It's because he was helping these guys get laid. They thought he was cool.

You can see him initiate contact with his left arm too, while the player on the left is moving out of the way. Totally intentional.

You can see it just down the way, Brian! Go yell at the person double parking!

Meanwhile the bus is almost certainly in the travel lane because a driver decided to double park in the bus lane. Misplaced anger in multiple dimensions!

Is this nationally?

They tried the same thing with clergy sex abuse, attempting to shift it from child abuse and pedophilia toward gay priests being perverts.