If the FAA and the gov't had done their jobs it might not have.
These guys should have been charged with interfering with flight operations, interfering with a flight crew, endangerment, yelling fire in a crowded room.......anything possible to grind there lives to a halt, bankrupt them and destroy their reputations.
If it had been done it would have slowed this type of behavior down and sent a message, instead:
Crickets
They fear the p.c. crowd. If this had been 6 cocktail laden white guys they would have lowered the collective boom and ruined them.
I believe Mewzilla hit the nail on the head. They went shopping in a place where they knew they would get what they want.