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white (of course) soldier charged with assault for shoving, berating Black man in viral video
A video that doesn't show how the incident started - the daily proof that America is profoundly racist
A white active-duty soldier who was seen in a viral video berating and shoving a Black man in a South Carolina neighborhood has been charged with third-degree assault and battery, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department.
"The first time I saw the video, it was terrible", Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said at a press conference Wednesday evening. "It was unnecessary. It was a bad video -- young man was the victim, the individual that was arrested was the aggressor, and he's been dealt with accordingly".
Jonathan Pentland, who is a U.S. Army soldier assigned to Fort Jackson, was arrested at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday and was booked at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. If found guilty, Pentland faces a $500 fine and 30 days in jail.
In the video, posted to Twitter, the man, identified as Pentland, is seen confronting a Black man walking down the sidewalk and yelling at him to leave the neighborhood, known as The Summit, in Columbia, South Carolina.
Pentland, 42, shoves the victim and yells and curses at him: "You better start walking right now. You're in the wrong neighborhood, m-----f-----. Get out!"
The victim protests, saying he did nothing wrong, and is followed by the suspect who continues berating him.
According to the sheriff's department, the victim "approached several neighbors in a threatening manner and the confrontation escalated after a neighbor asked Pentland to intervene".
The sheriff said an unspecified underlying medical condition might have led to the victim approaching the neighbors.
A white active-duty soldier who was seen in a viral video berating and shoving a Black man in a South Carolina neighborhood has been charged with third-degree assault and battery, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department.
