Five white teenagers have been charged with a hate crime following a racially motivated assault that injured a Black teenager and sparked outrage in one California community.

Viral footage of the Aug. 1 attack in Simi Valley shows several white teens chasing 18-year-old Michael Robinson around a movie theater parking lot, and punching and kicking him while calling him racial slurs.

At one point, Robinson is seen trying to fend off the attackers with a chair as they swarm him and continue yelling racially derogatory terms. Robinson had to be treated at a hospital for a possible concussion, a chipped tooth, and several minor abrasions.

Two days after the attack, four of the teen assailants turned themselves in to Simi Valley police. They were cited with battery, then released back into th

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