Ah, a new equation thrown into the mix: Wal-Mart + Violent Game = $$$ + Get out of Jail Free Card:
A LAWSUIT filed in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, claims that the video game Grand Theft Auto led a teenager to shoot two police officers and a dispatcher to death in 2003, mirroring violent acts depicted in the popular game....We'll see if jurors will believe this...The suit alleges that Devin bought Grand Theft Auto III at the Gamestop in Jasper and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City at the Jasper Wal-Mart when he was under 17....
'What has happened in Alabama is that four companies participated in the training of Devin... to kill three men,' attorney Jack Thompson told The Tuscaloosa News, which reported the suit's filing.
Posted by Kevin on February, 20 2005 at 03:09 PM
