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. Jonathan Pentland mugshot from April 14, 2021. Hehad maybe 30 or 40 jobs in his life. This image will remain viewable to foster dialogue.. According to the Associated Press, Johnson did not respond to a request for additional details about the video. "Thank you," he says, and he rolls past Goodwin toward the television news crew perched at the foot of her front porch. Get to know each other? The reputation and esteem of your Army at Fort Jackson has taken a terrible blow these past two weeks. Asked on Twitter for his response to the video, Beagle said the behavior displayed in the video "is by no means condoned by any service member.". The recording begins with Pentland, a U.S. Army sergeant first class, asking a Black man what he's doing in the area. Background: Fort Jackson suspends soldier arrested after video of confrontation with Black man in South Carolina. "No justice, no peace," was shouted on Thursday by a protester outside of a home of a man who was captured on video harassing a Black man in a South Carolina neighborhood on Monday. Beagle said while his command does not condone the actions depicted in the video, due process must be carried out. 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 . Through a spokeswoman, Lott told The Post and Courier he had nothing further to add on the subject. Sarah Sicard is a Senior Editor with Military Times. When an officer arrived on the scene and was informed by Johnson and the woman who recorded the video that Deandre was assaulted, the officer said that the man could only be charged with malicious injury to property and not assault, according to Johnson. ", First published on April 15, 2021 / 6:36 AM. Fort Jackson Commander Brig. On Thursday, a social media video showed protesters outside the home of a white man who was captured on video aggressively pushing and harassing a Black man on a sidewalk Monday in a South Carolina neighborhood. She wanted to present the truth, as she saw it from her front porch, in its raw, unfiltered and uneditedform. "It wasjust a guy riding a bike into the neighborhood. Why was this any of his business? But I'm OK with trying. "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.". 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. . You have permission to edit this article. "I didn't do anything to you," the man said. Philpott thinks someone from the HOA removed it. It's proof. She starts a new Facebook Live with the title "feeling optimistic. Another complaint said the man picked up a womans baby without permission and tried to walk away on April 10. Protesters gathered outside the Pentland family home on Wednesday night. Her phoneis getting too hot. While I have the authority to take action under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or take other administrative actions, I have the utmost confidence in our civilian criminal system and trust that it will reach a fair and just resolution of this case, Beagle said in a statement. Yes, he says. They start the ride back to her house. 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. The world to be fair. Efforts to reach Pentland were unsuccessful at the time of this writing. Philpott used to be a police officer. 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 made it to Twitter at around 8 pm on April 13, 2021 night, shows him yelling at a Black man to "walk away". Pentlands since-deleted Facebook page said the couple have a young son and daughter. Gen. Milford Beags Beagle Jr. has officially turned over all proceedings to the civilian system. On April 8, one incident report says, the man allegedly put his arm around a womans waist, put his hand down the right side of her shorts and then put his arm back around her waist as her pants were partly down. But then again, it wasnt a big deal it wasnt physical. Two reports about the victim included a complaint that a pedestrian on April 8 put his hand around a womans waist, then did so again after her shorts were partly down. He came back through! Both incident reports were taken by deputies two hours after the confrontation betweenPentland and the Black manon April 12. Those are the rules. He has somewhere to be. sfastenau@postandcourier.com, By Adam Benson He shoved the young man. Protesters at the Columbia, South Carolina home of U.S. Army officer Jonathan Pentland on April 14, 2021. Goodwin tells her viewers the video isn't new. Another neighbor took out her cell phone and started filming. House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford, a Columbia Democrat and criminal defense attorney, said the video should have been all the evidence the deputy needed to make an arrest. 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 . Not Goodwin. "If we get harassed, everybody gets harassed," Lavonna Goodwin says. Read More: Army falsely denied Flynn's brother part of military response . Here are 13 more things about him: He is originally from Mountain Home, Elmore County, Idaho.He has lived in other parts of Idaho including Nampa. He wrote the thing and already printed you a copy. It's just who he is, he says. Even if thats not your intention.. On one of its Twitter accounts, base officials also said U.S. Department of Justice authorities were investigating, as well. "I ain't playing with you. An attorney for Pentland said he is looking into challenging the decision. She opened a hair salon. 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. Why was he at the protest? He was being very aggressive.. They call it "Us and Gus," and they stream their hangouts on Facebook most Wednesdays. Some, it seems, talked to him the other day. and Stephen Fastenau She is in Goodwin's front yard to interview Lavonna and her husband, Maurice. Initially, the video shows the man, reportedly Pentland, asking Deandre what he is doing in the neighborhood before repeatedly telling him to "go away.". 