Youths Attack Black Teen In Simi Valley Parking Lot While Shouting Racial Slurs, Authorities Say - Beritaja

A Black teen was near pinch a concussion, chipped teeth and respective abrasions aft a group of teenage boys attacked him successful a Simi Valley parking batch while shouting group slurs, authorities said.

Five boys, each ages 16 and 17, were charged Friday successful relationship pinch the attack, according to the Ventura County territory attorney’s office.

Three of them look typical allegations of a dislike crime, authorities said.

The incident was captured connected video. The signaling shows the teens ganging up connected Michael Robinson, 18, successful a Regal Cinemas parking batch about 11 p.m. connected Aug. 1.

The boys could beryllium seen throwing punches and heard saying the N-word arsenic they pursuit Robinson about the lot. Two different victims were besides harmed successful the attack, prosecutors said.

Robinson told Fox 11 Los Angeles that the group first targeted his friends and past turned connected him, slamming him into the hood of a car, pushing his caput into a trash could and many times punching him successful the backmost of the head.

“Honestly, I thought I was going to die,” he told the station.

The incident sparked outrage crossed the Simi Valley community, pinch respective residents calling connected constabulary to analyse it arsenic a dislike crime during an Aug. 4 City Council meeting. The Ventura County branch of the NAACP urged an independent enquiry into the attack.

One of the 5 alleged attackers is the boy of a Simi Valley constabulary sergeant, according to section spokesperson Ryan Morton. The boy’s begetter was not portion of the rule enforcement consequence to the onslaught and is not progressive successful the investigation, Morton said.

Morton said that the Aug. 1 incident was connected to a erstwhile altercation betwixt the aforesaid 2 sets of teens. Two of the alleged attackers were besides charged for different altercation successful the aforesaid parking batch connected May 30.

“He [Robinson] was hunted down, and it was very disgusting,” Robinson’s guardian, Brittany Martin, told Fox 11. “This is not the first clip that these kids are really doing this.”

Three of the alleged attackers person been charged pinch felony battle and typical allegations of a dislike crime, prosecutors said. A 4th was charged pinch felony assault, misdemeanor artillery and misdemeanor criminal threats, while a 5th was charged pinch misdemeanor threats and misdemeanor battery.

None of their names person been released, arsenic they are each minors.

They are each scheduled to beryllium arraigned astatine the Ventura County Juvenile Justice Center successful Oxnard connected Oct. 10, prosecutors said. The courtroom will beryllium unfastened to the nationalist for cases involving the 4 teens pinch felony charges, prosecutors said.

“Hate crimes dispersed fear, section and unit passim an full community,” Ventura County Dist. Atty. Erik Nasarenko said successful a statement. “Our agency is committed to holding these youths accountable and ensuring that justness is delivered for the victims and our community.”

Simi Valley Mayor Dee Dee Cavanaugh called the video of the onslaught “heart-breaking.”

“We widen our support to Michael, his family, and each successful Simi Valley who person been impacted by this hateful and traumatic incident,” she said successful the Aug. 7 statement. “Let maine beryllium clear: Violence, harassment, racism, discrimination, the usage of group slurs, and gang-related activity person nary spot successful Simi Valley.”