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Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey is encouraging the Council and mayor to ignore the legal advice against enforcing the ordinances. He was recently quoted arguing in favor of the illegal measures that "as far as I am concerned, the laws are valid, and we will act as if this whole conversation with the D.A. just didn't take place."

Since he's sworn to enforce the laws, he can't claim not to know them. Accordingly, Chief Ransey deserves the full penalty of the law for his crimes.

United States Code Title 18, U.S. Criminal Code
PartI, Chapter 13, §ection 241
Conspiracy against rights:

If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or

If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured—

They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

[neverdem]

Those laws are only good for prosecuting typical white devils.

They can’t be used against a brother!

[Lurker]

Nice catch. I've been citing that Federal Law for a couple of years now.

But from my research I can't find a single instance of it ever having been invoked against a public official. Not one.

L