Technorati Tags: News from New York, Police, New York CityPolice Commissioner Raymond Kelly and the city's largest police union called for a boycott yesterday of a new video game that depicts New York cops as law-breaking vigilantes.
"It's an outrage," Kelly said of the blood-filled video game "True Crime: New York City..."
Christopher Walken plays an FBI agent, Laurence Fishburne gives voice to a crime lord, called The King, and Mickey Rourke is a detective. None of them returned calls yesterday.
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Sunday, September 25, 2005
New York City Police Commissioner Objects to Video Game Depicting Cops as Vigilantes
From the New York Daily News: