I will credit Rock with imploring black men to adhere to cops and for more recently (along with Chappelle) calling out the black privilege in the justice system. I wonder if that may have precipitated the attack or at least some acceptance of it.
....I think the REAL and HONEST reason for the attack was INNER BOILING anger of Smith because of his wife fornicating daily with some 20 year old under the same roof as he was with him probably paying for the roof.
Basically, Smith just LOST IT !!!
I think an industry wide smell is going to attach to Smith in decades to come and the result will be painful financially for him.