Soldier faces charges after video shows him pushing, threatening a young Black man

A U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Jackson in South Carolina was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and battery after the airing of a video that authorities say shows him push and threaten a young Black man on a neighborhood sidewalk.

Jonathan Pentland was arrested Wednesday morning, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said in a news conference. He has been released from jail on a personal recognizance bond, according to jail records.

“It is a very disturbing video. It is one that we are not going to tolerate or condone in Richland County,” Lott said.

The video, which authorities say shows Pentland pushing, threatening and yelling at a young Black man, did not capture the events leading up to the confrontation or the full exchange between Pentland and the Black man.

A concerned citizen called to report the incident, which took place on Monday in the Summit neighborhood of Columbia, South Carolina, according to the sheriff’s department.

Pentland is seen in the video pushing the young man shortly after Pentland tells him, “You are aggressing on the neighborhood.”

“You either walk away or I’m going to carry your a** out of here,” Pentland said.

“I did not do anything,” the young man responded.

“I am about to do something to you. You better start walking,” Pentland said. “You’re in the wrong neighborhood m*therf**ker. Get out.”

A female bystander can be heard addressing the young Black man and said he was in a dispute with one of their neighbors.

“All I heard was you fighting and her defending herself,” the woman said.

When asked about the events leading up the altercation during Wednesday’s news conference, Lott would not go into specifics.

But “There was some other things that occurred that really doesn’t justify the actions of the suspect,” he said,

CNN has been unable to reach Pentland or determine if he has obtained legal representation. CNN has been unable to reach theyoungmaninthevideo for comment.

After the video stops, Pentland pushed the victim again and “knocked the victim’s phone from his hand,” according to the incident report. Pentland said he did it out of concern for his and his wife’s safety, the report said.