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Aired: 2025-08-05
Duration: 12:52


=== First Time Victim Speaks Out (04:55) ===

[00:00:00]  Well that young man is speaking out for the very first time and he says he was a victim of a hate crime and he wants justice.
[00:00:11]  In multiple videos you can see Michael Robinson being attacked by a group of teenagers outside the Regal Cinema in Simi Valley on Friday night.
[00:00:19]  They not only beat him but repeatedly called him the N-word.
[00:00:23]  Am I right then?
[00:00:25]  At one point Michael picks up a chair to shield himself but it doesn't work.
[00:00:33]  And they end up pushing my head into a trash can and they start hitting me in the back of my head like this whole time I wasn't getting hit anywhere else but the back of my head.
[00:00:41]  Michael says he doesn't know the kids who attacked him.
[00:00:44]  He recalls that they first tried to target one of his smaller friends before turning their rage on him.
[00:00:50]  Honestly I thought I was going to die.
[00:00:52]  Because I know what happens when you get hit on the back of your head.
[00:00:56]  You can have internal bleeding.
[00:00:57]  You can have brain damage.
[00:00:58]  When you first saw the videos, what was your reaction?
[00:01:00]  Disgusted.
[00:01:01]  Appalled.
[00:01:05]  Very concerned.
[00:01:07]  Brittany Martin is Michael's guardian.
[00:01:09]  He was hunted down and it was very disgusting.
[00:01:12]  Why do you think that happened?
[00:01:15]  Well, these kids, this is not the first time of these kids actually doing this.
[00:01:20]  Brittany alleges that other black and brown teens have also been targeted by the same group of white teenagers.
[00:01:26]  One of them, the son of a police officer, seen here in this video.
[00:01:35]  I just want transparency.
[00:01:38]  I want them to be thorough.
[00:01:40]  Attorney Jamal Toussain is representing Michael.
[00:01:43]  If they can't be neutral and impartial, given the alleged attackers and their relationship with this particular department, maybe a third party should come in and investigate and take it over.
[00:01:53]  Honestly, I don't hate those kids.
[00:01:56]  I don't feel any animosity towards them.
[00:01:59]  I pity them, honestly, because what they just did was it was sick.
[00:02:04]  It was evil.
[00:02:06]  And honestly, this was not right.
[00:02:12]  The Simi Valley Police Department issued a statement that says in part, the identified suspects are all juveniles.
[00:02:18]  The four juveniles have been contacted and were arrested for battery.
[00:02:22]  This investigation is continuing and will be presented to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.
[00:02:28]  Additional charges may be filed.
[00:02:31]  The family says they hired an attorney to make sure that the appropriate charges are filed, and they are also considering suing the parents of the teenagers involved.
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[00:02:57]  This is like Cincinnati, but the roles are reversed.
[00:03:00]  That's what it seems like.
[00:03:01]  Yeah, that's what it seems like.
[00:03:03]  But you got to do your research these days.
[00:03:05]  Yeah.
[00:03:06]  You can't just blindly follow the media because they twist things.
[00:03:09]  Yeah, so there was a city council meeting and some more facts come out.
[00:03:14]  Oh, some more facts came out.
[00:03:15]  They conveniently left them out in this first video.
[00:03:20]  Check this out.
[00:03:22]  Neil and Signaris live in Simi Valley with the reaction following tonight's city council meeting.
[00:03:27]  Chio?
[00:03:30]  Juan Susie, good evening to you both.
[00:03:31]  That's right.
[00:03:32]  This all started on Friday night outside of a movie theater.
[00:03:34]  Fast forward to tonight at City Hall.
[00:03:36]  And the main headline here was disappointment and anger.
[00:03:39]  One by one, residents got up there and expressed loud and clear what they want to happen next.
[00:03:46]  Just hearing about what happened at Regal sounded like something that was a hundred years ago, but it happened three days ago.
[00:03:53]  A fiery and passionate city council meeting in Simi Valley tonight as the community reacts to the now viral videos of a brutal beatdown late Friday night.
