US Army Staff Sergeant Jonathan Pentland, 42, was charged with third degree assault and battery for shoving a black man walking past his house and telling him: 'You came to the wrong neighborhood . In an interview Wednesday night, Roach said the protest was seeking justice for the victim. This April 14, 2021, booking photo provided by the Richland County, S.C., detention center shows Jonathan Pentland, an Army staff sergeant charged with third-degree assault and battery after a . ET: An earlier version of this story identified Pentland as a U.S. Army staff sergeant. "Who knows? The alleged aggressor is reported to be U.S. Army sergeant first class Jonathan Pentland, whose social media accounts showed Pentland has been stationed as a drill sergeant at Fort Jackson. They kept filming after the sun set and the protest numbers swelled into the hundreds, crammingthe street, sidewalk, Goodwin's yard. What you gonna do? 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. McCallum said the man, Jonathan Pentland, then pushed the young man. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. "There go Gus, y'all!" She just saw something someone she needs to share and needs to share it fast. Anyone can be in our neighborhood, and they can stop him for any reason. Jonathan Pentland, a white non-commissioned U.S. Army staff sergeant who appeared in a viral video threatening and shoving a young Black man, was arrested and charged . Points a microphone toward his face. Also read: College students urged change after George Floyd's murder. 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. Maurice Goodwinsays. File/Thomas Hammond/Special to the Post and Courier. "Talking is key. US Army Pentland was promoted to sergeant first class, a senior noncommissioned position, in April 2020 and has also worked as a drill sergeant at. "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. The video shows the White man, identified by Lott's department as 42-year-old Jonathan Pentland, hurling curse words and shoving the victim on the sidewalk of a neighborhood northeast of. Sheriff Lott knew about this since (April 13) to turn it around to make it look like (the victim) had done something wrong? State Senator Mia McLeod, who represents the area, said Wednesday on the Senate floor that she'd spent much of the previous day in discussions about the incident and planned to meet with the sheriff later in the day. It's April 16, and Goodwin is back in her front yard, phone in hand. Who knows? According to social media accounts connected to Pentland, he has been stationed at Fort Jackson since 2019 and has worked as a drill sergeant at the garrison, a 53,000-acre complex that trains 50% of all soldiers and 60% of women who enter the Army each year. We've got to hold people in power accountable. Some who tuned in to her video at home are now a part of the protest here. Jonathan Pentland guilty Monday of assaulting a Black man in a northeast Columbia neighborhood in an incident that spawned protests . Stay up to date with what you want to know. Im upset to know that this happened this way, Lewis said. He. Jonathan Pentland serving in the military. Goodwin asks why he had to get involved. It's not clear from the video what prompted the confrontation, but near the end of the three-minute clip, Pentland's wife accused the man of having "picked a fight with" one of their female neighbors. sfastenau@postandcourier.com, By Adam Benson 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. She scrambles to start a new Facebook Live. 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Jonathan Pentland, 42, was charged Wednesday, Richland County Sheriff said A video of his altercation in the Summit neighborhood quickly went viral Monday The three-minute clip shows Pentland. Read moreGamecocks' Kierra Fletcher embracing pressure for nation's No. More than two hours later, his department released its first public statement on the incident. "Well, I say, first of all, have one-on-one conversations, get acquainted with some white people," Gus says. I thought they knew each other, McCallum said. State Rep. Ivory Thigpin represents the Richland County neighborhood where this occurred and said after initial concerns of the safety of his constituents and that the matter was being investigated, he started to hear conflicting reports about when the Sheriffs Department was presented with the video. The video was the evidence the department needed to arrest Pentland and charge him with misdemeanor assault, Lott said. She wanted to present the truth, as she saw it from her front porch, in its raw, unfiltered and uneditedform. "I ain't playing with you. Those are the rules. Everyone is invited. Follow Joseph Cranney on Twitter @joey_cranney. Since that time, my office has been contacted by several members of the community demanding that Mr. Pentland face additional criminal charges, to include the offense of Unlawful Restraint, for his alleged conduct. But then again, it wasnt a big deal it wasnt physical. After @Angry_Staffer tweeted on Tuesday, "Hey @fortjackson / @fortjacksoncg, do you condone this behavior from Staff Sergeant Pentland?," Fort Jackson and its Commanding Brig. The 42-year-old is stationed at Fort Jackson, the Armys biggest basic training facility in the country and