How the Supreme Court gave police cover for raids gone wrong

It would be nice to think we shouldn't need the courts to tell police to avoid unnecessary violence, to abide by the Constitution, and to exercise due diligence when battering down doors and storming homes in the dead of night. 

But the last 17 years have demonstrated that we clearly do. And until judges start taking seriously their responsibility to protect the Fourth Amendment, expect to see more innocent people shot, more injured children and bystanders, and more avoidable, unnecessary death...

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/supreme-court-gave-police-cover-raids-gone-wrong-rcna135100