Indiana cops do little after Black man and witnesses report attack from would-be lynch mob
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Protests following a disturbing and racist incident partially captured on video have prompted Indiana police to begin an investigation, authorities said Monday. The reported incident involves a Black man from Bloomington who was allegedly pinned to a tree, beIndiana cops do little after Black man and witnesses report attack from would-be lynch mob
Protests following a disturbing and racist incident partially captured on video have prompted Indiana police to begin an investigation, authorities said Monday. The reported incident involves a Black man from Bloomington who was allegedly pinned to a tree, beaten, and threatened with a “noose” by a group of white men after being accused of trespassing on private property on July 4. Vauhxx Booker, an activist and member of the Monroe County Human Rights Commission, recalled the horrific incident in which he was «almost the victim of an attempted lynching» at the hands of five drunk white men in a Facebook post on July 5. «At one point during the attack one of the men jumped on my neck,» Booker wrote. «I could feel both his feet and his full bodyweight land hard against my neck.» Read more