[00:04:01]  To the figures with actual authority, get these aggressors off the streets as they've proved they've proven to be nothing but unremorseful.
[00:04:09]  Resident after resident coming to the podium, pleading for the council to hold Simi Valley police officers accountable and for the district attorney to file hate crime charges.
[00:04:17]  Racism is taught in the home.
[00:04:20]  So whoever the parents of these kids are, you are raising them that way.
[00:04:25]  Police say two 18-year-olds were hurt in the attack.
[00:04:28]  One white, the other.
[00:04:30]  Did you hear that?
[00:04:31]  One was white.
[00:04:32]  One was white.
[00:04:34]  Hmm.
[00:04:35]  This friend was white.
[00:04:37]  He's got a white guardian.
[00:04:40]  And the way that black kid talks and carries himself, he's not a thug.
[00:04:43]  He's not a thug.
[00:04:44]  Yeah, not ghetto.
[00:04:47]  He sounds very pleasant to me.
[00:04:48]  He's got a positive decorum about him.
[00:04:50]  Right, right, right.
[00:04:51]  Right?
[00:04:51]  So, but with all the beeps, you can't really hear what they're saying.

=== Racism Taught in the Home (07:57) ===

[00:04:55]  Are they cursing or are they calling him the dreaded?
[00:04:59]  The dreaded most awful word in the world.
[00:05:03]  Yeah.
[00:05:04]  I don't know.
[00:05:05]  But it makes it seem that way with the beeps.
[00:05:08]  That's what I, it's what it sounds like.
[00:05:10]  I heard nah, but then you rest of us cut off.
[00:05:13]  So I don't know what they're saying, really.
[00:05:14]  The news said it was slurs.
[00:05:16]  Yeah.
[00:05:17]  So anyway, let's keep this going.
[00:05:19]  Michael Robinson is black, but Robinson's attorney, Jamal Tucson, says his client was specifically targeted.
[00:05:26]  He was the only African American, and that's why this is a targeted hate crime.
[00:05:31]  As they were attacking him, they were yelling racial slurs.
[00:05:34]  It is crystal clear what transpired.
[00:05:37]  Okay, if they're actually using the n-word, that doesn't justify.
[00:05:42]  If they're using it, wait a minute, hold up now.
[00:05:45]  He just said it's crystal clear.
[00:05:47]  They was used to the n-word while it was whooping.
[00:05:50]  But black people say that same, the same slur, and they take other people's life, but we don't deem them hate crimes.
[00:05:57]  Why is it a hate crime when whites do it?
[00:06:00]  And it's enhanced when a white person do it, and it's not enhanced when a black person does it.
[00:06:04]  It's a double standard.
[00:06:05]  No, it's not.
[00:06:06]  And it needs conduct.
[00:06:07]  That's not double standard.
[00:06:08]  They're white, Kevin.
[00:06:10]  What's wrong with that?
[00:06:10]  That's a double standard.
[00:06:11]  You sound like just leave Peterson here.
[00:06:15]  Don't tell me about that.
[00:06:16]  That's it, gone.
[00:06:16]  No, look, if a black person is in the commission of a crime and they're using that word over and over, committing a heinous act against another person of color and they use that word, it's not considered a hate crime, but it's a hate crime when a white person says it.
[00:06:29]  Well, this is what I hear from other black people.
[00:06:31]  We use that word towards each other.
[00:06:33]  It's a term of endearment.
[00:06:34]  It's like saying buddy.
[00:06:36]  So even when we committing a crime against you, hey, I got a buddy.
[00:06:40]  I got to do this, buddy.
[00:06:41]  I got to do this, buddy.
[00:06:43]  That's what it means.
[00:06:43]  I'm sorry, buddy, but you had just coming, buddy.
[00:06:46]  That's what they mean?
[00:06:47]  Yeah.
[00:06:47]  Yeah.
[00:06:47]  That's crazy.
[00:06:49]  Yeah, that's that.
[00:06:51]  But, Kevin, if they're actually using the N-word, but I've been around white kids that say that word a lot.
[00:07:00]  And they're using the same likeness as a person of color.
[00:07:04]  It's not derogatory.
