Vauhxx Booker charged with felony after White men allegedly attacked him - The Washington Post

Vauhxx Booker charged with felony after White men allegedly attacked him - The Washington Post: More than a year has passed since Vauhxx Booker said a group of White men pinned him to a tree and threatened to “get a noose.” On Monday, he stood outside an Indiana courthouse to address what his lawyers called a startling development — Booker, who is Black, is now facing his own charges in connection to the incident. “There’s nothing more American than charging a Black man in his own attempted lynching,” Booker said at the news conference. The incident, which occurred on July 4, 2020, near Bloomington, Ind., resulted in two of the men receiving felony charges. On Friday, Sonia Leerkamp, the special prosecutor for Monroe County, filed charges of felony assault and misdemeanor trespassing against Booker for the same incident.