According to the Metro, GTA V developer Rockstar has been forced to come out and defend Los Santoss police force against claims of racial discrimination. Some players have complained about what they perceive to have been racist behaviour by the game's virtual police force while playing as GTA V's only black character, Franklin. One Twitter user vented: "Walked up to a cop as Franklin, cop dropped his coffee and said back the f*** up. Then shot me in the face. For no reason. #Racist #GTAV" Another gamer added: "Anytime Im franklin, I get chased by cops for 'a disturbance.' this never happens with Michael or Trevor. The gta cops are racist" (sic). Rockstar strenuously denied this, and told Buzzfeed:
"This is absolutely false, the in-game police dont treat one lead character any differently from the others."