Jonathan Pentland: U.S. Army Sergeant Arrested For Assault and Battery After Harassing a Black Man in his Neighborhood

Meet Johnathan Pentland. Pentland is a U.S. Army sergeant first class who is being investigated over a viral video from Columbia, South Carolina. He was harassing a young Black man and physically assaulted him for no reason. The incident took place in Columbia, South Carolina.

In the video, you can clearly hear Pentland say: “You’re in the wrong neighborhood, motherf*cker”.

Pentland committed with racially motivated intent (“this is a tight knit community”, “you don’t belong here” are established precedent as enough to kick him out of the military) is a hate crime.

Cassie Dalrymple Pentland has been identified as the woman threatening to call the police on the young man. She even tells him to stick around and find out.

OUTRAGEOUS!

Racist White Man physically assaults and Harasses a young black man out of his own neighborhood

“You don’t belong here”

Jim Crow is still being practiced by white folks and y’all wonder why we kneel and protest and “make it about race” 😒pic.twitter.com/lq4G1Syo9I

— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) April 14, 2021

Fort Jackson Command Sergeant Major of ATC and Fort Jackson, South Carolina responds to Pentland viral video.

The command team, our Criminal Investigation Division (Army CID) agents, and our Staff Judge Advocate teams are all engaged with their professional counterparts and civil authorities to seek the facts which will determine how the investigations progress.

Victory! Starts Here!!

— Fort Jackson Post CSM (@fortjacksoncsm) April 14, 2021

SSGT Pentland has several local channels moldings filed against him with his local Police Department.

Pentland was arrested on April 14 and charged with third-degree assault and battery, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. The department’s jail database shows Pentland was being detained without bond.