I don't buy that the fugitive is responsible for these choppers. That shite is pure pilot error. He never came across their path, plane, or coerced anyone directly to affect the choppers. They made an active decision to throw themselves in harms way and failed to take the most basic care for their own space.
If this guy is responsible for manslaughter in regards to these choppers, then Paris Hilton is responsible for the 20-30 teenagers who walked into traffic or ran their Miatas into telephone poles while texting and celling other teens about the buzz over her jail theatrics two months ago. There has to be at least a sliver or direct contact, intent, or force involved to make it justifiable.
He's screaming down the street and forces someone off the road... responsible.
He causes a police vehicle to skip a curb and run down a pack of nuns.. responsible.
He clips a powerline causing a nursing home to lose three patients on ventilators... responsible.
He causes someone in a gas station checkout line to choke on a Slim Jim because they craned their neck to gawk at the chase... NOT responsible.
You catch my drift?
