A Black man identified as Vauhxx Rush Booker was almost killed after he was attacked by a group of white men in Indiana, United States of America, over the weekend.
Booker who narrated the incident on Facebook, wrote that it happened on the Fourth of July near Lake Monroe on state-owned land on Saturday, July 5.
Video from the scene shows several white men holding Booker on the ground against a tree while two white women can be seen pleading with them to let him go. Some of the white men were also heard using racial slurs directed at the person filming the incident.
In a lenghy post, Booker said he decided to hang out with some friends to watch the lunar eclipse at Lake Monroe. On their way to the park, a white man who Booker described as “seemingly drunk,” and was wearing a shirt with a confederate flag printed on it, approached them.
We relayed to him that we believed the organizers had received permission from the property owners to cross, but apologized and went on to our beautiful site just off the water without any further incident. When we arrived, we told the event organizer of the encounter and it was relayed that the individual wasn’t the actual property owner and the organizer apologized.”
As they decided to leave, Booker said more white men came to the scene and “quickly became aggressive,” telling them to take the trail. Moments later, the men attacked him and knocked him to the ground, where they pinned him down for several minutes.
When some bystanders tried to help Booker. The attackers reportedly told the group,
Booker alleged that the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) police were dispatched to the scene after his group called 911. But when the officers got there, they refused to make any arrest or charge the attackers even after witnesses showed them their video evidence.
After footage from the scene went viral, the mayor of Bloomington, John Hamilton released a statement via his Facebook page.
He condemned the attack and said he had contacted Gov. Eric Holcomb over the incident and would continue to demand justice.
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