Gothamist: Grand Theft Auto IV-Imitating Teens Arrested

linguinelover

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:26:24 -0500

I don't get why all of you are making these kids out to be guilty without knowing the truth. Can you for a minute imagine that this will sell 100,000 copies more of this game, or think that a group of cops & press need something to liven up their summer????? i know for a fact that the video game was not on any of their minds. it was not even discussed until the police and the press brought it up. this sucks. i know one kid who was not involved AT ALL - and was going to be robbed by the first group - DYLAN is his name. He just was standing next to the BMW at the time it was stopped by the others. Why are you DRAGGING him through the mud. who knows i'm not even sure you all can relate but this is a travesty and another case of the press whipping everyone into a frenzy. just plain sucks.

Think twice

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:37:07 -0500

(From left to right) Scrawny-Malayali Spice, Pasty-Virgin Spice, Overgrown-Punjabi Spice, & Wannabe-Anarchist Spice. (Not shown) Token-Latino Spice and Overgrown-Punjabi Spice Jr. Thank God my parents never bought into the suburbs like all the other Indian lemmings.

Jerky

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:24:49 -0500

Wow, you know Long Island really sucks when even the Indian kids are joining up with the local white trash.

Spiritof76

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:25:14 -0500

Its not an excuse- its REALITY. Kids are TAUGHT to be violent- its not an innate desire to kill rob and rape. True enough when taken in context of "America's Army," the videogame the Army created first to recruit kids then later tweaked for training of real soldiers. Killing doesn't come naturally to most people. They have to be inured to it. The thinking is if you shoot enough virtual enemies, you won't get sick when you kill the real thing.

sonyactivision

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:09:22 -0500

Dumb brats jumped the gun. "GTA XXXVII: Nassau County" won't be out for another 67 years and there won't be any cars, just stabbers on bicycles.

jterry121

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:02:19 -0500

"when will people realize that "the videogame made me do it!" is an excuse, not an explanation, and not even a credible excuse." Its not an excuse- its REALITY. Kids are TAUGHT to be violent- its not an innate desire to kill rob and rape. Video game makers should be PROSECUTED just as badly as People who commit these crimes The makers of GTA- Dave Jones, Dan Houser, & Sam House deserve as much prison time as these Kids do

babyhitler

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:39:11 -0500

AHHH Yeah! Whiteboy crime. You know you've been waiting for this. I certainly have.

talos

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:28:22 -0500

when will people realize that "the videogame made me do it!" is an excuse, not an explanation, and not even a credible excuse. long island suburbs are boring places. perhaps if people didn't insist on living in the middle of nowhere with three cars and nothing to do, their kids wouldn't leave the GTA-equipped den only to harass other people.

jterry121

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:25:36 -0500

GTA is for Virgins who act violent because they've never been laid. To all you video game queers in denial posting comments - If you play video games all where youre force to kill rape and rob innocent people, you really think thats going to make you want to hug bunny rabbits & save the whales? VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN VIOLENT VIDEO GAME BREED VIOLENT CHILDREN

Spear_Chucker

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:18:14 -0500

Bunch of dumbasses. Great job, parents.

Rocknrope

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:45:56 -0500

Silly Jaspreet, you know there are no Indians in videogames that commit crimes. You should be a good boy and be studying for the Scripp's Bee.

robingee

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:36:44 -0500

That's a real braintrust up there. Way to give anti-video game mouthpieces something to yak about. Good going.

citizenerased

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:44:08 -0500

I'm guessing Stephen Attard, 18, sparked the rampage after being called Stephen Retard by bullies at school. It writes itself.

fortyver

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:38:01 -0500

WorksinDUMBO; That was a genius comment.

takethecanoli

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:36:28 -0500

That one 18 y.o. is hating life.

Toby von Meistersinger

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:31:44 -0500

They are from the Island - enough said!

Toby von Meistersinger

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:31:32 -0500

They are from the Island - enough said!

WorksInDUMBO

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:30:33 -0500

reminds me of that time I was playing Mario Brothers and decided to throw a barrel at a gorilla.

Tgirl

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:14:56 -0500

they don't exactly look like geniuses

AlliOops

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:12:12 -0500

The mugshots actually look like avatars

TimSPC

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:09:04 -0500

Long Island, ladies and gentlemen! Let's have a nice round of applause!

WesleySnipesAlot

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:02:18 -0500

Well it couldn't possibly be the parents fault their kids are going around menacing people... surely they taught their kids right from wrong, fiction from reality... it must be the video game!

meL

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:02:00 -0500

Love how everyone uses the "inspired by a video game" as a reason to do imbecilic things. Luckily they didn't play Team Fortress 2, otherwise they'd be running around stealing intel whilst wielding flamethrowers and scatterguns. Geez.

plk779

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:59:53 -0500

Why do idiots keep having to blame videogames when they do stupid shit?! Leave the games alone so the rest of us who play games and DON'T do dumbass shit don't have to deal with alarmists that are convinced they're the devil's work!

matty

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:54:32 -0500

I somehow doubt the third from the left is named jaspeer singh...