Given the amount of mis-information, public smearing, and cya statements from the zoo and police, I expect they have little evidence of any crime by the men beyond acting stupid at a zoo. After the Duke case, I really have to question why we know the results of the search, and if what we know is really true.
I don’t think the men are saints, but all this information about the drugs, booze and bad behavior is just to redirection attention from the fact that every person that has been to that zoo was in danger of a fatal tiger attack due to improper design of the enclosure. All it took was for the tiger to decide to escape. It happened at this time because young men were taunting it, it also might have happened if a nice tasty duck had landed on the top of the wall. It would have never happened if the exhibit had been properly designed.
I think you are right.
I am amazed how quickly zoo officials were able to blame the victims and how many people fell for it.
Imagine a semi-truck jumping the curb and the president of the company immediately blaming the victims who were run over.
What would it matter if the victims were drunk at the time? And would the driver be exhonorated if it was found that the victims had been yelling at the driver and waiving their arms?