[marktwain]

“Kinda tosses out any hope of a DC charge sticking.”

The Disorderly Conduct charge sure looks like suppression of Constitutional rights under color of law, doesn’t it?

[Dead Corpse]

USC Title 18, Section 242. Deprivation of Civil Rights under color of Law. If there is standard policy, and the Chief's press release looks like it is, the Section 241 kicks in as well. Section 241 is Conspiracy to Deprive Civil Rights under color of Law.

Can carry life imprisonment or even the death penalty upon conviction.

To the best of my knowledge, this statute has never been invoked. Ever.