Kindred,
Obviously, abusers cannot stop abusing.
So let's get to the nitty gritty.
It is a crime to conceal or fail to report crimes, especially felonies (18 U.S.C. 4).
It is also a crime to aid, abet, counsel, command, induce or procure another to commit a crime (18 U.S.C. 2).
It is another crime to conspire with one or more persons to commit a crime (18 U.S.C. 371).
Abuse of power is defined as the commissioning of unlawful act(s) while in office or malfeasance* in office (See notation below).
Abuse of a citizen by a person acting under color of law to subject any person, such as a citizen, to different punishments, cruel and unusual abuses, pains or other abuses is unlawful and considered deprivation of rights under color of law (18 U.S.C. 242).
Also conspiracy against rights occurs when two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate free exercise of rights or privilege secured by the Constitution or the laws of the U.S. (18 U.S.C. 241).
It is also unlawful for any agent of authority to engage in a pattern or practice of misconduct (Title 42, U.S.C. section 14141, 5 C.F.R. 2635 and 902, 5 U.S.C. 2301).
The above listed violations of law does not include the individual counts and continuous counts of violations in aiding, abetting, or committment of abuses in crimes, such as assaults (18 U.S.C. 113-117 ), tampering (18 U.S.C. 1365, 36 C.F.R. 2.31), harassment (Title VII, U.S.C. 2241, 29 C.F.R 1604.11) (stalking (18 U.S.C. 2261-2266) and/or other violations of domestic and international laws.
Report and stop the abusers; stop the abuses.
* "malfeasance is the doing of an act which an officer had no legal right to do at all and that when an officer, through ignorance, inattention, or malice, does that which they have no legal right to do at all, or acts without any authority whatsoever, or exceeds, ignores, or abuses their powers, they are guilty of malfeasance."
- Daugherty v. Ellis, 142 W. Va. 340, 357-8, 97 S.E.2d 33, 42-3 (W. Va. 1956)
(18 U.S.C. 3333)
