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Ok, I do apologize for getting so heavy but as you will have seen throughout this debacle of a thread I was simply trying to keep a perspective.
I know for a fact (as an Army range Officer) that many shootings are followed by the comments "I didn't mean too) and "I was only trying to scare them"
There has not ever been one fact or piece of hard evidence that the "suspect" ever did a thing.
Hiding in cars and watching somebody is stalking no matter what the reason. I have little doubt that if the OP had thought following him would have had value he would have.
His actions in watching the kid put himself and his wife in danger. Who knows how the kid or his parents could have reacted.
The damage is so slight that it could have happened anywhere. As I stated already my car is covered in dings and chips, including two on the hood (well three now) but they are from everyday wear and tear and I am not looking to blame anybody.
We don't know the OPs son and his assertions that he is the perfect kid could be way off base. He could be out hooning everyday before or after school and that would make the miniscule dings the OP describes his fault. As OP may have a temper (I don't know that either) perhaps blaming somebody else is his only defense.

Many seem to miss all this and immediately say ya the other kid is bad and did this.

Look at it this way if it helps to clarify what I am trying to say:

Your 17 year old son is an average student, has never caused you any grief and is overall a pretty good kid.
He comes home one day and says this other kid is telling everybody that he dented his car. He swears he had nothing to do with it and you believe him.
He comes home the next day and says that the other kids dad was in the school parking lot staring him down. It scared him and made him nervous.
He comes home again the next day and says that the guy parked his car in the school lot and he thinks there was somebody in the back seat watching him.
Now everybody in the school knows about the crap going down and start hassling your son (remember he didn't do a thing). One guy in particular is giving him a really hard time so he leaves on day and kicks that guy's car (not right but he is frustrated).
What are you as a parent gonna do?

Now my little scenario is pure fiction but it also contains exactly the same amount of fact and evidence that the OP has been going on I accusing the kid.

OK, once again I will leave this thread alone (should never have come back in the first place)