A government employee depriving someone of their rights under color of law occurs when that employee claims legal authority to violate rights, but actually has no such authority. The document asserts that many police officers are not intelligent and were social outcasts as youths, pursuing law enforcement as a way to fit in and get back at peers. True authority of law requires substance over just appearance of legal right, and abuse of power given by state law is still action under color of state law.
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Explanation of Color of Law and Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law.
A government employee depriving someone of their rights under color of law occurs when that employee claims legal authority to violate rights, but actually has no such authority. The document asserts that many police officers are not intelligent and were social outcasts as youths, pursuing law enforcement as a way to fit in and get back at peers. True authority of law requires substance over just appearance of legal right, and abuse of power given by state law is still action under color of state law.
A government employee depriving someone of their rights under color of law occurs when that employee claims legal authority to violate rights, but actually has no such authority. The document asserts that many police officers are not intelligent and were social outcasts as youths, pursuing law enforcement as a way to fit in and get back at peers. True authority of law requires substance over just appearance of legal right, and abuse of power given by state law is still action under color of state law.
Deprivation of of Rights Under Color of Law is when a
government employee says that the law gives him the authority deprive you of your God-given rights. Everyone living in the real world knows that most police employees are not very smart. If an individual has to stoop to work for the government it's because they're retarded and can't get a job anywhere else. Most of the losers that apply for cop jobs were ostracized as youths and pursue enforcement as a way of fitting into a group and getting back at their peers.
Color of law -- The appearance or semblance, without the
substance, of legal RIGHT. Misuse of power, possessed by virtue of state law and made possible only because wrongdoer is clothed with authority of state, is action taken under "color of state