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Cops Say No Video Game Link in Robida Rampage

"Investigators have found no evidence that video games played any role in Jacob Robida's (seen at left) killing of Gassville Reserve Police Officer Jim Sell."

That's the word in today's Baxter Bulletin, an Arkansas newspaper.

Although Jack Thompson has been suggesting a link, Massachusetts prosecutor Paul Walsh says there is no evidence to support the claim.

"My look at the search warrant (for Robida's home) was that the investigators turned up no video games," Walsh told the Bulletin. "From the information we have here, there is no proof video games were involved."

UPDATE: The Boston Herald reports today on the Nazi literature and other items found in Robida's apartment. These include "The Turner Diaries," a book described by Robert Trestan, civil rights counsel of the Anti-Defamation League of New England as "a hard-core, neo-Nazi, racist, fictional account of white revolution in America. It's inspired people who have committed very, very violent acts, including Timothy McVeigh."




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[info]kildorn
2006-02-08 01:21 pm UTC (link)
Go figure, the reason you can't issue a writ? There's no evidence to turn up.

You're on a witch hunt, jack. Seeing ghosts where there are none, and refusing to believe that we ever had murder before video games. There ARE other motives.

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Re: Jack Thompson Is Correct Again. Hooah! - [info]kildorn, 2006-02-12 02:50 pm UTC
Re: Jack Thompson Is Correct Again. Hooah! - [info]7r4c3r, 2006-02-16 02:28 am UTC
Well, yeah, we knew that....
[info]keddren
2006-02-08 01:22 pm UTC (link)
Even so, it's good to finally see it in print.

What now, John?

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Re: Well, yeah, we knew that.... - [info]yzzerdd, 2006-02-12 09:05 pm UTC
Re: Well, yeah, we knew that.... - [info]keddren, 2006-02-13 03:35 pm UTC

[info]sushispook
2006-02-08 01:24 pm UTC (link)
did they find any food in the pantry? MAYBE FOOD WAS INVOLVED!

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[info]yourrobbit
2006-02-08 05:29 pm UTC (link)
Yes my friend, and while your statement is sarcastic humor, there's is not. However they both use the same logical fallacy; "Correlation does not imply causation"

Another example would be; crime goes up in the summer, so do ice cream sales. Ice cream causes crime.

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(no subject) - [info]am_dove, 2006-02-08 07:04 pm UTC

[info]keddren
2006-02-08 01:25 pm UTC (link)
Also, that is one creepy frackin picture...

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[info]apathyislife
2006-02-08 02:35 pm UTC (link)
Hee. BSG Reference?

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(no subject) - [info]keddren, 2006-02-08 02:39 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]apathyislife, 2006-02-08 02:43 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]the1jeffy, 2006-02-08 02:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]keddren, 2006-02-08 02:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]the1jeffy, 2006-02-08 02:50 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]keddren, 2006-02-08 03:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tollwutig, 2006-02-08 06:39 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]chenry, 2006-02-08 03:17 pm UTC
That's Umpossible!
[info]thejccalhoun
2006-02-08 01:26 pm UTC (link)
Wait, that can't be! Not only has Thompson suggested a link, he has said that he was in contact with the police who told him that there WAS a link! (He also originally said that there were news reports that were asserting that Robida had played Grand Theft Auto, but mysteriously removed that fact from later press releases) If there ISN"T a link, and the police DIDN'T find any videogames, that would mean that Thompson had lied! Thompson is a good Christian! He couldn't lie!

The only solution is that the videogame industry and Take-Two specifically has gotten to the police department and made them cover up the evidence! Does the videogame industry know no bounds???? I bet that they threatened to send a hoard of pixelantes to the police department if they told the TRUTH!

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Re: That's Umpossible!
[info]lordlundar
2006-02-08 03:19 pm UTC (link)
oh please don't give JT ideas. It's bad enough what he did with the peace offering.

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Re: That's Umpossible! - [info]yzzerdd, 2006-02-12 09:06 pm UTC

[info]markusdragon
2006-02-08 01:28 pm UTC (link)
No videogames at all? That was one weird kid! o_O

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...no kidding
[info]anticron
2006-02-08 01:30 pm UTC (link)
Maybe it was the lack of games that tippped him over the edge?


(No, I'm not serious. He was screwed in the head regardless.)

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Re: ...no kidding - [info]markusdragon, 2006-02-08 01:31 pm UTC
From the article
[info]anticron
2006-02-08 01:35 pm UTC (link)
In an e-mail forwarded to The Bulletin, Thompson requests that Walsh seize more information from Robida's room, or he will file a Writ of Mandamus to compel the seizure.

