But the post-grunge rockers were the recent recipients of something more heartfelt — an apology from a Canadian police officer in Kensington, Prince Edward Island. Not as just members of Nickelback, but more importantly as fellow Canadians,” Kensington Constable Robb Hartlen wrote on Facebook. But that did not stop commenters from piling on, as Reuters noted, taking potshots at Nickelback such as “Police brutality!! Plus, Nickelback requested that the mention of a musical threat be removed from the police department’s Facebook post, TMZ reported. “Sometimes it’s fun to hate things arbitrarily, and Nickelback has become an acceptable thing to hate,” wrote Chuck Klosterman at Grantland in 2012.

Source: Washington Post December 05, 2016 10:03 UTC