Bloomington, Indiana – Central Indiana community activist Vauhxx Booker faces newly pressed charges for an incident that happened for more than a year ago in which he claims he was the victim.
The incident happened on July 4, 2020 at Lake Monroe and the video of the incident went viral as soon as it was posted on the social media. At that point, the two men involved in the incident were initially charged.
Initially, a Monroe County Prosecutor refused to file charges against Booker, but he requested special prosecutor to take care of the case.
More than a year after the incident, last Friday a special prosecutor decided to file charges against Booker including misdemeanor, trespass, and felony battery charges.
Understandably upset, he decided to speak publicly on Monday regarding the case with the local NAACP.
“This has been humiliating and defeating. I had just moved to a new city, I was looking forward to starting a new job, to moving forward with my life and I’m dragged back into this moment. For some folks, it was a year ago, for me it’s happened every day,” Booker said.
“The Monroe County of the NAACP condemns the prosecution of Vauhxx Booker, demands that the charges against him be dropped immediately and calls on special prosecutor Sonya Leerkamp to resign,” Guy Loffman, the Monroe County branch NAACP legal redress committee chair, said.
None of the two people involved in the incident were arrested last July.
