All posts tagged "Pokemon"

Pokémon is saying it did not give the Department of Homeland Security permission to use its branding for an ICE deportation raid video.

Some footage in the video appears to be from a raid that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has been in legal trouble over and could land her with a subpoena, the Daily Beast reports.

DHS shared the meme-style video likening ICE raids and capturing undocumented immigrants to Pokémon and using arrested immigrants as "cards" mocking the suspects in the same style as the popular Japanese animé, which is partly owned by Nintendo. ...

The Department of Homeland Security shared a meme-style video likening ICE raids and capturing undocumented immigrants to Pokémon — prompting a backlash for using the popular Japanese animé partly owned by Nintendo to promote the raids.

The government agency posted the video on X Monday, which opens with exploding doors and masked agents leading accused suspects away, all while set to the Pokémon theme song and captioned with the text: "Gotta Catch ‘Em All."

By Tuesday, the video had more than 24 million views. And even Customs and Border Protection added to the meme, sharing a gif with a dancing Pikachu and saying it was “Border Patrol’s newest recruit.”...

Los Angeles (AFP) - Two US police officers who went off to hunt for Pokemon instead of responding to a robbery have been fired. Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell cruised the streets searching for fantastic creatures in the augmented reality smartphone game, documents show, bagging a relatively rare Snorlax, as well as a difficult-to-trap Togetic -- but no criminals. In-car recording of their conversation revealed that they had heard the call for help at the Los Angeles department store, but decided instead to drive off. "Officer Mitchell alerted Lozano that 'Snorlax' 'just popped up'," legal docu......