A whole lot of people know.
He was a habitual cigarette seller.
Prior illegal cigarette sales have not made the American people think that the response was proportional to the crime.
They knew he had medical problems. They sent a large detail to bring him in...but no medical personnel or ambulance.
There is a concept called “judgment”.
Some of the populace still wants people in authority to possess and exercise this trait.
You should read the article I posted.