The Black Voices Matter sign is gone now, too. 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 . Her heart might as well be her whole outfit. There he go! She accepts everyone. "You don't have enough time," Philpott says with a laugh. 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 . Pentland is a sergeant first class, according to military officials. They kept filming after the sun set and the protest numbers swelled into the hundreds, crammingthe street, sidewalk, Goodwin's yard. All rights reserved. Nothing? Pentland was promoted to sergeant first class, a senior noncommissioned position, in April 2020 and has also worked as a drill sergeant at Fort Jackson, according to Facebook pages cited by Heavy.com before they were taken down. Pentland asks the man, What it is youre doing here? and accuses him of aggressing the neighborhood and then shoves him as he walks away. 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. abenson@postandcourier.com He wants people to be safe. Low 66F. 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. She thought they were bonding. It's black and white. "You don't know certain things about people until you get to know them," Goodwin says. Im about to do something to you, Pentland says. She doesn't say anything 24 minutes later when the man walks his bike through the crowd, leaving behind Goodwin and her camera. Philpott says he needs to go. 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. As soon as the officer got there I showed him the video, he even asked me to rewind it so I could show him the part when Jonathan pushed [him], she said. She always tells her 16-year-old notto go for a walk. Statement From Roger Stone In Response To The . Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. He did report it, after all. A DRILL sergeant who attacked a black man walking in his South Carolina neighborhood has fled after Black Lives Matter protesters rallied in front of his home. The camera focuses on a broadcast journalist hunched over her phone, typing furiously. He's the onebehind the wheel of thecar on the highway actually driving the speed limit. He can be reached securely by Proton mail at jcranney@prontonmail.com or on Signal at 215-285-9083. He wrote the thing and already printed you a copy. The 42-year-old is stationed at Fort Jackson, the Armys biggest basic training facility in the country and located near Columbia. Efforts to reach Pentland were unsuccessful at the time of this writing. 1st Class Jonathan Pentland," Sully said, adding that it was an . (Video: Richland County Sheriff's Department). 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. "Let's go, walk away," he said. 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 . Heres what SC universities did, How a Black man's arrest in Greenville exhibits effects of racial disparity in policing, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Television news vehiclespull up, in position for the next broadcast. Jonathan Pentland, 42, as the aggressor who demands that a smaller, unidentified Black man "walk away" repeatedly. Update: This story has been updated to include information about Pentland's status from Fort Jackson media relations. Beagle also reiterated the need to re-establish community trust in the wake of the incident. He declined to address several key questions. She's createdseveral of those since she left the U.S. Army. What you gonna do? Pentland married Cassie Dalrymple in 2006, according to an online post announcing their engagement that year. Protesters turn toward him, too, and gather around him. 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 . "On April 14, 2021, the Richland County Sheriff's Department charged and arrested Jonathan Pentland with one count of Assault and Battery in the Third Degree under Section 16-3-600 (E)' of the. Pentland didn't immediately respond to an email message seeking comment. Dont miss reporting and analysis from the Hill and the White House. 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. It appears he has since posted bail. Jonathan Pentland is a U.S. Army sergeant first class stationed at Fort Jackson near Columbia, South Carolina. ", First published on April 15, 2021 / 6:36 AM. "Well, I say, first of all, have one-on-one conversations, get acquainted with some white people," Gus says. Its interesting that in getting to the bottom of two conflicting stories, you only release information about the victim. "I'm curious. It did not indicate Pentland had committed a crime. 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. The reporter asked Gus if he has anything else to add. "It was nice talking with you.". So, that means accepting him, too, and making sure he sees it and knows it. Jonathan Pentland has been charged with second-degree assault Pentland was charged with third-degree assault and listed as detained in the Richland Count jail and issued a personal recognizance bond, according to online jail records which didn't show him as having an attorney. Were going to stand up for our children, were going to stand up for our people and were not going to take it anymore.. I decided to record the incident in order to protect this black man from possibly becoming a statistic pic.twitter.com/fdgfAmc6zb. "My man on the bike!" Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr. issued a reaction. Goodwin andPhilpott sit on the same side of the booth at Applebee's. Instead, the release pointed to the victims behavior, and complaints that the victim, prior to the confrontation with Pentland, allegedly committed multiple assaults. Philpott thinks someone from the HOA removed it. Officials then said on Thursday that Pentland was suspended from instructor duties pending the investigation's completion and the outcome of the criminal charges. Sheriff Lott knew about this since (April 13) to turn it around to make it look like (the victim) had done something wrong? Brig. Another neighbor took out her cell phone and started filming. Male Karen Jonathan Pentland, who is a US Army Sergeant, has a public freakout over his Black neighbor going fora. 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. Goodwin positions herself and her phone behind the reporter. We've got to protest. Through a spokeswoman, Lott told The Post and Courier he had nothing further to add on the subject. 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. 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. 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. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider He can't fix it, he says. They filmed the demonstrators'reactions to the sheriff departments' press conference announcingJonathan Pentland, their white neighbor who shoved the young Black man in the viral video, had been arrested and charged with third-degree assault. But on this afternoon, Goodwin's phone still follows the cars rumbling downher Columbia, South Carolina, street. and Stephen Fastenau Jonathan Pentland, a US Army staff sergeant, was charged with third-degree assault and battery. The three-minute clip doesnt show what sparked the altercation. Gen. Patrick R. Michaelis has taken appropriate action in response to the conduct of Sgt. Why was he at the protest? The Richland County Sheriffs Department said in an email that further allegations of assault against Pentland are being investigated. They also closed the neighborhood to anyone who doesn't live there. Protesters crowded around Pentlands home in The Summit neighborhood in the morning and afternoon of April 14, calling for equitable policing and the sergeants arrest. The commanding general of Pentland's base strongly condemned the behavior in the video. His military resume includes time with 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson in Colorado, and the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in New York. Dozens of protesters. Jonathan Eugene Pentland, a Fort Jackson sergeant, is charged with assault and battery third degree. It should take two seconds, Rutherford said. Some, it seems, talked to him the other day. "You're in the wrong neighborhood m*****f*****," he said before adding that Deandre was harassing the neighborhood while continuing to threaten him to leave. Lotts department claimed a blanket policy to never release body cam footage upon request. "We will get to the bottom of this ASAP," Beagle responded to @Angry_Staffer on Tuesday. The bike ride only lasted about 10 minutes. Sgt. Yes, he says. 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. When the man tried to address Pentland's wife, Pentland shoved him, causing the man to almost fall, the video showed. ET: An earlier version of this story identified Pentland as a U.S. Army staff sergeant. Goodwin is really not doing much of the talking this afternoon. It's April 14, and she is ready. They interviewed a neighbor who painted a Black Voices Matter sign that now sits in the empty lot next to Goodwin's house. It shows Pentland, who is white, demanding the victim to leave the area, telling him, Youre in the wrong neighborhood, motherfer and then threatening him with physical violence. Her Facebook Live continues after they pay the lunch bill. He knows other people call him a pest for caring about bylaws and the such. He has been released from jail on a personal recognizance bond, according to. She mentioned a second instance of assault not captured on video in which the man believed to be Pentland slapped Deandre's phone out of his hand and shattered it. Jonathan Pentland, a Fort Jackson soldier, was charged with 3rd-degree assault and battery after he was captured in a viral video harassing a black man in the Summit neighborhood . "Maybe we can change them, maybe we can't,"she says before turning off the camera. Either way, Lott would tell reporters those reports really dont justify the actions of (Pentland).. This is by no means condoned by any service member. , Post and Courier, an Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Group. Jonathan Pentland's neighborhood are worried they're gonna end up suffering because he decided to confront a Black man walking on his block. In April, Jonathan Pentland, a sergeant first class, was suspended of his Army instructor duties after a video showed him shoving the young man, using profanity and saying he was "in the wrong. Youre in the wrong neighborhood, mother(expletive)," Pentland says in the video to the Black man. US Army sergeant Jonathan Pentland has been charged with third-degree assault after the video went viral Credit: Facebook Sergeant Pentland then appears to charge at the man and push him back, shouting: "You better walk away. Lucas Daprile. "It's posted against homeowners associations regulations," he says. