{"id":2059,"date":"2014-09-08T00:27:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T00:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourlandstoo.org\/?page_id=2059"},"modified":"2018-07-09T15:14:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T15:14:58","slug":"title-18-deprivation-of-rights-under-color-of-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=2059","title":{"rendered":"18 U.S.C. \u00a7 242 – Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This page is continued from Criminal Law Self-Help<\/a> >>>> Types of Crimes and Corresponding Laws<\/a> >>>> Color of Law Crimes (Abuse of Authority)<\/a>\u00a0>>>> Federal and State Statutes<\/a>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The <\/b><\/span>U.S. Federal Judiciary<\/a> cannot prevent officers or legislators from violating peoples’ rights, <\/b><\/span>however<\/em> there are\u00a0statutes\u00a0designed to hold officers accountable if they exceed or abuse their authority. \u00a0When State (including local) Officials choose\u00a0not\u00a0to hold an officer accountable when the facts at hand show that action is necessary (e.g. City Administrators choose not to press charges against a city police <\/b><\/span>officer<\/b><\/span>\u00a0who violated the law) \u2014 that<\/em> is an instance wherein civilians may find it necessary to “stack the facts” and file a criminal (and likely civil) action themselves.\u00a0<\/b><\/span>\u00a0One of the most fundamental U.S. codes designed to hold officers accountable for this type of crime is\u00a0U.S. Code Title 18\u00a0\u2013 Part 1 \u2013 Chapter 13\u2013\u00a0\u00a7242\u00a0Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law\u201d:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0U.S.C. “Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law<\/a>”\u00a0continues:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “… If death results from the acts committed in violation of this section\u00a0OR\u00a0if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap,\u00a0aggravated (with a weapon) sexual abuse,\u00a0OR\u00a0an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse,\u00a0OR\u00a0an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life,\u00a0or both,\u00a0or may be sentenced to death.<\/span>“<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 Read this statute on the U.S. House of Representative’s\u00a0Office of Law Revision Counsel\u00a0website:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=deprivation+of+rights+under+color+of+law&f=treesort&fq=true&num=1&hl=true&edition=prelim&granuleId=USC-prelim-title18-section242<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famously stated in his letter from Birmingham Jail<\/a>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Please sign our petition to institute<\/span>\u00a0Increased Penalties for Color of Law Crimes<\/a>.<\/em><\/h3>\n

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