According to Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, "it's despicable to glamorize violence in games like these, regardless of how far-fetched the setting may be". Jason Post, a spokesman for Mayor Michael Bloomberg had this to say:
The mayor does not support any video game where you earn points for injuring or killing police officers.
He also mentioned that ever since Bloomberg took over the New York mayoral duties, auto thefts have dropped by 58% and so far this year, the city's murder rate is also down by 28%.
In my opinion, NYC has much more to worry about than a video game. Maybe they should worry more about the real everyday violence and crime in their city instead of the fictiious violence in a fictious city in a fictious video game. They should have too much to do to be on youtube watching the damn traikor anyway.
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According to Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, "it's despicable to glamorize violence in games like these, regardless of how far-fetched the setting may be". Jason Post, a spokesman for Mayor Michael Bloomberg had this to say: The mayor does not support any video game where you earn points for injuring or killing police officers. He also mentioned that ever since Bloomberg took over the New York mayoral duties, auto thefts have dropped by 58% and so far this year, the city's murder rate is also down by 28%. In my opinion, NYC has much more to worry about than a video game. Maybe they should worry more about the real everyday violence and crime in their city instead of the fictiious violence in a fictious city in a fictious video game. They should have too much to do to be on youtube watching the damn traikor anyway.