Yes.
However they followed him just to taunt him......you must admit that is pretty horrible. To follow someone just to taunt them.
It's not justification for what he did and I believe they did get their "punishment". However they still should not have done it.
A guy could say to a woman "Hey you look like Pam Anderson." Some women would be thrilled.....others would be insulted and disgusted.
To some Harry Potter as an insult is tame. To this kid it was not.
and yet, you keep thinking like a woman..."pretty horrible"...
If a 19 yr old dude can't take verbal jabs from two teenage girls, the. He needs to reflect on his life...that is what I think is horrible.
The fact is, they felt comfortable in doing that, and that speaks volumes. Those girls didn't see a young man that was respected or had any backbone...and I suspect he's possibly had other issues, self esteem and other people calling in names.
I don't know, but I feel, that he has been babied---much like some of you women are doing on here.