Mom dials 911 on son over Grand Theft Auto [video game]

Crispy Gamer ^ | 12/22/09 | James Fudge

[freespirited]

Are you lame if you call the police on your teenager for playing video games at 2:30 am on a Saturday night? I’m not sure but we can always ask a Roxbury, Massachusetts mother that dialed 911 because her son was playing Grand Theft Auto on his “PlayStation.” We’re not sure which version of the game he was playing, but it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things..

According to a story in the Boston Herald, 49 year old single mother Angela Mejia who had had enough of her son lying about being in bed at 2:30 AM on a Saturday night, instead spending the early morning hours play Rockstar’s popular and often vilified and demonized third-person action game. According to the report the last straw for Mrs. Mejia was an argument with her son after she unplugged his “PlayStation.” She then dialed 911. The police, expecting something far more dramatic than an unruly 14 year old, managed to talk the boy into shutting off the game and going to sleep.

“They (the police) were just like, ‘Chill out. Go to bed,’” the boy told the Boston Herald.

Mejia told the paper that she approves of some “videos” like athletic-themed games, but not ones like “Grand Theft Auto.”

Gasp.

“I would never buy that kind of video. No way. I called (police) because if you don’t respect your mother, what are you going to do in your life?”

While i’m all for respecting your parents and following the rules, should 911 really be who you call when your kids don’t listen? When your son or daughter is stabbing you in the face, smoking crack in your basement or taking money out of your purse, then maybe it’s time to dial that emergency number.

 

 

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

“Yikes! You need the National Guard.”

Yeah, I agree.

Hey, the kid should have called 911 back on her. She was disrupting his gaming. Very unkool.

[Larry Lucido]

My coffee is cold. Call 911!!!

"One re-heat, one Ranger."

[montag813]

A “father” would work, too.

Your hate speech and IP 34.28.166.63 have been recorded. Reprograming officers are on the way to your 2BR apartment.

[goat granny]

Little kids are little problems, but by the time boys testosterone kicks in, there better be a man in the house. And not just a boyfriend....It takes dads to teach boys to be men and kick their ass when needed..

My first 4 kids were boys, sweet little guys, but they become teens, cars, worry about drinking, drugs etc. Dad is necessary. also for a daughter...He is the one that lets her know she is great and worth loving..

One of the feminazi's biggest lie is that dad is really not that necessary...A BIG HIGH 5 FOR ALL DADS OUT THERE..

Dads are more than just a wallet......

[pandoraou812]

I just hit the breaker box & the whole house goes black. Makes them mad but oh well.

[TigersEye]

LOL

[donna]

Hey, how did you know I have 2BR?

[Petronski]

Not a hammer in the house, eh?

[Petronski]

And who was the sperm donor for this fruit cake??

Yet another good reason to hate fruit cake.

[TigersEye]

Hey, the kid should have called 911 back on her. She was disrupting his gaming. Very unkool.

LOL Call DHS! She's disrupting the homeland.

[sit-rep]

I firmly believe in this game! It teaches my 7, 10 and 13 year old kids urban warfare tactics if they are ever in need of E&E SOPs... :P

[montag813]

Hey, how did you know I have 2BR?

Dear , Donna ##### SSN ###-##-##56

Part of my job as the new White House technology czar is to assist you in making the best choices for your life and family. Therefore it is helpful for us to know about your life so we may better assist you. Thankfully, your choice of a 2BR given your current income is suitable. For the time being.

H. Smith

[humblegunner]

Halo 1 & 2 and ALL the Quake series are nice, too.

My eldest son Michael cut his teeth on these games
and he is now in Army OCS in Germany. Go figure.

[Neets]

Congrats!! You are no doubt quite the proud Dad ;-)

[ViLaLuz]

This is why children need a dad.

[humblegunner]

He's still a little goof!

(Yeah, pretty proud after all!)

[chevydude26]

i’ve played videogames since i was young playing sega genesis and super nintendo and i’m fine...its good for your hand eye coordination...it won’t hurt anyone...as with everything too much of anything is bad for you but a good balance of friends,sports,and videogames never hurt anybody

[Neets]

Goof is good, but so is OCS. Has he decided on what his branch is going to be?

[Seamus Mc Gillicuddy]

"She said she wouldn’t buy the game but he has it? Why doesn’t she take the game away???? I played the game and like it for its openness...can virtually do anything if you just ignore the little mini-missions in the game. But, it obviously has some violent elements. I wouldn’t let kids play it. At the same time, it is a Saturday night. Relax...I stayed up until 2:30 or 3 all the time in high school on a Friday night (not a wild child or anything, just watching movies etc.) She seems a bit crazy to demand he go to bed. It isn’t like he is 10."

Because if she did that, he'd beat the ever-living crap out of her for "disrespectin" his &hit. The fact that it is her house and her rules is probably quite inconsequential to him.

[humblegunner]

Not yet.

He HAS bought a goofy little European car, though.

And we still get to play games together online.