An Army sergeant based at Fort Jackson in South Carolina has been suspended from his duties after a viral video showed him confronting and shoving a young Black man.
Jonathan, 42, was arrested Wednesday morning on assault and battery charges. TMZ reported that a judge reviewed the video and found enough evidence to support the arrest.
According to TMZ, the sergeant saw the young man walking in a neighborhood and did not recognize him before getting in his face and pushing him. In the video, the young man stays calm and repeatedly says he lives in the area and is just passing through.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office offered another account, saying the young man had been accused by neighbors of approaching people in a threatening way, and that someone asked the sergeant for help before the confrontation began.
The charges are allegations, and Jonathan had not been convicted at the time of this report.
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