POULSBO, Wash. — Lawyers say the city of Poulsbo, Washington, and its police department will pay $2 million to settle a civil-rights lawsuit filed last year by the family of Stonechild Chiefstick.
Police shot Chiefstick at a park during the city’s crowded 2019 Independence Day celebration.
The lawsuit alleged officer Craig Keller shot Chiefstick 12 seconds after arriving to investigate complaints that Chiefstick had threatened someone with a screwdriver.
The lawsuit, filed last year by Seattle attorney Gabriel Galanda, said the Poulsbo Police Department had been lax in its de-escalation training and that Keller was prone to unnecessary uses of force.
Prosecutors reviewed the shooting and declined to file criminal charges.
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