Thompson Threatens Legal Action Against NIU

by Mike Bendel February 18, 2008 @ 11:55 am


Everyone’s favorite Florida lawyer is back, this time with a letter demanding disclosure from Northern Illinois University on Steven Kazmierczak’s history of playing violent video games. If NIU fails to comply, Thompson is threatening the university with a lawsuit.

Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request production of copies of all documents that reveal Steven Kazmierczak’s play of violent video games, including but not limited to the use of his computer to play Counter-Strike, which he apparently, according to the New York Post, used to rehearse for his Valentine’s Day Massacre at NIU.

The killers in the two worst school massacres in history—in Erfurt, Germanay, and at Virginia Tech University—similarly trained on Counter-Strike to rehearse for their killing sprees.

If I am not provided with this information, I shall bring a civil action to secure these documents.

I’m sure the staff over at Northern Illinois University is still shaken up by the tragic events that took place last Tuesday, leaving six dead, the gunman and five fellow students. Honestly, it’s appalling that Thompson is threatening them now to push his own selfish agenda against violent video games.

Jack Thompson, Seeking Killer’s Video Game History, Threatens NIU with Lawsuit [GP]

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