Published 3 years ago

Black Indiana man faces charges over incident in which he was assaulted

Summary by Ground News

Vauhxx Booker was at the center of a July 4, 2020, encounter at Lake Monroe. Video of the incident went viral and gained national attention. Booker said he was surrounded by a crowd, threatened and called racial slurs. He described the incident as a hate crime and said someone mentioned a noose.

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BBC News

Vauhxx Booker: Black man condemns charges over alleged race attack

Vauhxx Booker, who alleges two white men threatened to lynch him, is himself charged with assault.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

Black man assaulted at Indiana lake faces criminal charges

A Black man who said a group of white men assaulted him and threatened to “get a noose” at a southern Indiana lake is facing criminal charges more than a year after the confrontation that earlier led to charges against two of the alleged attackers. Vauhxx Booker, a local civil rights activist and member of the Monroe County Human Rights Commission, was charged with misdemeanor trespass and felony battery for his involvement in last year’s Fourt…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Associated Press News

Black man assaulted at Indiana lake faces criminal charges

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Black man who said a group of white men assaulted him and threatened to “get a noose” at a southern Indiana lake is facing criminal charges more than a year after the confrontation that earlier led…

3 years ago·United States

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abc News

Black man assaulted at Indiana lake faces criminal charges

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The Washington Post

A Black activist says two White men jumped him last summer. Now, he’s charged with assaulting his attackers.

Vauhxx Booker, who was allegedly assaulted by a group of White men, now faces felony charges. “There’s nothing more American than charging a Black man in his own attempted lynching,” he said.

3 years ago

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Metro News

Black activist said racist white men threatened him with noose, but got charged

Vauhxx Booker, the alleged victim who self-reported on a hate crime, faces two charges (Picture: REX)A black civil right activist who allegedly endured an assault from racist white men who wanted to ‘get a noose’ faces criminal charges – more than a year after charges against the attackers.Vauhxx Booker, of southern Indiana, was charged with trespassing and battery, a misdemeanor and felony, respectively, in connection to a July 4, 2020, inciden…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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