that law enforcement have already been called. First Class Jonathan Pentland, the Army non-commissioned officer shown confronting a Black man walking in his Columbia, South Carolina, neighborhood in a viral video, was charged with third-degree assault and has been suspended from all instructor duties. I thought they knew each other, McCallum said. Male Karen Jonathan Pentland, who is a US Army Sergeant, has a public freakout over his Black neighbor going fora. Partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms mainly during the evening. Either way, it merits questions., Ashley Heiberger, a former 22-year police officer who now teaches policing courses at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa., said the departments decision to withhold information implicating Pentland looks unbalanced., When you only release that information, and nothing beyond that, it creates the impression that youre engaging in victim blaming, Heiberger said. Instead, the release pointed to the victims behavior, and complaints that the victim, prior to the confrontation with Pentland, allegedly committed multiple assaults. !," Johnson wrote, concluding her post. South Carolina law does not compel police to turn over such records under the Freedom of Information Act, but departments may release the records within their discretion. What you gonna do? "Talking is key. "Y'all want to talk to Gus? No explanation was given as to why the victims did not file complaints the days they occurred. Johnson said authorities arrived at the scene and only gave Pentland a citation for malicious injury to property for slapping the man's phone out of his hand and cracking it. He can be reached securely by Proton mail at jcranney@prontonmail.com or on Signal at 215-285-9083. The 82-year-old is not just by the book. Philpott has a tire pump he keeps attached to his bike. But we've also got to change individual hearts, Goodwin says, and lead with love. "No justice, no peace!" In experiment 1, the CRFs were similar at the stimulated and nonstimulated regions, indicating that early visual areas do not modulate endogenous attention during stimulus presentation. The full statement from Solicitor Gipson is provided below. Jonathan Pentland, a U.S. Army soldier assigned to Fort Jackson, S.C., pictured in video that went viral after the incident, has been charged with third-degree assault and battery for harassing a . A white Fort Jackson soldier charged in connection with an April 12 altercation with a Black man will be prosecuted by the civilian justice system before the military justice system gets involved, the South Carolina posts commanding general said Friday. Authorities sought to focus Wednesday on Pentland. The young man was a victim, the individual that was arrested was the aggressor, and he's been dealt with accordingly," he continued. Jonathan Pentland is a U.S. Army sergeant first class stationed at Fort Jackson near Columbia, South Carolina. "The only thing he did was be black while walking!! I decided to record the incident in order to protect this black man from possibly becoming a statistic pic.twitter.com/fdgfAmc6zb. "I need you to walk away, or I'm going to carry your a** out of here. Pentland told officers who had responded to a physical dispute Monday that he pushed the man in fear for his safety and the safety of his wife, according to the incident report. I didnt do anything, the young man says at one point. Pentland is seen yelling at the man, getting in his face, and telling him to get out of his neighborhood. No one knew because Lott had not said that Pentland had already been taken into custody at 8:30 that morning. Beagle also reiterated the need to re-establish community trust in the wake of the incident. You better start walking right now.". It lasts for an hour and 11 minutes. And if you are, youre going to answer for it, and thats what weve done in this case., The Justice Department is investigating, military officials said, and Pentland is suspended from his instructor duties while his case pends. Her partner recorded a video of demonstrators peacefully assembling, some carrying Black Lives Matter signs. She would still follow him to the office, Goodwin says to the Facebook Live watchers, if her phone's battery wasn't at five percent. Another neighbor took out her cell phone and started filming. Efforts to reach Pentland were unsuccessful at the time of this writing. They've gone shopping, shared a homecooked meal, danced together. They are planning a Juneteenth celebration in their neighborhood. Records indicated. In fact, he said he learned of the issues from a reporter. On Facebook, Johnson identified the Black man as "Deandre," and said that the incident occurred in the Summit, a housing development near the city of Columbia, South Carolina, where Johnson said the man lives. 1st Class Jonathan Pentland has been suspended from his instructor duties at Fort Jackson and is charged with third-degree assault and battery. "Who knows? First Class Jonathan Pentland, the Army non-commissioned officer shown confronting a Black man walking in his Columbia, South Carolina, neighborhood in a viral video, was charged with third-degree . "Get out.". Dozens of protesters. "The leaders at Fort Jackson in no way condone the behavior depicted in the video posted recently," the Fort Jackson commander, Brig. "My man on the bike!" The reporter jumps in. "The only thing he did was be Black while walking!!!". The young man has an underlying medical condition that may explain the behavior exhibited in the alleged incidents, the agency said. He has been released from jail on a personal recognizance bond, according to. Im really just trying to move forward and get back to normal, she said. Lott did not share the news of the arrest until his news conference after 5:30 p.m. "My sons have a freaking right to live," said McLeod, who is Black. There he go! Aside from this clarification as to the non existence of this statute, it would be premature for this office to comment on the possibility of additional charges as I have not yet had the opportunity to review the complete investigation of this matter., To get alerts for breaking news, download the ABC Columbia News App for iPhone or Android, Jonathan Pentland with one count of Assault and Battery in the Third Degree under, of the South Carolina Code for an incident that occurred on, Monday, April 12, 2021. he screams. A judge convicted a U.S. Army sergeant of assault for shoving a Black man in a heated April confrontation in South Carolina, according to multiple reports. 