Plenty of people on this site have asked, "why do black people react to simple traffic stops by fighting, fleeing, resisting?"
It's because if they complied and got taken into custody, they'd be going to real-time prison, not just county holding cell.
I'd bet my house this guy was just like that.
What good can come from running? A person is still going to jail. Maybe I am missing something, but why make things worse on yourself?