FBI investigating alleged racist attack in Indiana, lawyer says

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The FBI is investigating an incident over the Fourth of July weekend in which an Indiana man says he was the victim of a racist attack involving threats of a noose.

His lawyer, Katharine Liell said it's a hate crime investigation. When CNN reached out to the FBI to confirm that a hate crime investigation has been opened, FBI public affairs officer, Chris Bavender told CNN,"the FBI is investigating, we have no further comment."The alleged victim, Vauhxx Booker, spoke along with two witnesses and elected officials Tuesday, and publicly demanded justice.

'I thought my friend would get killed'On Tuesday, at least three witnesses to the confrontation described the events of Saturday evening.Ian Watkins accompanied his friend Booker when he first approached the group. He said when he tried to pull one of the men off of Booker, he too was punched and shoved to the ground. Watkins told CNN he heard one of the men say something to the effect of,"Let's get a noose and take care of this boy." "I was horrified and terrified.

 

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Very color coordinated.

Wonder if proven false if he’ll be charged with false reporting like the woman in Central Park

Another black hoax coming

Smollett ,Bubba, Booker

At least he wasn’t getting shot in NYC or Chicago! Odd how CNN never covers all the dozens of murders every week resulting from black on black shootings? 🤔

I’m in Indiana. Unfortunately, this is true and there is video of the attack.

'Alleged?' That shit is on video.

Is he related to that famous French actor, that Smolliet guy, by any chance?

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Fake news will instigate a race war

Vive mal en EEUU, que se devuelva al congo.

Probably a hoax!

Fakenoose ? Let’s wait and see.

Can you do a report on all of the noose incidents of the last five years to get a hoax probability % that we can apply to future cases?

Temprano ;v

Pay no attention to the children that were murdered in the past few weeks, get ready for Smollett 3.0!

He saw a garage door pulley

Another hoax by a racist black person.

It’s safe to assume all these stories are fake

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