Even if what you say were at all relevant (other commenters have done better than I have at explaining why it's not), he KILLED A MAN. He should have been arrested. People get arrested when they've done something that could be a crime while the justice system sorts it out. This is what happens to a black man suspected of stealing a backpack https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/new-yorker-profiled-kaleif-browder-kills-3-years-awaiting-trial-rikers-island