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A call for more action against teens involved in a confrontation in a Simi Valley parking lot

David von Diemar
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Unsplash

Angry residents at a city council meeting demanded additional charges from a weekend fight involving teenagers.

An angry crowd attended Monday night’s Simi Valley City Council meeting, demanding additional charges in connection with a weekend fight involving some teenagers outside of a mobile theater.

Four teens are facing charges after cell phone video of part of the incident went viral. Two teens suffered minor injuries. One of the injured teenagers is black, and some people are calling it a hate crime.

In a statement, Simi Valley Police say the two groups had been involved in past altercations.

Police are considering filing additional charges. One of the teens who was arrested is the son of a Simi Valley Police Department employee.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.