Police: Facebook site may have led to beating of 12-year-old

[Darth Sushi]

Police: Facebook site may have led to beating of 12-year-old
CNN.com, November 23, 2009

" Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- The beating of 12-year-old boy by a group of classmates at a Southern California middle school may be linked to a Facebook posting encouraging kids to target redheads, authorities say.

The redheaded boy was beaten up by a group of seventh and eighth graders at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas in two separate incidents Friday, according to a statement released Sunday by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

A Facebook page stating that Friday was "Kick a Ginger Day," referring to redheads and possibly inspired by an episode of the "South Park" series, may have sparked the injuries at the middle school, authorities said.

The boy's injuries were not serious, and no one has been arrested, authorities said Sunday. "

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/11/22...ook/index.html

[xuxoxux]

This is always the same thing. Next we should ban gun shops, because guns kill people....
Come on. To target Facebook in this is just ludicrous.

[unclemilty74]

I blame the parents and South Park.. it stopped being funny two years after it was on the air. It's the parents who need to ensure that this kind of crap is not being watched by their kids who are not old enough to decipher that the show is crap.

[brilman]

I'll blame the internet back in my day we had to go to school just to find out who to beat up.