Philly Clusterphunky

[The Architect Of Fate]

I'm arguing from the fact of why should he trust the cops wouldn't? and they have in other instances. If either way he gets shot neither is the safer option if the result is you wind up dead. 

I disagree

The odds are better with dropping the knife, or even better, not picking up the knife, to begin with. I don't know all of the details but someone called the police for a reason. When the police arrived the reason appeared to be a guy threatening people with a knife, who refused to drop the knife.  

Sometimes the responsibility/liability falls on the offender, including death.

How did you come to those odds? Yes called the police but the details of why remain scarce. A person had a knife his motivation for having the knife isn't known either. As for dropping it, This goes back to my first point. 

That can be the case. It remains to be seen if that applies here.