Or just a rich kid with too much teen angst about "the system"? I hope its the former. The later is kind of predictable and not all that noteworthy.
Although I must say it held up fairly well given the punishment!
http://www.mediaite.com/online/this-is-what-happens-when-you-smash-your-ipad-with-a-bat/

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