Initially I thought it might have just been a juvenile delinquent (aka yoot) on a breaking spree, but returning after 30 minutes to complete the failed initial attempt indicates a real purpose and intent. The casualness of destroying other people’s property is a signpost of how our society has regressed from civil virtues.
If they could only catch the guy and lock him in stocks right where the statue stood, with a couple of baskets of spoiled vegetables nearby for anyone wanting to chuck them, letting him live on bread and water in the weather for a couple weeks and whatever rotten tomato juice he can catch in his mouth when kids hurl tomatoes at him.