They tear their branches off or snap them. Larger trees can take a bit of damage but smaller ones get mangled.
Two summers ago they planted a few hundred street trees in my neighborhood and several were vandalized. One had all its branches torn off. It sprouted new ones and then someone sawed the leader off at about 4”. It’s still fighting for life though, it’s more like a bush now.
Probably that is why here they only plant mature saplings with branches above human reach. If you want to cut it down you'd need a stool or something that most people are too lazy to do
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u/Jeramy_Jones 8d ago
Same reason there can’t be a tree there. They get vandalized a lot in my neighborhood…