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U.S.C. Title 42, Section 1983, Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law is the appropriate federal law used to address police misconduct as a civil matter. Depending on the situation, a person may have to start at the state level. If you believe that your state and/or federal civil and/or constitutional rights have been violated your action would be filed under the Color of State Law or the Color of Law. Section 1983 claims are difficult to win. The misconduct would have to be intentional and egregious. The Plaintiff has the responsibility of proving this. From a criminal perspective, police misconduct falls under U.S.C. Title 18, Section 242 Color of Law and Section 14141; the Federal Police Misconduct Statute. Title 18 is the federal criminal statute and therefore a prosecutor would be the person to file the complaint. For a more thorough explanation research 42, 1983 claims. There is an excellent scholarly article about 1983 that is available on-line. It was written by a law professor, Karen Blum from Sufflok University in Boston.

if its city police adrees the county. if its county address the state. if its state address the feds. ive dealt with law alot ive been through it.

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