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Beating of SoCal student may be tied to Facebook
AP

CALABASAS, Calif. – Authorities say a 12-year-old boy assaulted by a group of middle school classmates in Southern California may have been targeted after an Internet posting urged students to beat up redheads.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Richard Erickson says the boy, who is redheaded, was kicked and hit in two incidents Friday at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas. As many as 14 students participated in the attacks.

Erickson says the attackers may have been motivated by a Facebook message announcing that Friday was "Kick a Ginger Day." The posting may have been inspired by an episode of the television show "South Park."

The boy was not seriously hurt. Erickson says there may be other victims.

No arrests have been made.



Damn, kids are mean these days. Sure, I'm sure in our past we've all snickered at the red headed kid in school, but we never beat the piss out of him. But social networking has brought out the monster in everyone. That's what the internet is good for. It reassures a person that he isn't depraved because there are so many like him. The internet is good for letting your freak flag fly. But its not enough to just watch sick porn. Now these kids have to beat up redheads because Facebook told them to. I can't wait until "Kick a Fat, Bald Liquor Store Clerk Day."