Police Beating May Have Killed Youth, Lawyer Says
The attorney for the family of a 16-year-old boy who died after a 1985 South-Central Los Angeles “rock” house raid said Wednesday that he has presented the district attorney’s office with new evidence that the youth may have been beaten to death by police officers.
Leon P. Gilbert of Woodland Hills, attorney for Corey Robinson’s family, said a report by deputy medical examiner Dr. Joseph L. Cogan originally attributed Robinson’s death to “acute cocaine intoxication.” But in a recent deposition, Cogan said the amount of cocaine in the youth’s system was “insufficient to cause his death.”
Deputy Dist. Atty. Roger J. Gunson, head of special investigations, said the new evidence does not prove Los Angeles police officers used excessive force against the teen-ager.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
