Posted on 06/05/2006 10:53:08 AM PDT by steve-b
Jack Thompson occasionally seeks to interject his video game theories into criminal investigations of youth violence. Sometimes he succeeds, as in a Louisiana homicide investigation currently being conducted by the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office (WFPSO). West Feliciana Parish is a largely unincorporated area of central Louisiana....
According to Thompson, published reports that the 16-year-old confessed to police that he and the other boy killed Gore because the victim would not let him borrow his car followed "the same scenario in Grand Theft Auto."
An autopsy showed that Gore had been shot in the face and beaten.
"Nobody shoots anybody in the face unless you're a hit man or a video gamer," Thompson told the newspaper....
(Excerpt) Read more at gamepolitics.com ...
The barrage of Dick Cheney jokes shall commence in 10... 9... 8....
What is Tipper Gore going to do about this?!?!
The escaped goat.
And from the next item listed on the page:
"Nobody shoots anybody in the face unless you're a hit man or a video gamer."
Funny, that. A quick Google search on "shot in the face" turns up 921,000 entries. Here's a quick sample just from the past week. We see nary a video game or a hitman among them.
"Delivery Man Shot in the Face", Brooklyn, May 25th, 2006
"A man that interrupted the robbery was shot in the face", Sonoma County, California, June 2nd, 2006
"She was able to get medical treatment, when coalition helicopters medevaced Sherifa and her cousin, who was shot in the face, to Kandahar Air Field", Afghanistan, May 31st
"...was engaged in a custody dispute over their son... shot in the face as he slept", Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, May 30th
"They had a relationship that ended prior to the shooting. Light was shot in the face at close range", Lima, Ohio, June 2nd, 2006
Nice to see Thompson's accuracy is still just as accurate as ever.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.