I believe it wasn’t till 1985 or so that it became against the law in the US to shoot a fleeing suspect involved in the commission of a felony.
The notion this man could not be dropped on the spot for fleeing is itself an outgrowth of liberalism.
“Even murdering perverts rate due process,”
His due process begins when the girl is safe. He chose his evil course and paid with his life. Us risking her any further is utterly irresponsible. No court in American history has ruled that hostages taken by a murderer must roll the dice, and forgo an easily affected rescue, so their attacker can have a day in court.
Its disgusting to risk that girls life in order to issue some verbal challenge, and then hopefully prevail if he resists. Nobody from George Washington on down has ever advocated that. That’s a fantasy standard that has never been used in this nations history.