With the news for the last month the police are under a microscope and their tactics are under criticism….deaths of unarmed people for various reasons are not tolerable in a society that is proud of its freedoms and its society……there is a growing concern that the police are continue to be unaccountable for their actions…….

(Newser) – It’s possible that a grand jury will find enough evidence to conclude that Officer Darren Wilson should go on trial for the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. But even if that happens, don’t expect Wilson to be found guilty of excessive use of force, writes law professor Erwin Chemerinsky in the New York Times. Why? Look to the Supreme Court, which in recent years has made it all but impossible to convict police officers and prosecutors, writes Chemerinsky, whose essay is headlined, “How the Supreme Court Protects Bad Cops.”

Chemerinsky runs through several cases, including one in May in which the court found that officers acted reasonably when they fired 15 shots at a car during a high-speed chase, killing the driver and a passenger. He also cites a 2011 decision by Antonin Scalia, who “ruled that a government officer can be held liable only if ‘every reasonable official’ would have known that his conduct was unlawful.” These decisions and others have given cops a nearly impenetrable “immunity” from citizens who have been wronged, writes Chemerinsky. “They mean that the officer who shot Michael Brown and the City of Ferguson will most likely never be held accountable in court,” he concludes. “How many more deaths and how many more riots will it take before the Supreme Court changes course?” Click for his full column.

What will it take for society to demand that the police take responsibility for their actions and the deaths that they are committing almost daily?