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. On April 14, 2021, the Richland County Sheriffs Department charged and arrested Jonathan Pentland with one count of Assault and Battery in the Third Degree under Section 16-3600(E) of the South Carolina Code for an incident that occurred on Monday, April 12, 2021. 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. "We can no longer stand by and let it happen," she added. Goodwinexplains to a Facebook Live commenter why. "Y'all want to talk to Gus? "I remain deeply concerned for the members of our Army family, the young man and his family, and the tensions that activities like this amplify over time; please be patient as facts are determined.". They say they love your helmet!". Is he racist? 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. Deandre tells him to call the police, and a woman who is identified by the aggressor as his wife says that they have already been called. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. "We circled back to get him out of that situation because we refused to see [him] go to jail or lying there dead simply because he was Black," she wrote. Fort Jackson, the U.S. Army's largest basic. A lot. Goodwin and Philpott continue to share their budding friendship through Facebook Lives. Jonathan Pentland mugshot from April 14, 2021. Deputies were called after 8 p.m. because unknown protesters vandalized the house, according to Deputy Sara Blann; they closed access to the street and surrounding area for nonresidents and took Pentlands family to another location. You gonna stay in here every day?". She opened a hair salon. "It was terrible, it was unnecessary, it was a bad video. According to an incident report, an unnamed "White female" asked Pentland to confront the man, who was then walking on the sidewalk outside his home in The Summit, a community northeast of Columbia, S.C. Goodwin answered questions on camera earlier. 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. 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. He is a U.S. Army sergeant first class. She and her husband streamed for almost 16hours total. In fact, he said he learned of the issues from a reporter. 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 . An official for the HOA at The . "I want to know all about you, Gus," Goodwin says. The video doesn't show what started the conflict. They goback and forth about the sign, what it means and what really matters here. She said she showed the responding officer the video of the incident when the deputies arrived at the scene. Jonathan Pentland is a US army first class based at Fort Jackson in Columbia. Were the charges appropriate? 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 . "It seems like they were giving preferential treatment to Pentland," said Sonya Lewis, public information officer for One Common Cause in Columbia. 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. He says no, and Goodwin doesn't skip a beat. "I need you to walk away, or I'm going to carry your a** out of here. He yelled the man was "walking in the wrong neighborhood." COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) On Thursday, 5th Circuit Solicitor Bryon E. Gipson released a statement regarding the charges brought against Jonathan Pentland and the response his office received. Also read: College students urged change after George Floyd's murder. A white neighbor, later identified asArmy SergeantJonathan Pentland,confronted a Black neighbor walking on thesidewalk now framed by Goodwin's cell phone camera. He appears just as a voice off-camera. They filmed a man who appeared to be Pentland leave his home overnight, bags tucked underin his arms,with the help of law enforcement. Jonathan Pentland was charged with third-degree assault on Wednesday. she says. 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. That's on the business card he pulls out. You either walk away or Im going to carry your ass out of here, Pentland tells the younger man. The footage, posted by a bystander on Twitter . Jonathan Pentland guilty Monday of assaulting a Black man in a northeast Columbia neighborhood in an incident that spawned protests . All Goodwin can see from her front porch is the top of hisneon helmet. Tia Roach, 35, who lives in a different part of the Columbia area, watched the viral video Tuesday and thought of her 16-year-old son, Tayvion, and Black youths like him at risk of similar treatment. Im really just trying to move forward and get back to normal, she said. Arrest data: How a Black man's arrest in Greenville exhibits effects of racial disparity in policing. she says. (a) (b) That's why she took out her phone to stream the protests. It lasts for an hour and 11 minutes. According to the Associated Press, Johnson did not respond to a request for additional details about the video. Jonathan Pentland, a 42-year-old sergeant first class, was arrested on Wednesday and taken to the Richland County jail. Court and jail records at this time do not list an attorney. That video reached millions on Twitter and Facebook. Goodwin's video starts with him walking his bike up her driveway. She's not just a heart-on-her-sleeve type person. 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