the "mayors" in these little rinky dink "towns" are always smug, he was a fat little bastard who pushed the wrong man too far.
you never know - in traffic, in the grocery store, at work...
you never know if the person you're poking with a stick is at the end of his rope.
you don't know if his wife just divorced him and took his $ and kid and house.
you don't know if he has cancer all over and a week to live.
you don't know if a lifetime of being bullied is about to be blown back.
you don't know if is just tired of living.
people are some crazy bastards. Some people are so insulated for so long - like this mayor - that they forget common civility. They easily could have given 5% and kept the other 95% - given the guy a bone while taking the cupboard - and let him feel like he won "a little" to save face.
Instead, they embarass him in front of his family and coworkers and the city - his whole community and life. For some people, i dunno why, but to some... saving face is more important than anything else in life.
I hope people learn from the smug mayor... let others win 'just a little' to save face... never strip a man naked and bukkake him in front of the whole town. cause none of us is bulletproof!