[00:07:05]  Yeah, it's not derogatory.
[00:07:06]  I get that.
[00:07:07]  But then, but if they say that word in the commission of a crime, automatically, it should be.
[00:07:12]  No, I don't think so.
[00:07:13]  The white kid that says that word, he listened to nothing but black music.
[00:07:16]  He dates nothing but black women.
[00:07:17]  But when he uses that word in the community.
[00:07:18]  Do you think those kids that did that date none but black women?
[00:07:22]  I didn't say that.
[00:07:23]  I'm just saying.
[00:07:24]  You just said that.
[00:07:25]  Yeah, but I'm just trying to make a point.
[00:07:27]  I'm trying to make a point.
[00:07:28]  Hey, Kevin, be objective.
[00:07:30]  I'm being objective.
[00:07:31]  Be objective.
[00:07:32]  It's a double standard, right?
[00:07:35]  You can't call nobody the N-word while you're whooping about it.
[00:07:38]  It depends.
[00:07:40]  That makes it a...
[00:07:42]  Is it the hard ER or is it?
[00:07:45]  I'm pretty sure it's the hard ER.
[00:07:47]  Of course.
[00:07:48]  That's more effective.
[00:07:50]  Why are you going to use the L then?
[00:07:52]  You got to go with the good E. Right, I'm just saying that is obvious.
[00:07:55]  But what if it doesn't end in a hard ER?
[00:07:59]  You see what I'm saying?
[00:08:00]  I see what you're saying.
[00:08:01]  Okay, then.
[00:08:01]  I see what you're saying.
[00:08:02]  I'm being objective, right?
[00:08:04]  Yeah, okay.
[00:08:05]  But I highly doubt Kevin Dave was using that.
[00:08:08]  I don't know.
[00:08:08]  We can't hear it.
[00:08:09]  They keep beeping everything.
[00:08:10]  Fire.
[00:08:11]  One of the videos shows the victim trying to stave off the crowd with a chair before making a run for it.
[00:08:15]  The aggressors can be heard shouting racial slurs as they catch up with him.
[00:08:19]  Tucson says Robinson is still recovering physically and emotionally from what happened.
[00:08:23]  He has a broken tooth.
[00:08:26]  He has an ongoing concussion to which he still has headaches to this day.
[00:08:31]  He doesn't remember the entire incident, as well as he had damaged his back and spine.
[00:08:37]  Police say the teams report of two groups with a history of altercations, but the department confirms one of the suspects is related to a police officer.
[00:08:46]  Related.
[00:08:47]  Kevin, family member.
[00:08:49]  Yeah, that police officer could be a cousin.
[00:08:52]  Could be an uncle.
[00:08:54]  You don't think they made it seem like his dad's the police officer.
[00:08:58]  Kevin, it's still all the same thing.
[00:09:01]  I know that he's done this stuff before.
[00:09:03]  And in the previous video, he's like, we run this.
[00:09:07]  What are you talking about?
[00:09:09]  I'm just saying.
[00:09:09]  You don't think he's trying to stay objective?
[00:09:12]  No, you're not.
[00:09:12]  You're saying he's emboldened because who his family is.
[00:09:15]  Yeah, that's what it appears.
[00:09:16]  Yeah.
[00:09:16]  Yeah, I agree with you.
[00:09:18]  Yeah.
[00:09:20]  But I'm saying objective.
[00:09:22]  No, you ain't.
[00:09:22]  No, I'm not making any bias.
[00:09:24]  No, no.
[00:09:25]  I'm not making any assumptions.
[00:09:27]  Something that residents tonight argue represents a more troubling long-term issue.
[00:09:31]  When we ignore or excuse this kind of behavior, we're sending a message that racism is allowed to exist in our community.
[00:09:38]  We can't let that happen.
[00:09:39]  Police have said that relationship has no bearing on this investigation.
[00:09:42]  Oh, come on.
[00:09:44]  Come on.
[00:09:45]  Has no bearing.
[00:09:47]  I wish I could hear the video with no beats.
[00:09:49]  Yeah, I'm pretty sure they're using the N-word.
