The 14 Year old who began the facebook group “National Kick a Ginger Day, are you going to do it?” is reportedly under investigation by the RCMP in Canada. The group which urged its members to “get those steel toes ready” and group thousands of user comments. The group has since been shut down but reached 20,000 users before facebook pulled the plug. The boy who was from Vancouver island, British Columbia said the group was just a joke and that he was sorry for any trouble that it may have caused. According to the boy, he didnt actually start the facebook group by rather inherited it when the previous owner got in trouble he is now willing to message all of the members who have signed up and apologize for any harm it may have done.
RCMP Constable Tammy Douglass said the group is being investigated and if any hate laws have been violated those involved could face charges. “We do treat this kind of thing seriously” she explained. Ironically the day in question fell in the middle of International Bullying Awareness week.