Not long after American Senator Charles Schumer described the game as glorified cop-killing, Nancy Grace has made her opinion of the game clear as she slammed 25 to Life in a recent panel discussion on her CNN show.This is what your kids will be digesting if you buy this," Grace said as game footage was shown. "One law officer after the next gunned down in the line of duty.
Prosecutor Jack Thompson added to Grace's disgust as he described the game and "these games" as murder simulators.You have to ask Bill Gates, what are you thinking? Here's a philanthropist and a powerful man, the richest man in the world, and yet he's making available to children around the world on Xbox a cop-killing game.
Thompson then went on to describe a case in Alabama in which two police officers and a dispatcher were murdered (according to the Prosecutor) "because of Grand Theft Auto", and also claimed that the military uses such video games to break down the inhibition of newly recruited officers, in order to desensitize them.But defense lawyer Dino Lombardi was less keen to point the finger, telling Grace: "People kill cops - videogames don't kill cops."
He was backed up by Debra Opri, the lawyer who represented Michael Jackson's parents during his recent trial. She accused Grace of having "used the first amendment to destroy Michael Jackson, [but] you won't use the first amendment to protect an entertainment company.
"Does anybody remember Charlie Chaplin in the early days of silent movies?" Opri continued.
"He picked on cops. He attacked cops. He was such a problem to Herbert Hoover and the FBI..."
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