Army Sgt. 1st class Jonathan Pentland is charged with assault for bumping into a black man outside his home in South Carolina earlier this week after ordering him to leave the area repeatedly in a three-minute viral video.
Days later, Pentland and his family packed up and left with a police escort after protesters from Black Lives Matter protested outside on Wednesday night.
The corner house with 3 bedrooms and 3,429 square meters has a garage with three cars and four and a half bathrooms. It was built in 2019 and cost about $ 280,000, according to previous property listings. It sits on about a quarter acre.
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The description boasts ” EVERYTHING ”, including spacious bedrooms, hot water without tanks, granite sheets and a gas range.
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The Pentlands moved in in June 2020.
When Black Lives Matter protesters gathered outside this week, vandals broke at least one window and a light fixture and threw garbage at the home, and police led the family to a safe place.
The Pentlands did not respond to repeated requests from Fox News for comment.
‘The behavior and actions of Mr. “Pentland is not endorsed by The Summit Community and in fact strongly condemned by the Council and members of this community,” said Justin Martin, president of the HOA, in a statement on the association’s website. “He does not represent this multicultural and multiracial community.”
The HOA condemned Pentland’s actions in the video, but asked protesters not to protest within the community.
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“We understand the need to protest and want to protest, but request that you do not protest within the community,” Martin said. “It just hurts the overwhelmingly good citizens of this small neighborhood.”
Martin told Fox News on Friday night that it is “fairly normal” for residents to walk through the various streets of the community during nice weather.
“In my area, it’s at least 50% white to 50% colored,” he said. “This is a very typical Columbia middle-class neighborhood.”
The protests have since subsided, he said, adding that local leaders of the Black Lives Matter ‘were very considerate when we spoke to them.’
“We understand the need and want to protest, but some of it has disrupted innocent neighbors,” Martin said. “Fortunately, the local BLM chapter acknowledged this.”
The Summit is northeast of Columbia, SC, and contains a number of newly built homes.
In the video, the drilling sergeant can be seen pushing the man away as he apparently walks home. He repeatedly tries to warn him and demands that he ‘walk away’ and stop harassing ‘neighbors’. An incident report alleges that he bumped the man at least once again, which does not appear on the video, which damaged his phone.
Police did not want to confirm his name, although social media users identified him as “Deandre”.
According to authorities, he may be suffering from medical conditions. Fox News’ attempts to contact Deandre went unanswered, with local Live 5 News reporting that he and his mother were avoiding the media out of concern for their safety.
“You’re in the wrong environment, m ———–,” Pentland said at one point in the video. “Go out.”
“I live here sir,” replied the man.
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Pentland is asking for an address that is not given, but Deandre insists he lived in the area before the subdivision was built – and neighbors confirmed he lives in the community.
“I live here,” Deandre says in the video. “I’m not bothering anyone. I walk through the neighborhood. ‘
“We are a close-knit community,” Pentland said, pointing to the surrounding houses. “We take care of each other.”
Incidents indicated that Deandre was also suspected of an assault because he allegedly touched a woman’s waist without her permission and repeatedly picked up someone’s baby.
However, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said these demands would not be prosecuted and that no action taken by Deandre prior to his meeting with Pentland justified the soldier’s response.
Pentland, a drilling sergeant in nearby Fort Jackson, has been relieved of instructor duties pending an investigation into the military and the criminal case, the base said in a statement.