[00:09:50]  But the employees' family member is cooperating.
[00:09:53]  Now, the community waits to see whether the investigation delivers the answers and action they're demanding.
[00:09:58]  Don't offer your community empty placations.
[00:10:01]  Take action.
[00:10:05]  Robinson's attorney says he's hoping for a transparent investigation, including for all the suspects to face what he says are appropriate charges.
[00:10:13]  In the meantime, Simi Valley Police say the investigation is ongoing.
[00:10:16]  Hey, so what happened in Cincinnati?
[00:10:18]  They're not being tried with any charges.
[00:10:21]  And because of that, I don't think nothing's going to be charged.
[00:10:26]  They're not going to charge these kids.
[00:10:27]  It depends.
[00:10:28]  Plus, they're juveniles.
[00:10:29]  Nothing's going to happen to juveniles.
[00:10:31]  I think it's going to boil down to boil down to the N-word.
[00:10:34]  Which one did they use?
[00:10:35]  Did they use the hard ER or did they use GA?
[00:10:39]  If they're saying GA, I don't think it'll be.
[00:10:42]  But if they're using a hard ER, yeah.
[00:10:45]  I still don't think they're going to bring hate crime charges.
[00:10:50]  They're not going to do that.
[00:10:51]  I wouldn't be surprised.
[00:10:51]  Just because what happened in Cincinnati?
[00:10:53]  Yeah.
[00:10:54]  Everything has an impact on everything.
[00:10:56]  And like, you know.
[00:10:57]  Yeah, but those people are people of color.
[00:10:59]  Yeah.
[00:11:00]  They're hard on white folks.
[00:11:02]  They like to make white folks.
[00:11:05]  They like to make an example out of white folks.
[00:11:07]  I've been in Simi Valley.
[00:11:09]  Simi Valley is what?
[00:11:10]  California, right?
[00:11:10]  Yeah, that's where they let those cups off for beating Ronnie Keith.
[00:11:15]  I don't think it wasn't.
[00:11:16]  It was Simeon Valley.
[00:11:20]  No.
[00:11:21]  Yeah.
[00:11:22]  Let me look that up.
[00:11:23]  Yeah, Simi Valley.
[00:11:26]  Let me look it up.
[00:11:27]  Yep.
[00:11:29]  Rodney.
[00:11:30]  No, I think that's where the court case was there.
[00:11:32]  Rodney.
[00:11:33]  Yeah, they picked a jury from Simeon Valley.
[00:11:41]  California.
[00:11:42]  I think you're right.
[00:11:43]  I think Simeon Valley.
[00:11:45]  Ventura County.
[00:11:49]  Specifically, the jury included 10 white members, one Latino, and one Asian individual.
[00:11:53]  This location was chosen at the trial, then you due to concerns about potential biases.
[00:11:58]  That's Ventura County.
[00:11:59]  Oh, look, residents from Simi Valley, a city in Ventura County.
[00:12:02]  Yeah, you're absolutely right.
[00:12:04]  Nothing's going to happen.
[00:12:07]  If those cops can get away with what they did to Rodney King, they ain't going to do nothing to these kids.
[00:12:11]  They ain't going to do nothing to no teenagers.
[00:12:12]  But times have changed.
[00:12:14]  No, not you take those same police officers.
[00:12:16]  I think they have that.
[00:12:17]  Shut up.
[00:12:18]  You take those same police officers that did that horrible, heinous crime against Rodney King.
[00:12:22]  If that happens today, those cops are convicted.
[00:12:25]  Well, those cops are convicted of that crime.
[00:12:28]  Oh, you would, I don't know.
[00:12:30]  I think we're coming to fall away.
[00:12:32]  I think everything's getting actually worse.
[00:12:36]  It's actually getting worse.
[00:12:38]  Yeah, it's going to boil down to what N-word would they use.
[00:12:41]  Because a lot of kids from all demographics, all ethnicities, say that word over and over.
[00:12:46]  It doesn't make you hate mons.
[00:12:51]  We'll see.
[00:12:52]  Yeah, we will see.