Protestors have picketed the house of a US Army soldier charged with assaulting a Black man he said was "in the wrong neighborhood".

Jonathan Pentland, a 42-year-old Army sergeant and drill instructor at Fort Jackson in South Carolina, was been charged with third-degree assault and battery earlier this week.

This comes after a video emerged on social media on Monday of Pentland threatening the young Black man at the Lakes at Barony Place; a gated community in Richland County located in the Summit neighborhood of South Carolina.

Take a look at the footage of the incident below:

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A large number of people have since begun protesting outside Pentland's property, with some participants taking pictures and live streaming the event.

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The protest began peacefully, with those involved directing traffic and ordering pizzas, while others made speeches to show solidarity with the local black community.

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However, a later thread from a Twitter user going by the handle @SSaJC shows that one protestor later smashed outdoor lights on the Pentland property and broke a window before other participants calmed him down.

The police arrived shortly thereafter and broke up the crowds.

Check out these images from the protest:

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Pentland has been issued a personal recognizance bond, and if found guilty of the above charges, he faces 30 days in jail and a $500 fine.

The three-minute-long video, which was posted on social media by a woman named Shadae McCallum, shows an irate Pentland angrily asking his victim (identified only as Deandre) what he was doing near his property.

When Deandre responded that he was only out for a walk, Pentland became more incensed; slapping Deandre's phone out of his hand and violently shoving him.

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Pentland can be heard stating:

"You're in the wrong neighborhood motherf*****. Get out. I ain't playing with you.

"I'm about to show you what I can do. You either walk away or I'm going to carry your a** out of here."

As of the time of writing, the original tweet has since accrued over 1.3 million views on Twitter alone.

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Protestors gather outside the home of solider charged with assaulting Black man