Regardless of how you feel about ranger's actions and his interpretation of the rules, your hero: 1. As situation escalated, pulled out his phone and started pushing buttons hoping it would act as magic talisman and rescue him, 2. Yelled for help like a little girl, and 3. Used tiny dog as a shield.
Not really your prototypical Freedom Fighter.
All in all, he could have played the whole noble resistance angle better from the git-go as well.