Nighttime mobs of young people filling the streets, chanting, flipping over cars, generally being unruly and destructive. These are the actions of a bunch of entitled college kids at a party in Columbus. According to reports, those who gathered at a party near the Ohio State University campus went beyond “wild” to out-of-control and criminal. Two students who were not part of the mob saw what was happening and checked on their parked vehicles, only to discover them trashed.

At this writing, Columbus police had not yet responded to questions about their handling of the situation. To be fair, it is possible police did not have any patrols in the area and had not received a single call alerting them of what was going on. Now what? Will there be scanning of security camera footage to find those responsible? Will the owners of damaged property see any justice?

Will the community be as outraged by these vandals?

Sadly, we probably know the answer to that question. Nevertheless, Ohio State officials and Columbus Police should do their best to punish anyone part of the destruction.