JT's trying so hard to validate his crusade. It's fortunate that not everyone is delusional.

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Re: From the article
[info]slyfoxx
2006-02-08 03:38 pm UTC (link)
Part of me still finds it hard to acknowledge that a real legally-acknowledged laywer could go to such lengths. It's so... un-lawyer-like.

...Are we SURE this is the one and only John Thompson??? I mean most people would just quit after all that has happened so far and my personal experience with trolls is that they love to make fools of themselves of those they're posing as. But then... he could really be as bad as the poster makes him(self?) out to be.

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Open WIDE, Laddy Jack...
[info]markstandridge
2006-02-08 01:37 pm UTC (link)
...and eat every single one of your words!

Seriously, I think the Florida Bar (and maybe even all of those good folk he's been bamboozling with his rampant flood of "urgent press releases") would like to know about Laddy Jack's blatant, repeated, and chronic misrepresentations of fact over these last couple of days...

-MDS

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Re: Open WIDE, Laddy Jack...
[info]keddren
2006-02-08 01:41 pm UTC (link)
Hooah!

(I feel so dirty)

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Re: Open WIDE, Laddy Jack... - [info]acroamatis, 2006-02-08 06:18 pm UTC

[info]silver_derstin
2006-02-08 01:40 pm UTC (link)
Jack, see how it feels to get your kneecap busted by a kick in the groin? Yeah, that's how it feels.

Now be a good boy and pay the 200$ compensation to every poster for Blatant Lies and Misinformation.

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HAH
[info]ianc14
2006-02-08 01:43 pm UTC (link)
So much for this link, Jack.

Now apologize for the terrorist comment from the other story wont ya.

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[info]wxdiva
2006-02-08 01:44 pm UTC (link)
Countdown to Jack posting, "What Dennis (insert insult here) forgot to report was (insert wild claim, usually in press release here). (insert another insult here). Hooah! Jack Thompson."

Anyways, glad to see someone official actually thinking and not going on a witch hunt for a change.

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[info]semperar
2006-02-08 02:06 pm UTC (link)
You mean "What Dennis (childish insult on integrity) is intentionally hiding from your fragile little minds is..."

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(no subject) - [info]wxdiva, 2006-02-08 03:15 pm UTC
and don't forget... - [info]acroamatis, 2006-02-08 06:23 pm UTC
Re: and don't forget... - [info]wxdiva, 2006-02-08 07:25 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]timbo1138, 2006-02-08 02:33 pm UTC

[info]mybloodyzombie
2006-02-08 01:45 pm UTC (link)
what the hell? not even that Backyard Wrestling game with Insane Clown Posse as playable characters? that's actually kinda surprising.

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[info]not_on_weekends
2006-02-08 07:04 pm UTC (link)
My brother worked on the first one and was credited on the sequel.

Why he even agreed to have that game on his resume is beyond me. :[

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YAY!
[info]blitzfitness
2006-02-08 01:45 pm UTC (link)
*Does a happy dance*

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The Ultimate Ownage of John Boy
[info]beardoggx
2006-02-08 01:48 pm UTC (link)
The police found no games at all in Rodiba's room, thus no evidence to support such a contentious link. Oh, and John Boy, the police searched the entire house. Oh, and the police were investigating Robida for a hate crime, and found more than enough evidence to solidify the hate crime angle.

Proving once and for all that John Bruce is the liar we've said he is.

I hate to say "I told you so", but....we told him so. :)

Of course, John Boy will probably try to blame Dave Grossman for lying to him.

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Re: The Ultimate Ownage of John Boy
[info]vivaciousvee
2006-02-09 12:30 am UTC (link)
You know this could be used as evidence that videogames keeps people from commiting heinous acts of violence.

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Jack lied? I'm shocked!
[info]dog_welder
2006-02-08 01:48 pm UTC (link)
Do you mean to tell me Jack was making all of that crap up yesterday? I for one am shocked that such an unscrupulous ambulance chaser would be making this stuff up!

(Okay...I'm not shocked.)

Jack, you've just proven that you have NO dignity, NO morals, NO ethics and NO integrity. What say you?

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Re: Jack lied? I'm shocked!
[info]beardoggx
2006-02-08 01:54 pm UTC (link)
Yep. Like Joseph Welch said to Joseph McCarthy:

"You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"

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[info]oldmankeebler
2006-02-08 01:56 pm UTC (link)
I wonder what the Mayor Scott Lang has to say about this. Especially after all those statements he made.

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[info]slyfoxx
2006-02-08 03:26 pm UTC (link)
If he's smart and wants to save at least some face, maybe he should make a simple statement admitting that he was wrong and that he jumped the gun. It takes a strong person to admit when he or she is wrong, especially when they are in a position of power.

