Of course it could be in vain but I don’t know. For sure I would have liked him to get away undetected. But probably knowing that he would eventually be caught regardless, to do it on his terms while he has a broad swath of support might have been his decision. He already humiliated the police from being able to catch him long enough.
I can’t say for sure whether it is the right decision.
Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for obeying just laws and disobeying unjust laws openly. This could be in the same vein.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/mlk-disobeyed-unjust-laws-state-america-today-requires-we-not-ncna1287569
Of course it could be in vain but I don’t know. For sure I would have liked him to get away undetected. But probably knowing that he would eventually be caught regardless, to do it on his terms while he has a broad swath of support might have been his decision. He already humiliated the police from being able to catch him long enough.