LAPD Officers Ignore Robbery in Progress to Catch Snorlax in Pokémon Go

Pretty wild excuses, a revealing look at the reality of "cop talk":

> Petitioners also denied playing Pokémon Go while on duty. They claimed they were monitoring a "Pokémon tracker" application on their phone, but not playing the game itself.

> As for "catching" Pokémon, Officer Lozano insisted this referred to "capturing [an] image" of the Pokémon on the tracking application to share with friends, while Officer Mitchell said his statements about "fighting" the Togetic referred to "relaying that information to the groups on my app," adding that, "in order to take the picture, occasionally, the creature will fight."

> Lozano said they were not engaged in a game; rather, it was a "social media event." Mitchell said he did not consider the application a game because it was not "advertised as a game." Petitioners admitted leaving their foot beat area in search of Snorlax, but they insisted they did so "both" as part of an "extra patrol" and to "chase this mythical creature."

>Though they were recorded explaining the entirety of this encounter, as is common with police, both Mitchell and Lozano lied about what happened

Is anyone surprised?

It is good to know that catching shinies is over the line, but the rampant gangs[1] are okey-dokey.

[1]https://knock-la.com/lasd-gangs-little-devils-wayside-whitie...

tax dollars always working hard

I remember when people were tripping over the homeless on the Embarcadero when Pokemon first came out because they were so immersed into it. Never seen anything digital capture people’s attention like that in the real world. Might be considered the first killer app of the metaverse in a sense as it bridged both the virtual and real world in a bizarre way.