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    American Cops Are Under Pressure To Rely Less On Guns And Take More Personal Risk

    Some blame the U.S.'s high rate of police shootings on racism or militarism. But another theory says there's a simpler problem: American police aren't taught how to grapple with armed suspects.
    by Martin Kaste May 19, 2021 4 minutes
    Critics say American officers should be trained in defensive tactics, especially empty-hand techniques, so that they depend less on tasers and guns.

    A couple of summers ago in Poulsbo, Wash., in a crowded park before a fireworks show, a man named Stonechild Chiefstick was bothering people, according to police. They got complaints about him seeming intoxicated and "doing crazy stuff."

    At first, the cops just talked to him about it. But when they got a report that he'd threatened someone with a screwdriver, they went to arrest him. The encounter ended with police shooting and killing him.

    "I don't understand it. I don't understand why they just shoot," says Trishandra Pickup, his former fiancée and mother of his children.

    The interaction was caught on a , but it was knocked to the ground before the crucial moment. Some with the screwdriver before

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