Army Sergeant Captured Pushing and Shoving South Carolina Black Man Walking In the ‘Wrong Neighborhood’ Found Guilty of Assault, Given Option to Avoid Jail Time
A Fork Jackson soldier who was seen shoving a Black man walking in a South Carolina neighborhood in a viral video that circulated in April has been found guilty of a single charge of third-degree assault and battery. Sgt. Jonathan Pentland, a 42-year-old white Fort Jackson drill sergeant, had been suspended of his Army instructor…