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- COLUMBIA — Fort Jackson Army Sgt. Jonathan Pentland, recently convicted of third-degree assault and battery, is moving to a new station, Fort Jackson officials announced Friday. A judge found Pentland guilty in late August, concluding a criminal case that began as a viral video that sparked protests and widespread social media outrage in April.
Aug 24, 2021 · The Fort Jackson soldier seen pushing and threatening a young Black man in a viral video in April was found guilty of third-degree assault and battery on Monday, according to the Richland County ...
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- Pentland Can Be Heard in the Video Saying ‘What Is It That You’re Doing Here? ,’ ‘You Can Walk Away or I’ll Carry You Out of Here’ & ‘You’re in the Wrong Neighborhood Motherf*****’
- The Woman Who Posted the Video Said Police Told Witnesses They Could Only Charge Pentland With Malicious Injury to Property & Not Assault. The video was posted on Facebook by a Columbia woman, Shirell Johnson, who said she was walking in the neighborhood with a friend, Vinnetta Yvonne Knight Osborne, on Monday night, April 12, 2021, when she saw the incident unfolding.
- Pentland Has Worked as a Drill Instructor at Fort Jackson & Was Recently Promoted in 2020. Pentland has been at Fort Jackson in Columbia since at least 2019 and has worked as a drill sergeant at the garrison, according to photos on the 1st Battalion 61st Infantry Regiment “Roadrunners” Fort Jackson SC Facebook page, which appears to have been removed since the incident with Pentland went viral.
- Pentland Was Previously Based at Fort Drum as Part of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. Before Pentland was based at Fort Jackson he was stationed at Fort Drum in New York, where he was part of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, according to Facebook photos on the unit’s page.
Sep 3, 2021 · COLUMBIA — Fort Jackson Army Sgt. Jonathan Pentland, recently convicted of third-degree assault and battery, is moving to a new station, Fort Jackson officials announced Friday. A judge found...
Aug 24, 2021 · COLUMBIA, S.C. (Tribune News Service) — A judge found suspended Fort Jackson Army Sgt. Jonathan Pentland guilty Monday of assaulting a Black man in a northeast Columbia neighborhood in an...
Aug 24, 2021 · A magistrate judge found Fort Jackson Army Sgt. Jonathan Pentland guilty of the misdemeanor Monday after a two-day trial, news outlets reported. He will have to choose between 30 days in jail...
Aug 24, 2021 · Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Pentland shoved and pursued a Black man through his Columbia, South Carolina, neighborhood in a viral video this April. Pentland must either serve 30 days in jail or pay...
Sep 3, 2021 · The Army has taken administrative action against the Fort Jackson, South Carolina, drill sergeant caught in a viral video assaulting a Black man in his neighborhood, officials announced Friday. A...