located near Columbia. She went to the neighborhood Wednesday to meet with her business partner who lives there, but when she saw a group gathering in protest, she joined the crowd. Pentland was transferred by the Richland County Sheriff's Department to Fort Jackson authorities late Wednesday evening, according to Fort Jackson Media Relations Officer Leslie Ann Sully who provided an update to Newsweek on Thursday. Gus keeps his helmet on and his bike by his side. 1st Class Jonathan Pentland shoved and pursued a Black man through his Columbia, South Carolina, neighborhood in a viral video this April. Philpott says he needs to go. I served for this country, so why should I fear my son being able to walk down the street? she said. He was being very aggressive.. And the crowd, one by one, turns its attention elsewhere. Jonathan Pentland, a white Army officer depicted in a viral video accosting and shoving a Black man in a South Carolina neighborhood has been charged with third-degree assault. He can't fix it, he says. Brittany Hart, a public information officer, emailed two reports at 7:58 a.m. She said nothing about the White man in the video, even though deputies would arrest Pentland a half hour later. The 42-year-old Pentland is based at Fort Jackson in Columbia, according to now-deleted photos on his unit's Facebook page." He appears just as a voice off-camera. "Get out.". And a fair world is one of racial equality and true justice. Her heart might as well be her whole outfit. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott on April 14 offered details on a case involving an alleged assault of a Black man by a White Army soldier in South Carolina. She said the officer charged Pentland at the scene with malicious injury to property for slapping the man's cellphone to the ground, which happened after the video stopped rolling. Then, when first asked about the confrontation by The Post and Courier on April 14, a sheriff'sspokeswoman shared only the allegations against the victim. "Talking is key," she says to her viewers. 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. 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. They've had in-depth conversations about police shootings and racial bias. "So, Gus, you feel like we didn't accomplish nothing by (protesting)? (Video: Richland County Sheriff's Department). 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. The reputation and esteem of your Army at Fort Jackson has taken a terrible blow these past two weeks. He shoved the young man. (AP) The 42-year-old soldier was captured in a video in April shoving and berating . Deputies were told that the man approached several neighbors in a threatening manner and that someone had asked Pentland to intervene, the agency said in a statement. The man said he was just walking, and that he lives in the area. A judge convicted Sgt. "You don't have enough time," Philpott says with a laugh. No one knew because Lott had not said that Pentland had already been taken into custody at 8:30 that morning. A magistrate judge found Fort Jackson Army Sgt. Lott is facing new questions over his department's handling of a viral April 14 incident between a White soldier and Black man. The alleged aggressor is reported to be U.S. Army sergeant first class Jonathan Pentland, whose social media accounts showed Pentland has been stationed as a drill sergeant at Fort Jackson since 2019, according to the Associated Press. You have to talk through things everybody has different perspectives. "If we get harassed, everybody gets harassed," Lavonna Goodwin says. Sign up for notifications from Insider! He added, None of them justified the assault that occurred., It was terrible, it was unnecessary, it was a bad video, he added. ", Afterward, Deandre, who remains calm throughout the video, says, "You better not touch me," which prompts the aggressor to ask, "Or what? Cassie can be heard in the now-viral video, calling the victim an aggressor and accusing him of picking a fight with some random young lady.. Read More This April 14, 2021, booking photo provided by the Richland County, S.C., detention center shows Jonathan Pentland, . Their posture very well may have been to defend Pentland, Thigpen said. It should take two seconds, Rutherford said. 1st Class Jonathan Pentland," Sully said, adding that it was an . "I didn't do anything to you," the man said. Lucas Daprile. Please enter valid email address to continue. "That could have been my baby," she says duringthe live stream. The deputy, Daniel Semones, declined to make an arrest due to (the victim) walking towards the other female, him walking to Jonathans residence, having a verbal dispute and threatening several people on scene, he wrote in his incident report. Jonathan Pentland, 42, has been charged with third-degree assault following the incident in Columbia, South Carolina . 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. On one of its Twitter accounts, base officials also said U.S. Department of Justice authorities were investigating, as well. She then immediately took out her phone and started recording. He's the onebehind the wheel of thecar on the highway actually driving the speed limit. Sarah Sicard is a Senior Editor with Military Times. 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