Juvie Melees Mommy In Halo 3 Dispute
Halo 3 can turn the most civilized, law-abiding gamers into raging brutes capable of fits of uncontrollable rage and violence. One unfortunate mother witnessed her child turn into such a demon and is brandishing a shiner to prove it.
Late into the evening of this past Sunday, parents went to their son’s room to tell their child that it was time to retire Halo 3 for the evening. He was playing online for some time and did not want to stop his game. They took the air card from the 360 and hid it, so he would be incapable of playing any online matches. Reportedly this sent the child spinning out of control and he searched through the house to find the air card, punching his mother in the process then locked himself in his room.
The parents called the Sheriff’s Office to report the incident. When they came down the mother knocked on the son’s door telling him that he had to talk to the deputies. The child allegedly responded with profanity, refusing to come out.
Eventually the mother returned with the room key and allowed the deputies to arrest her son as he fought the authorities, landing a punch on a deputy’s lip. They handcuffed him and turned him over to the state juvenile authorities on charges of battery-domestic violence and battery on a law enforcement officer.
I would be surprised if this kid wasn’t a handful before this incident. He probably didn’t just snap and turn into a holy terror overnight. No child could turn from mommy’s precious pumpkin into Satan’s demon spawn over a video game in an instant. Blaming the game is an easy way to claim that games make children violent. But understanding that this kid probably had aggression issues, and they surfaced in an uncontrollable manner, led him to hit his mother in retaliation. That boy needs a serious time out.
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 1 November 2007
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This violence was not caused by video games you say? Then why did he unload an entire needler into the mom? That is SO cheap.
Could have been worse, though. He could have dual-Maulered her. That's just mean.
Oh my! Before the cops took him away she should've brute shotted that 360 into a fireplace. Then spit on it. That'll teach him what a few butt rapes in juvy wont.
I must say that when these come up,you only ever get 1 side or they leave out very important information.
I don't think I have ever come across a story "like" this and you eventually don't find out that the child had a predisposition to acting this way (ADHD etc)
Seems like perfect behaviour when you are addicted. And people have been addicted to crazier stuff than videogames.
see now if little johnny had never played video games before he would of been a perfect angel... having homework done by dinner time... always cleaning up the dishes... not even hurting a fly
I can only imagine that if I clocked my mother and gave her a shiner as a kid, the cops would not have been called, and punishment would have gone like this:
360? Dumpster.
Games? Dumpster.
Social life? Grounded. No less than a month.
Leaving the house? Keep dreaming.
My ass? So sore from the spanking I'd get, I'd be lucky to sit down within a week.
I'm sure we'll find out that little Billy was a hellion long before Halo 3, and this is just the outburst of a child who has been given whatever he throws a large enough tantrum for.
Of course, I also wouldn't have a tv in my room either. I had to buy it once I got a job. . . .
Well first off I wanna say that I would have given her Death by Melee or Pistol Whip, maybe even pick her off at a distance with a Battle Rifle.....At the same time, you gotta think that this kid probably had no other life nor social life than this game.....And yes, using a game to distinguish ones actions is a cheap @$$ cop out if you ask me.....How could one even bring them self to harm their own mother, whom gave their flesh and blood to their kin so they could live.....All I gotta say, is someone should give him the Sword or Grav Hammer treatment up close & personal!!!!!
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