Jack Thompson orders police to arrest owners of Penny Arcade on grounds of harassment

[Great Rumbler]

In a letter faxed to Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske (left), Thompson says, in part, "A Seattle business by the name of Penny Arcade... employs certain personnel who have decided to commence and orchestrate criminal harassment of me by various means... This company has done this because I dared to go on CBS's 60 Minutes in March and again in July to explain a wrongful death lawsuit I have brought on behalf of two police officers and a police dispatcher in Fayette, Alabama, who were shot in the head and killed by Devin Moore who obsessively trained on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to kill them."

"As you may know, this incredibly violent Rockstar Games product is actually a 'cop-killing' murder simulator. There are a bunch of computer geeks out there who think that the video game industry has a constitutional right to paint a bullseye on your back and on your officers' backs... That is what this criminal harassment of me by Penny Arcade is all about. They're even selling an 'I Hate Jack Thompson' t-shirt, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. These idiots have been so careless as to post on their http://www.pennyarcade.com web site what they are doing regarding the harassment of me."

"I look forward to working with your fine Police Department to shut this little extortion factory down and/or arrest some of its employees."

Awesome. Simply awesome.

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[A Black Falcon]

How stupid is he trying to make himself look...

[Dark Jaguar]

Wait, since when are they selling a Jack Thompson shirt there? I've seen the store, and I never saw that.

What I have seen is a bunch of commentary on his very own comments TO Penny Arcade. This guy has made public announcments and they responded. They are hardly "hounding" these guys, but every move he makes is going to get a response, especially when they are as silly as the ones he's making.

I wonder if he still thinks Penny Arcade is actually a game making company?

Well, name calling aside, I await the department's response.

[Great Rumbler]

It would be totally sweet if the police chief was Penny-Arcade fan.

[Dark Jaguar]

Maybe, but it isn't really relevent. Logic should be what decides this case, so this guy loses legit.

[Great Rumbler]

It would be funnier that way though.

[Geno]

The douche-o-meter has been broken.

[EdenMaster]

I love the way Jack refers to playing violent video games as "training".

What a stooge.

He even got Penny Arcade's address wrong! There's a hyphen between the two words in the web address. Certainly shows how much looks into things before he starts getting all lawyer-y.

[Dark Jaguar]

http://fellowcraft.ytmnd.com/

This is completely off topic.

[EdenMaster]

Then it's in the right forum :)