Democratic California State Senator Leland Yee – notorious in the gaming industry for his stances on gaming and the gaming industry – has been indicted for public corruption, according to The San Jose Mercury News

California State Senator Leland Yee (courtesy Senator Yee's website).

Gamers have got to just quiet down. Gamers have no credibility in this argument. This is all about their lust for violence and the industry’s lust for money. This is a billion-dollar industry. This is about their self-interest.

According to the Mercury News, “The FBI was seen at Yee’s Sacramento office, where they reportedly arrived at 7 a.m.” KCRA confirms that Yee was “taken into San Francisco’s Federal Building wearing handcuffs after he was detained...”It’s still unclear what the FBI specifically alleges Senator Yee did. The Mercury News report states that the “Targets of the raid are expected to appear in federal court in San Francisco this afternoon,” where things should be further clarified. KCRA claims that he’ll be charged for both bribery and corruption.Leland Yee’s crusade against the gaming industry – and violent video games specifically – goes back to 2005, during the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Hot Coffee fiasco . He’s best-known for the violent video game law passed that year, signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, which opposed the sale or rental of violent games to minors. The law went to the Supreme Court in 2010 -- a law supported by California’s governor and 11 other states -- and was ultimate struck-down by the Republican-leading court, 7-2.Yee reemerged in 2013 in the wake of the school shooting at Newtown, Connecticut, stating:Yee’s chief-of-staff later talked to IGN , noting that “it wasn’t the most artful thing he ever said,” and that it “was not directed at individual gamers.” Ironically, Yee represents San Francisco, California’s bastion of gaming and technology.We reached out to Senator Yee’s offices in Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Mateo. No one answered the phone at any of the three locations.

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