David Honig wrote:
>
> Actually you can sue a government official (cop, clerk, etc) who
> violates your rights knowingly, and under 'color of authority'.
> The trick is convincing a jury that it was suitably malicious
> and obvious violation. E.g., false arrest because you look like
> a suspect won't cut it almost always.
Actually, you can do better than that. There's a fed statute (don't
have the # with me, but do at home if someone needs it) that makes
violation of your civil rights by *any* public official a federal
felony. A judge in Tenn. got 32 years in the slammer on this charge a
few years ago. He took it to the Supremes and lost.
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