Yet in the UK unarmed officers will happily trap a man with a knife behind a shopping cart until he gets tired. In the US people get shot for carrying a tiny r

Yet in the UK unarmed officers will happily trap a man with a knife behind a shopping cart until he gets tired. In the US people get shot for carrying a tiny razor blade... You can train people to deescalate rather than shooting; to use minimal force; to remain calm while exercising force; to ask someone if they doing fine, while forcefully holding them to the ground. Or calmly explain to a hysterical individual being held down that things are going to be okay. It takes training though.