STOCKTON, CA – Friends, family and neighbors of 19-year-old Rocco Robinson plan to hold a press conference Tuesday evening at Stockton City Hall following public comments at the City Council meeting to denounce what they describe as the “violent and terrible” police shooting that killed Robinson on Sept. 9 on Doray Court in Stockton.
According to a community press release, Robinson had gathered with friends and family for a barbecue around 6 p.m. on Doray Court, a residential cul-de-sac where “children were playing in the street” and “folks were out in front of their house.”
Witnesses said Stockton police drove up and stopped in front of a duplex, where Robinson was in a car unloading supplies. The release states that officers “violently and aggressively grabbed Rocco.” One minor witness said, “Anyone would have been scared. I was scared.”…