Two veteran Atlanta civil rights lawyers say that holding police accountable for misconduct are frequently stymied by legal hurdles and a culture that too often protects officers whose conduct would otherwise result in criminal charges.

Even as Fulton County’s district attorney filed criminal charges this week against six Atlanta police officers for tazing students amid demonstrations over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, Atlanta civil rights attorney Gerry Weber said those types of charges remain “as unlikely as seeing a unicorn.”