That's exactly what Shelby County, Tennessee law enforcement did and asked the United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to grant them immunity for doing so. Seriously. Judge Sutton wrote the unanimous opinion from the Court and said, well .....no. A fellow who was clearly distraught was encountered by police after he had injured himself with a knife by cutting his wrists. Police ordered him to drop the knife and he placed it to his throat in response. So they shot him, mult