Black teen beaten by group outside Simi Valley theater; police officer’s son among suspects – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Black teen beaten by group outside Simi Valley theater; police officer’s son among suspects – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

SIMI VALLEY — Outrage and calls for justice continue to roil Simi Valley after cellphone footage captured a brutal assault on Michael Robinson, an 18-year-old Black teen, outside Regal Cinemas on Aug. 1. The video shows Robinson chased, beaten and targeted with racial slurs by a group of white teenagers, fueling demands for hate crime charges and sparking a heated debate about racial violence and accountability in Ventura County. According to po…