Wait??? They'd have pushed someone out of the way to die if he came in like that.
(Just long enough to get the sympathy picture.)
Some folks can make any gaff, they can make poor decisions, they can make major social faux pas and be hypocritical and STILL many in the public and nearly the entire media will look the other way or actually rationalize and be apologetic for them. This then is seen as the underdog picked on class.......irony. Maybe in my next life I can also belong to the class of people who get all the benefit of the doubt, special considerations because of my race, etc.......