At 2:30 AM this past Saturday, Boston police responded to a 911 call in Roxbury and were greeted with one of those ridiculous situations you might expect to see on FAIL Blog.
Seems Angela Mejia, an extremely pissed-off 49-year-old mother of four, had gotten into an argument with her 14-year-old son over his love of video games -- some news outlets call it an "obsession." According to Mejia, she woke up in the middle of the night and found him playing Grand Theft Auto (we're not sure which GTA), hours after she'd instructed her son to get to bed.
She promptly stormed into his sleeping area, unplugged the PlayStation, and an argument between mother and son ensued. Like any sensible person, Mejia then dialed 911.
“Sometimes I want to run away, too,” Mejia later sobbed to the media. “I have support from my church, but I’m alone. I want to help my son, but I can’t find a way.”
Her teenage son, on the other hand, doesn't seem to understand what all this fuss is about. The responding officers convinced him to go to bed.
"They were just like, 'Chill out. Go to bed,'" he said.
The boy's mother noted she approved of most games, just not violent ones like GTA. She claims she'd never buy that sort of video game for him, adding, "I called [the police] because if you don’t respect your mother, what are you going to do in your life?"
Lawrence Kutner, author of Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Games and What Parents Can Do, notes that Mejia's frustrations were actually avoidable.
"Adults tend to view video games as isolating experiences," Kutner explained. "Kids view them as social experiences. It’s a way in part - especially for boys - of gaining social acceptance."
As for the rest of you, please keep in mind 911 is an emergency-only service. People who are actually in an emergency (like death) might need it.
Source:BostonHerald.com
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