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. Goodwin's video starts with him walking his bike up her driveway. ", First published on April 15, 2021 / 6:36 AM. Cellphone video that has since gone viral shows the heated confrontation between Pentland and the unidentified victim in a subdivision in Columbia called The Lakes at Barony Place. Initially, the video shows the man, reportedly Pentland, asking Deandre what he is doing in the neighborhood before repeatedly telling him to "go away.". "None of them justified the assault that occurred.". Goodwinlaughs as he finishes his sentence. Background: Fort Jackson suspends soldier arrested after video of confrontation with Black man in South Carolina. He declined to address several key questions. A white neighbor, later identified as Army Sergeant Jonathan Pentland, confronted a Black neighbor walking on the sidewalk now framed by Goodwin's cell phone camera. She marched in a racial justice demonstration earlier this afternoon in downtown Columbia. In an interview Wednesday night, Roach said the protest was seeking justice for the victim. It's not the Black Voices Matter message on the sign that upsets him. She says she feels that she can change Philpott. Earlier this year, the Department of Defense announced that Beagle would take over as commanding general at Fort Drum, New York, to be succeeded at Fort Jackson by Brigadier General Patrick R. Michaelis. According to WLTX, Richland County deputies said they were called to the neighborhood shortly after 8 p.m. and transported the family from the home to another location. Hehad maybe 30 or 40 jobs in his life. Sgt. "I ain't playing with you. "We can no longer stand by and let it happen," she added. The sheriffs department said Pentland pushed the man again after the video ended, knocking a phone from the mans hand as he took pictures of the home. On a personal level, McCallum said what happened Monday overwhelmed her not only because she has been flooded with responses to her video but also because of what she witnessed. If the video shared by Angry Staffer is to be believed, the man was seen intimidating a Black youth and asking him to leave the neighborhood despite the young man telling . Low 66F. It will be watched more than 8,000 times on Facebook. This April 14 booking photo provided by the Richland County, S.C., detention center shows Jonathan Pentland. In announcing Pentland's arrest on Wednesday, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott confirmed that there were two other incidents involving the Black man leading up to the confrontation, but he said it "doesn't justify" Pentland's behavior. They own a home in The Lakes at Barony Place subdivision, where the encounter happened. Goodwin thinks the wind blew it out into the street, and someone tossed it. "I'll see you later," Philpott says as he walks back toward his bike. I stopped recorded because I thought [he] was OK, that he was safe at that point, he walked away like Jonathan wanted to do, but Jonathan follows [him] and the ladies and slaps the phone out of his hand and stepped on it and cracked it, she claims. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Philpott thinks someone from the HOA removed it. That rule is not the most important thing, especially when Black people are being harassed and shot and killed on the streets. He also spent time stationed at Fort Drum in New York and was part of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, according to its Facebook page. She's too far away. This is by no means condoned by any service member. Why was this any of his business? We will get to the bottom of this ASAP. 1st Class Jonathan Pentland," a spokesperson for the Army installation said. "I thought we were getting somewhere with this," she says. A white Army non-commissioned officer depicted in a viral video accosting and shoving a Black man in a South Carolina neighborhood has been charged with third-degree assault. According to multiple reports, Pentland has been arrested and charged with third-degree assault. She just saw something someone she needs to share and needs to share it fast. The Richland County Sherrifs office declined to share a message. Gen. Patrick R. Michaelis has taken. I'm about to show you what I can do.". It appears he has since posted bail. Two reports of alleged assault were also made against the young man after deputies responded Monday, according to the sheriffs department, and they are being investigated. Jonathan Pentland serving in the military. Jonathan Pentland, 42, was charged Wednesday and listed as detained in the Richland County jail and issued a personal recognizance bond, according to online jail records, which did not show him as . Jonathan Pentland, 42, was charged Wednesday and listed as detained in the Richland County jail and issued a personal recognizance bond, according to online jail records . Jonathan Pentland's neighborhood are worried they're gonna end up suffering because he decided to confront a Black man walking on his block. A couple watches protesters march up Main St. during a protest calling for more serious charges against Fort Jackson soldier Jonathan Pentland in Columbia on April 15, 2021. However, McCallum said there was one more interaction between Pentland and the young man. She did not share the incident report about the confrontation itself. But Rep. Ivory Thigpen, a Democrat who represents The Summit neighborhood in his Columbia district, said he wasn't aware that Lott's department had distributed allegations against the victim, even though he met in person with Lott and had follow-up conversations during the week of the confrontation. Chance of rain 40%. NOW WATCH: Here's what it's like to hike at an 80-degree incline to a hidden fort in India. 1 team, A new coffee chain is headed to the Lowcountry with the first shop taking over the space of a former fast-food restaurant that was recently demolished. The video stoked long-standing concerns about harassment faced by Black Americans, and law enforcement and Army officials condemned Pentlands behavior as disturbing and as bringing disrespect on Fort Jackson, the large training center where he was stationed. Court and jail records at this time do not list an attorney. 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