Right, a good attorney could do that. A shitty public defender is going to advise him to plea out.

To be clear, the American Justice system does not operate in the best interests of it's victims. It's a machine, in most states, designed to lock up every single person it can.

You don't have to prove that he intended to destroy a flock camera with absolute certainty. You only need to convince a jury of 12 random assholes that he did. Beyond a reasonable doubt, generally means, a doubt with some reason. Not beyond all shadow of a doubt.