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"Angry Trayvon" mobile game pulled from Google Play

A mobile video game called "Angry Trayvon" has been pulled from Google Play, after it sparked outrage from protesters who said the app was exploitative of the death of a Florida teenager.

It appears a petition on the website Change.org to removed "Angry Treyvon" has been heeded. According to CNET, all traces of the mobile app and the game's Facebook page were removed on Tuesday.

The game's main character was an angry man in a hooded sweatshirt, whose goal was to complete a "world tour of revenge on the bad guys who terrorize cities everyday."

The petition's creators felt that the game referenced Trayvon Martin, the African American teenager who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman last year. And wrote an letter to Google that reads:

This application unnecessarily promotes violence and exploits the unfortunate death of Trayvon Martin. I am sure his parents not appreciate the image of their son as a gun toting vigilante. The death of this young man is NOT A GAME. This developer is using the Google Marketplace to exploit the death of an unarmed teen for profit while simultaneously promoting violence. Given the racial and social climate surrounding this issue and the unfair depiction of a deceased minor who perished as a result of gun violence, we are asking that this application be moved from the Google Play marketplace immediately.

The shooting stirred racial tension because Martin was unarmed when Zimmerman shot and killed him on Feb. 26. Zimmerman was taken into custody by police, but was soon released. He claimed to have acted in self defense. After the story went national, a wave of protests swept the country. Zimmerman turned himself in and was charged with second-degree murder on April 11.

The game's maker released a statement Monday, saying it would take down the mobile app and apologized for "the inconvenience," but said it was "by no means a racist game."

Google said it does not comment on individual applications.

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