The next time some 'Law & Order' retard scolds you about 'The Law', deliver a verbal backfist in his own language...
Civil Recourse
42 U.S.C. § 1983:
Every person who
under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any
State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be
subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the
jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or
immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party
injured in an action at law, Suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for
redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an
act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief
shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory
relief was unavailable. For the pur-poses of this section, any Act of Congress
applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a
statute of the District of Columbia.
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Criminal Recourse:
USC TITLE 18 § 241 Conspiracy against rights:
If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress,
threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth,
Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or
privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or
because of his having so exercised the same; or
If two or more persons go in disguise on the high-way, or on
the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or
enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured—
They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not
more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in
violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to
kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual
abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to
death.
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USC TITLE 18 § 242
Deprivation of rights under color of law:
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance,
regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory,
Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights,
privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of
the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account
of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are
prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from
the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the
use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or
fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or
both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section
or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual
abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill,
shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for
life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
Ah yes, 241 & 242, The last time I checked,(1980).
ReplyDeletethey had never been used against a public official. Safe bet they haven't been used since either!
I think our forefathers had a better handle on punishment though. Horsewhips, tar & feathers, lamppost hanging, etc. Just say'in.......MTHead