WaPo: ‘The Watch’ Blog: 11th Circuit: Cops weren’t given enough notice that police tactics used for decades are unconstitutional

WaPo: ‘The Watch’ Blog: 11th Circuit: Cops weren’t given enough notice that police tactics used for decades are unconstitutional by Radley Balko:

Now that the courts are finally coming around on the violation part, (and this isn’t the first court to do so), they’re reluctant to hold officers accountable because until only recently, the courts were part of the problem. Note that even this decision found nothing wrong with using flashbangs during a volatile SWAT raid over a ‘small quantity of a green leafy substance.’ It was just the third one, which injured someone, that they find excessive. All of which means it’s doubtful this decision will have any deterrent effect going forward.