WORK.
WORK. AND
WORK. AND THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY AT 5:00. WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS BECAUSE THE
ATTORNEY OF THE MAN WHO SAYS HE
WAS ATTACKED AT LAKE MONROE
SAYS THE FBI IS NOW
INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT AS
A HATE CRIME. RIGHT NOW
BLOOMINGTON POLICE ARE TRYING
TO FIND THE PERSON WHO DROVE
INTO PROTESTERS YESTERDAY AND
THEN DROVE AWAY. LOOK AT THIS.
THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AFTER
A PEACEFUL PROTEST AT THE
COURTHOUSE IN BLOOMINGTON.
THOSE PROTESTERS WANT TO SEE
CHARGES FILED IN RESPONSE TO
THIS CONFRONTATION AT LAKE
MONROE. OUR RICH VAN WHITE
PICKENS BEGINS OUR COVERAGE
TONIGHT AT 5 VIDEOS POSTED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA BY CITIZENS
PROTEST RESPONSE AND SAFETY
INC. SHOW THE UGLY AND SCARY
CONFRONTATION. IT BEGAN WITH AN
ELECTRIC SCOOTER BLOCKING THE
STREET PRESUMABLY PUT THERE BY
A PROTESTER HERE. JUST MAKE
SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE HERE
CLEARING OUT RIGHT NOW. A MAN
GOT OUT OF THE BACK SEAT,
GRABBED THE SCOOTER AND TOSSED
IT OUT OF THE WAY
. PROTESTERS
APPEAR TO MOVE TOWARD THE CAR.
ONE OF THE POLICE IDENTIFY AS A
29 YEAR OLD WOMAN THREW HERSELF
ON THE HOOD. A 35 YEAR OLD MAN
GRABBED HOLD OF THE CAR. THE
RED TOYOTA SPED AWAY TOWARD
PROTESTERS WALKING AWAY
FROM WILMINGTON'S COURTHOUSE
SQUARE. THE CONFRONTATION BEGAN
DOWN THERE. A HOLDING ONTO THE
HOOD OF THE CAR. A MAN HOLDING
ON TO A DOOR HANDLE AS THE CAR
RACED TWO FULL BLOCKS UP THE
HILL. THEY WERE THROWN OFF THE
CAR WHEN IT TOOK A TURN. ALLEN
KENNY COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE
SAW. IT WAS GROTESQUE. IT WAS
DISGUSTING. THE FACT THAT
SOMEONE WOULD DO THAT LIKE I
FEEL OUTRAGED FOR MY COMMUNITY
AND MY LIFE. AND LIKE THE
PEOPLE AROUND ME AND FOR MY
AMERICA, THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL E.R. AND TREATED
FOR A MILD CONCUSSION. THE MAN
TREATED FOR ABRASIONS.
EVERYTHING WAS INCREDIBLY
PEACEFUL. REPORTER LUKE
NAUGHTON WAS COVERING THE
PROTESTS FOR THE INDIANA DAILY
STUDENT AND SPOKE WITH A
PROTESTER CLOSE ENOUGH TO SEE
THE DRIVER. IT WAS INTENTIONAL
LIKE THAT HAD TO HAVE BEEN
INTENTIONAL. SHE WHAT I HEARD
FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS ON THE CAR
ITSELF. WAS SHE IN FACT DID
MOUTH. I'M GONNA RUN THEM OVER
BLOOMINGTON POLICE HAVE YET TO
FIND THE CAR OR IDENTIFY ITS
DRIVER OR PASSENGERS. NOW THAT
BLOOMINGTON PROTEST WAS IN
RESPONSE TO THE ALLEGED ATTACK
ON A BLACK MAN AT LAKE MONROE
ON JULY 4TH. AND AS WE TOLD YOU
AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR,
BOOKER'S ATTORNEY NOW SAYS THE
FBI IS INVESTIGATING THIS AS A
POSSIBLE HATE CRIME INCIDENT.
HERE'S WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY AT A
NEWS CONFERENCE JUST THIS
AFTERNOON AT AN OFFICIAL
INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN OPENED
UP BY THE FBI. I BELIEVE IT HAS
BEEN APPROVED BY THE UNITED
STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THIS AS
A HATE CRIMES. AND I CAN TELL
YOU AS A CRIMINAL LAWYER OF
OVER 30 YEARS I NEVER I THINK
SAY BOY, AM I GLAD THE FBI ARE
COMING. WE ARE WE WANT THIS
INVESTIGATED AS A HATE CRIME.
THIS WAS CLEARLY RACIALLY
MOTIVATED. SHE SAYS IT WAS
CLEARLY ONE THING BUT ONE OF
THE ALLEGED ATTACKERS SAYS
THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE TO THE
STORY. THIRTY INVESTIGATORS NOT
IDENTIFYING THE PEOPLE IN THE
VIDEO BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT YET
BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME IF
THEY WILL BE ARE RICH NYE
EXCHANGE TEXT MESSAGES FOR A
SECOND STRAIGHT DAY WITH THE
MAN PICTURED HERE IN THE RED
SHIRT. HE APPEARS TO BE HOLDING
BOOKER ON THE GROUND AGAINST A
TREE. NOW THE MAN IN THE RED
SHIRT SAYS HE DOES WANT TO GET
OUT HIS SIDE OF THE STORY ALSO
AND HE WANTS TO DO IT NOW BUT
HE'S NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH TO
EXPLAIN HIS ACTIONS THAT WE SEE
HERE IN THIS VIDEO. HERE'S WHAT
BOOKER SAYS IS HAPPENING HERE.
A GROUP OF WHITE MEN DRAGGED ME
TO A IN JAIL GET A NOOSE NOT
GET A ROPE. GET A NOOSE. PLEASE
LET HIM GO. INDIANA DNR
OFFICERS TELL US THE INCIDENT
DID OCCUR ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
THAT IS LOCATED NEAR THE STATE
RESERVOIR. ADDITIONAL
INVESTIGATIONS AND INTERVIEWS
ARE NOW UNDERWAY. THE MARION
COUNTY PROSECUTOR