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RHIP, as they say. Just as politics at the local level mirrors national politics, so does the ability of an influential person or "favored son" to get preferred treatment in a situation where others don't. The only difference is that national level favoritism is news.
I had a friend, a local attorney, who got hammered a lot and sometimes wound up off of the road in his car. The rule was "no harm no foul" and since he never hit anyone, the police always just saw to it that he got home. He never was charged, and it was never news, beyond rumor among the legal community.
Is either instance fair? Obviously not, but that's the way the system works...money, power, and influence offer opportunities for those who have them.
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