The issue was his parking sticker for campus use. The guards treated him as though he could hear perfectly well. Apparantly there are not all that many commuter students there, and most folks driving in and out of the place are faculty or staff.
Ordinarily it's not a death penalty offense to dispute the cops about a parking ticket related to whether or not you have the right parking sticker.
BTW, the guy did have the right sticker. He also had great difficulty talking (which is frequently the case with profoundly deaf people), and the school seemed to have nothing but inexperienced trainees on that job that evening.
The guy in Louisiana didn't have to go outside. The guy in Palm Beach didn't have to go outside. You don't have to go outside. I don't have to go outside. People make innocent mistakes all the time. Not everyone is trying to kill us .