I'm more than a little disgusted. I've read this article before, but I didn't remember the outcome. It really highlights the problems in American (or in general, modern) culture. However, obviously the busyness of that particular station was a problem, with everyone rushing, etc. Maybe on a weekend, or in a smaller city things would have been different. I can't imagine this happening over here... at least not to that extent.
I read it and watched the last video, that's horrible! It's also rare to see a violin player too, usually it's acoustic guitars and singing, at least round my area anyway.