When I was there. First place in the country to decriminalize pot back in the 70's. That said, there were a lot of "frat boys" there and the little towns in the surrounding area were pretty red. So this saddens me but I'm not really shocked.

Unless they've relocated since I last lived there the aut bar is in a part of town largely off the radar for the "frat boys." If it were their work it was not likely the result of a spontaneous drunken rampage following the closing of the bars they frequent; it would have had to be highly premeditated. More importantly, it's August - most of them haven't returned to school yet.

Of course, while A2 itself is pretty liberal, drive a few miles in the right direction and you're in Trump country. And there are plenty of fundamentalist Christians around as well, even in town.