 INDIANAPOLIS AP Two men were charged Friday in an assault on a Black man during which someone threatened to get a noose after claiming that he and his friends were trespassing when they gathered at a southern Indiana lake over the July Fourth weekend. Monroe County prosecutors charged Sean Purdy with felony criminal confinement, battery resulting in moderate bodily injury and intimidation. Jerry Cox II was charged with felony criminal confinement and battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, as well as two misdemeanors. Warrants have been issued for their arrests, Monroe County Prosecuting Attorney Erika Oliphant said. The charges follow weeks of protests demanding arrests in the assault on Vauhxx Booker, a civil rights activist and member of the Monroe County Human Rights Commission. Booker said he called 911 after the men assaulted him and pinned him to a tree at Lake Monroe just south of Bookers hometown of Bloomington. Purdys defense attorney, David Hennessy, had no immediate comment on the charges. Hennessy previously said Booker has presented a false narrative about what happened. Hennessy alleged Booker was the instigator and the agitator. It wasnt immediately known if Cox had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf. Booker said the group of five men accused him of trespassing on private property. After he tried to apologize, the situation got physical. Booker said the men threatened to break his arms and said, get a noose, while telling his friends to leave the area. Booker said one of the men wore a hat decorated with a Confederate flag and that the men made statements about white power. Witnesses who were with Booker that day said they heard racial slurs being shouted and that someone said get a noose and... 