Talks with people from the area bring out that this is a "reasonable" reaction to over restrictive rules and laws, combined with poor judgement by the teen.
Had this been a mall parking lot it wouldn't have gone as far, but on the University campus it was different.
I am impressed that so far there appears to be no charges or fines imposed. However, there are a few gestapo wanna be cops in Mankato that want it made a big deal of.