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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jonathan Pentland Has Been Suspended From His Duties At Fort Jackson Following Viral Assault In South Carolina

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"0 0 &lbrack;&rsqb;">Black people have banned together after a viral video caught U&period;S&period; Army Staff Sergeant <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;u-s-army-sergeant-arrested-charged-with-assault-after-confronting-black-man-walking-in-predominately-white-south-carolina-neighborhood&sol;">Jonathan Pentland<&sol;a> assaulting Deandre in Columbia&comma; South Carolina&period; Residents in the community quickly pulled up to Jonathan’s house and protested against his wrongful actions&period; Justice came quickly because not long after the protests began&comma; it was announced that Jonathan was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and being held in the Richland County jail&period; However&comma; that didn’t stop protestors from being front in center of his home&period; Several videos surfaced online of the community showing up and showing out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite reports from Richland County Sheriff’s Department that protests turned violent&comma; many showed videos on social media countered the claim&period; One Twitter user called the department out&comma; tweeting&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Since y’all wanna spread bulls&ast;&ast;t about our peaceful protest&comma; where was y’all at&quest; Cause not one officer was down there with us&excl;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As new information continues to develop about Jonathan&comma; the U&period;S&period; Army is also taking disciplinary actions for his unruly behavior&period; In a series of tweets&comma; Fort Jackson’s Commander Gen&period; Milford Beagle Jr&period; announced that the sergeant is suspended from his instructional duties&period; He wrote&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&period;&commat;RCSD transferred Sgt&period; 1st Class Jonathan Pentland to Fort Jackson authorities late yesterday evening&period; Pentland has been suspended from instructor duties pending the completion of the investigation and outcome of the criminal charges&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Commander Gen&period; Beagle continued&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Soldier conduct on and off duty must be exemplary to retain the trust of our communities and our nation&period; Fort Jackson continues to work with and support Sheriff Lott&comma; our local law enforcement professionals&comma; and community &amp&semi; civil leadership as this case moves forward&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While being suspended is a start&comma; many Roommates felt that it wasn’t enough and he should be fired&period; One commented&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dishonorable discharge is what he deserves&period;” Another commented&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;So suspended means when the Blacks calm down you can get back to normal&quest;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <strong><u><a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom<&sol;a><&sol;u><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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