I think it is just how one thinks about things...
I have been around some rough places...but most of the time it is just intimidation and whatnot. If there is a **** filmcrew following a guy doing these things, there is severe possibility of adverse action in the case of severe beatings/killings/etc.
Would a group possibility try to itimidate, get angry, talk shit, throw things...sure/possibly. But to honestly think a person would kill another person (in public) over a stunt like that would be silly. He'd no doubt serve a stretch in prison over it. Even a crazy person wouldn't do it.