"Two teenage boys who attacked a Black 18-year-old man with punches and racial slurs in a Simi Valley parking lot over the summer have admitted to committing a hate crime and felony assault, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office said. The Aug. 1 attack, captured on video, shows the victim, Michael Robinson, being swarmed by a group of teenage boys in a Regal Cinemas parking lot about 11 p.m., as they pummel him with punches and racial slurs as he tries to get away."
"Earlier this month, Ventura County prosecutors announced they were charging five boys in connection with the attack, all of them 16 or 17 years old including one boy who is the son of of a Simi Valley police sergeant. Three of the teens were charged with felony assault and special allegations of a hate crime, prosecutors said. A fourth was charged with felony assault, misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor criminal threats. The fifth was charged with misdemeanor threats and misdemeanor battery. Their names haven't been released because they're minors."
"In videos of the attack, a group of boys are seen punching Robinson and heard saying the N-word as they chased Robinson around the lot, according to footage of the incident. Two other people were also injured in the attack, officials said. After the attack, Robinson told Fox 11 Los Angeles that the group of teens targeted his friends first before turning on him, slamming him into a car, pushing his head into a trash can and punching him in the back of the head. "Honestly, I thought I was going to die," he said."
A Black 18-year-old, Michael Robinson, was attacked on Aug. 1 in a Regal Cinemas parking lot in Simi Valley; the assault was captured on video showing a group of teenage boys punching him and using racial slurs. Five boys, all 16 or 17, were charged in connection with the attack, including one who is the son of a Simi Valley police sergeant. Three teens face felony assault with hate crime allegations; others face various assault, battery and threats charges. Two boys admitted to charges and face sentencing next month; remaining defendants are set for arraignment in mid-November. Two other people were also injured, and Robinson’s guardian connected the attack to a prior altercation between the groups.
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