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. She will stream it from her Facebook page. His deputies have been featured in the A&E television series, "Live PD." A white neighbor, later identified asArmy SergeantJonathan Pentland,confronted a Black neighbor walking on thesidewalk now framed by Goodwin's cell phone camera. "Y'all want to talk to Gus? 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. 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. !," Johnson wrote, concluding her post. COLUMBIA, S.C. (Tribune News Service) A judge found suspended Fort Jackson Army Sgt. 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. What started out as peaceful demonstrations became disruptive, a sheriffs department spokeswoman said Wednesday evening. 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. ", "Maybe we can change them, maybe we can't. The aggressor in the video has been identified. 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. 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. Joseph Cranney is an investigative reporter in Columbia, with a focus on government corruption and injustices in the criminal legal system. In a release issued early Wednesday, a department spokeswoman said deputies had been dispatched to the neighborhood for "an assault" call involving one of the men several days before the date of the video, and that all of the matters were under investigation. She's createdseveral of those since she left the U.S. Army. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott (right)answers questions from protesters about his leadership on Aug 29 at the South Carolina Statehouse. This is by no means condoned by any service member. Their posture very well may have been to defend Pentland, Thigpen said. I went for a walk yesterday evening and I encountered a young man (Deandre)in distress. Im about to do something to you, Pentland says. According to his defense. "That could have been my baby," she says duringthe live stream. After @Angry_Staffer tweeted on Tuesday, "Hey @fortjackson / @fortjacksoncg, do you condone this behavior from Staff Sergeant Pentland?," Fort Jackson and its Commanding Brig. He has been suspended from his instructor duties amid the ongoing investigation. "It's posted against homeowners associations regulations," he says. Other concerns center around the question of why a Richland County deputy did not arrest Pentland the day the incident occurred, after the deputy was shown the viral cell phone video on the scene. Low 66F. Arrest data: How a Black man's arrest in Greenville exhibits effects of racial disparity in policing. . She charges her phone on the front porch while he tries to inflate it. From her front porch, Lavonna Goodwin directs the camera of her cell phone toward the cars lining the suburban street. "The only thing he did was be black while walking!! 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 . We support the decision of the Fort Jackson Commanding General to look into this matter. Columbia, SC 29204, News tips/online questions: webteam@postandcourier.com, Subscription questions: subserve@postandcourier.com, var html = new Date().getFullYear(); Partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms mainly during the evening. Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. A judge convicted Sgt. If they share this, too, maybe their example could pry open some more people's minds. 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 . No one knew because Lott had not said that Pentland had already been taken into custody at 8:30 that morning. 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 division on Wednesday posted a comment on a 2017 photo of Pentland in military garb, saying, There is no place in the Army for extremist ideologies. Brig. It did not indicate Pentland had committed a crime. It's the sign itself. Were going to stand up for our children, were going to stand up for our people and were not going to take it anymore.. Read More This April 14, 2021, booking photo provided by the Richland County, S.C., detention center shows Jonathan Pentland, . Some who tuned in to her video at home are now a part of the protest here. "The leaders at Fort Jackson in no way condone the behavior depicted in the video posted recently," the Fort Jackson commander, Brig. Pentland is a sergeant first class, according to military officials. Instead, the release pointed to the victims behavior, and complaints that the victim, prior to the confrontation with Pentland, allegedly committed multiple assaults. They own a home in The Lakes at Barony Place subdivision, where the encounter happened. According to Shirell Johnson, who posted the video, the incident happened in a subdivision of The Summit, which has a Columbia address but is technically outside the city's limits. "We will get to the bottom of this ASAP," he said. Call the police! replies the young man, whom authorities declined to identify on Wednesday. In an interview Wednesday night, Roach said the protest was seeking justice for the victim. she says. She scrambles to start a new Facebook Live. Last week, Sgt. Authorities sought to focus Wednesday on Pentland. He doesn't leave. She said she showed the responding officer the video of the incident when the deputies arrived at the scene. "We can no longer stand by and let it happen," she added. "You're in the wrong neighborhood," Pentland, standing on the sidewalk, can be heard saying to the other man before using an expletive. 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. You have to talk through things everybody has different perspectives. 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. The street now looks like a parking lot. She's too far away. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Grating contrast was varied to measure contrast response functions (CRFs) for all attention and stimulation combinations. It should take two seconds, Rutherford said. But Rep. 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