On a side note, the police DID "serve" his request and shot his ass.
Sorry, but if I am with my buddy who also carry's and this guy is taking a high ground offensive on him, I'm gonna make sure the knife wielder is down. Another couple paces and the guy could "superman" with that knife.
You can't cure stupid.
I really don’t have a problem with officers who choose to grant the request of people shouting ‘shoot me, shoot me.’ He literally asked for it, soo....