Apparently some of the people in the comment section think so.
Others think it is a common sense article and included information left out by Tony Messenger's one-sided commentary on the incident.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/bill-mcclellan/bill-mcclellan-dine-and-dash-how-about-some-context/article_a03f4a9e-b307-5828-969c-5256961aec34.html#tracking-source=home-trending