Pokemon Go Terror

Pokemon Go Terror --- ===
Security Incidents Category ---

Is game playing another alleged distraction like texting being used as a cover story for vehicular assault? Or getting shot by police who think you are going to run over them?

*Timeline

Nov 27, 2017 Pokémon GO caused hundreds of deaths, increased crashes in Indiana County theregister.co.uk “Death by Pokémon GO” (PDF), by a pair of researchers from Purdue University's Krannert School of Management, says the game caused “a disproportionate increase in vehicular crashes and associated vehicular damage, personal injuries, and fatalities in the vicinity of locations, called PokéStops, where users can play the ...
Traffic crashes increased after Pokémon Go came out, researchers ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../traffic-accidents-increased-after-pokemon-go-came-...Nov 29, 2017 - The professors noted crashes attributed to the Pokémon Go craze appeared anecdotally in the press. ... Some police reports attributed the self-reported cause of crash to distracted driving, but most did not but the research — which was reported in Gizmodo — showed a spike in accidents following Pokémon Go's introduction. professor  analyzed thousands of traffic accident reports for a single Indiana county after the video game was introduced, focusing particularly on PokéStops. 28 percent increase in crashes near PokéStops after the introduction of the video game in July 2016 — an increase that accounted that accounted for a 47-percent of the total increase in traffic accidents around the county,   car in Auburn, N.Y., a man crashed into a tree while driving and playing Pokémon Go on his smartphone late in the evening on July 12 in the Finger Lakes region of the state

professors noted crashes attributed to the Pokémon Go craze appeared (d anecdotally in the press.

[Pokemon Go crash is proof texting and driving is out of control]

The researchers analyzed approximately 12,000 police reports for Tippecanoe County,
Ind., from March 1, 2015, to Nov. 30, 2016

Another Pokémon Go crash suggests that texting and driving has become national pastime

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/tripping/wp/2016/07/22/another-pokemon-go-crash-suggests-that-texting-and-driving-has-become-national-pastime/  By Fredrick Kunkle July 22, 2016  

A car in Auburn, N.Y., that a man crashed into a tree while playing Pokémon Go on his smartphone late on July 12.  That didn’t take long. A few days after a New York guy crashed his car playing Pokémon Go, a driver collided with an unoccupied Baltimore police car while goofing around with a smartphone. (Less than 24 hours later, another Pokémon Go-playing driver dinged another patrol car, this time in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Police said his wife directed her husband to whip into a parking spot because “there was a Pokémon Gym in that direction.”  At least the guy wasn’t holding the phone.)

Exclusive: Even Pokémon Go used by extensive Russian-linked ... money.cnn Oct 12, 2017 - Russian efforts to meddle in American politics did not end at Facebook and Twitter. A CNN investigation of a Russian-linked account shows its tentacles extended to YouTube, Tumblr and even Pokémon Go. One Russian-linked campaign posing as part of the Black Lives Matter movement ... Russia used Pokémon Go in an effort to inflame racial tensions - The Verge  Oct 12, 2017 - Russia's far-ranging campaign to promote dissension in the United States reportedly included an effort to weaponize Pokémon Go. CNN reported today that in July 2016, a Tumblr page linked to Russia's now-notorious Internet Research Agency promoted a contest Russian-linked campaign used Pokémon Go to meddle in election ... thehill Oct 12, 2017 - The mobile game app Pokémon Go was reportedly used by a Russian-linked campaign to meddle in U.S. politics.  Russia tried to use Pokemon Go to stoke racial tensions in the US ... fox news   Russia's meddling in U.S. politics and society ahead of the 2016 presidential election keeps getting weirder.
January 26, 2017  Grandfather Shot By Guard Was Playing Pokeman Go in His Car  Jiansheng Chen, 60, was shot by a security guard while seated in his car was playing “Pokemon Go” when he was shot in his car in Chesapeake Virginia. The guard claims it was self defense as the man was trying to run him over but the victim's family says he was persevering, open-hearted and wise. Jiansheng Chen was shot during an altercation with a guard outside of a clubhouse in the River Walk community. The community is outraged and demanding murder charges, as teh security guard was charged with 2nd-degree murder.

July 20, 2016  2 days after Baltimore car hits parked police car Cops: Driver aiding wife with 'Pokémon' hits Rehoboth Beach patrol car Delaware Online Jul 21, 2016 - Police said Oldenburg's wife told him to pull his Hyundai Sonata into a median parking spot in the second block of Rehoboth Avenue while she played "Pokémon Go," the popular smartphone game, at about 12:05 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities said Oldenburg failed to check his surroundings andcrashed ...  Pokemon Go player crashes into Rehoboth police car  www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/.../pokemon-go...crashed.../87383976/  Jul 21, 2016 - A Dover man has two new entries for his Pokedex — a summons for one count of inattentive driving and one count of improper turn. In the tireless pursuit of catching 'em all, Mark Oldenburg, 28, struck a marked police car while playing Pokemon Go and driving, the Rehoboth BeachPolice Department .. POKEMON GO CAUSES COLLISION WITH MARKED PATROL CAR ... https://www.cityofrehoboth.com/.../pokemon-go-causes-collision-marked-patrol-car  July 21st, 2016. Mark A. Oldenburg, 28, of Dover, Del. was cited for inattentive driving after an attempt to locate a Pokemon Gym in the second block of Rehoboth Avenue caused him to drive his vehicle into a marked Rehoboth Beach patrol car. On Wednesday (07/20/16) at around 12:05am, an officer from the Rehoboth ...

July 18, 2016 The Washingon State Patrol has reported its first accident caused by adriver playing Pokémon Go. The 28-year-old man admitted to being distracted by the game when he rear-ended another vehicle in Fall City. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/seattle-logs-first-pokemon-go-accident Same day not connected to imilar crash into parked police car in Baltimore.

July 18, 2016  Distraction was just cover story for deliberate crash?  Driver tells cops he  slams into Baltimore cop car while playing Pokemon Go  USA TODAY‎ July 20, 2016 -noted that no one was injured when the Pokemon Go player crashed into the police car, ... early monday morning  he was distracted by Pokemon Go.  video looks like he aims for the police car, when he stops first thing he does is show cops the phone to prove he was just distracted, not deliberate crash  VIDEO: Driver playing 'Pokemon Go' "accidentally" crashes into police car | abc7.com
abc7.com/news/video-driver-playing-pokemon-go-crashes-into-police-car/1434396/ A driver playing "Pokemon Go" was caught on a body-camera crashing into a police car in Baltimore.  Pokemon Go player hits cop car while staring at phone - Autoblog www.autoblog.com/.../pokemon-go-player-hits-cop-car-while-staring-at-ph...  A man in Maryland crashed into a police cruiser this week all for the sake of catching them all. The crash was captured on one of the officer's ...
Driver Playing Pokemon Go Crashes Into Parked Police Car, Has ... www.carscoops.com/2016/07/driver-playing-pokemon-go-crashes-into.html Another day, another Pokemon Go-related traffic incident, this time with no victims, happily. According to the Baltimore Police, the driver of what ... Baltimore Driver Playing 'Pokemon Go' Crashes Into Police Car HuffPost


July 11, 2016 "Pokemon Go Bandit": Police are looking for a man who reportedly stole the phone of a woman who was playing Pokemon Go at Green Lake Police believe he robbed the woman, 23, at the Green Lake Boathouse, 7351 E. Green Lake Dr. N., around 10:30 p.m. on July 11, police said.