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Cover-up
[info]shatterjack
2006-02-08 01:57 pm UTC (link)
Clearly, Walsh is a pixelante who has been brainwashed by Take-Two.

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Ohs noes! Then what could it be?
[info]tconx
2006-02-08 01:57 pm UTC (link)
Haha, not a gamer. Therefore, there must be some common element in him and the other murdering teenagers over the years.

Perhaps it's the quality of ones parents? Maybe that Neo-Nazi stuff is a warning sign?

No... Jack will find some bullshit way to link this to games... or he'll move on to other bullshit...

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[info]razor5
2006-02-08 01:59 pm UTC (link)
I'm glad video games have finally been cleared. Now we need to figure out how this kid really got him from slightly homophobic and angry to homicidal/suicidal. And the suicide by cop thing? Innaccurate because I read a news report last night that said the autopsy proved he had shot himself. Go figure.

Peace with you all.

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P.D. Cover up obviously
[info]temg99
2006-02-08 02:16 pm UTC (link)
Come on folks, get your head on strait!
Our ultimate savior and uber master Jack Thompson must be right! why he made a press release! So he must haev some inside knowledge. So the only reasonalbe explanation for them not finding video games is that Blank Romes's teams of Devil lawyers broke into his house and stole all of his video games! Even Nintendogs! The bastards!
Quick to the printers! We need a new press release telling how the prosecutors, P.D., Govenor, Mayors, and even the detectives in the entire state are under the bribes of Take 2! To arms!

[Note: the above statements are made entirely in sarcasm and poor attempts at humour.]

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[info]kajex
2006-02-08 02:20 pm UTC (link)
Now that Jack has lost credibility on his stance in this matter... royally... he's going to try to incite the wrath of other people by claiming he's still right, just to feel better. Let's not give him that satisfaction- this'd be the only time I'd say to step back and let him say what he wants, knowing it won't matter anyway, and laughing at him while discussing the possible reasons behind this incident.

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[info]nickymccloud
2006-02-08 02:22 pm UTC (link)
Maybe Jacko will finally realize that he's not always right.

Or, even better, he'll try to link the murders to the internet! "Oh no! The boy had access to the INTARWEB! Surely the horrible, violent, and pornographic content of the world wide web made him unstable!!!"

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[info]beardoggx
2006-02-08 02:23 pm UTC (link)
He tried that with the Paducah shooting, and it didn't work then.

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(no subject) - [info]nickymccloud, 2006-02-08 02:24 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kajex, 2006-02-08 02:24 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sqlrob, 2006-02-08 02:24 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]nickymccloud, 2006-02-08 02:26 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sqlrob, 2006-02-08 02:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]nickymccloud, 2006-02-08 02:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kajex, 2006-02-08 02:43 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]nickymccloud, 2006-02-08 02:48 pm UTC
Well
[info]demonweb
2006-02-08 02:32 pm UTC (link)
Taking bets, $50 on Thompson insulting Walsh within the next 3 hours, anyone?

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Re: Well
[info]sqlrob
2006-02-08 02:34 pm UTC (link)
Sucker bet.

That, or he insults Dennis.

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Re: Well - [info]demonweb, 2006-02-08 02:35 pm UTC
Re: Well - [info]beardoggx, 2006-02-08 02:39 pm UTC
Re: Well - [info]_sempiternal_, 2006-02-08 02:57 pm UTC
Re: Well - [info]silver_derstin, 2006-02-08 04:34 pm UTC
Re: Well - [info]_sempiternal_, 2006-02-08 11:58 pm UTC
Re: Well - [info]lordlundar, 2006-02-08 03:25 pm UTC

[info]timbo1138
2006-02-08 02:33 pm UTC (link)
Isn't it lovely when tiny amounts of sanity return to the world?

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[info]apathyislife
2006-02-08 02:37 pm UTC (link)
*checks pulse*

no, I didn't die and go to heaven...

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(no subject) - [info]_sempiternal_, 2006-02-08 02:58 pm UTC
How do you spell PWNT?
[info]the1jeffy
2006-02-08 02:34 pm UTC (link)
Although Jack Thompson has been suggesting a link, Massachusetts prosecutor Paul Walsh says there is no evidence to support the claim.

"Investigators have found no evidence that video games played any role in Jacob Robida's (seen at left) killing of Gassville Reserve Police Officer Jim Sell."


That's how. Although it is shorter to just type PWNZ0rD! Ha ha what a day! I can't till Jack my love posts here!

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Re: How do you spell PWNT?
[info]squirrelofwrath
2006-02-10 02:11 am UTC (link)

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