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Article: How violent video games can cultivate real youth violence; Prosecutor says Grand Theft Auto-San Andreas and other games have dramatic impact on young players
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- Michigan Chronicle
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- October 4, 2005
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Worthy, Kym
Michigan Chronicle
10-04-2005
(First of a three-part series)
The stark lead in an Indianapolis Star news story captures a teenager's
glee as he demonstrates proficiency in a video killing game.
The 18-year-old, according to the newspaper, "takes careful aim and shoots,
red spray fills the air, and the target falls dead, as (the youth) laughs
lightly and says, 'There's the blood."
Meanwhile, in Oakland, Calif., a group of teens and young adults were
arrested last year in a highly publicized spree of carjackings, robberies,
and murders. Some of the alleged assailants acknowledged the role violent
video games played in the crimes. A lawyer in a CBSNews.com Q&A reported
that older gang ...