The Civil Rights Act of 1871 now 42 U.S.C.A Section 1983 “SECTION 242.  Deprivation of rights under color of law.”

“Whoever, under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, subjects or causes to be subjected, any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States…shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, Suite in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress…

 

P.A. 495 was passed in December of 2004 by the Michigan Legislature, and signed into law on December 27, 2004 by Governor Jennifer Granholm. This law had far-reaching effects, some of which were not anticipated by the Legislators, or even those behind it. For many caught in its cross-hairs, life would never be the same. We were among those. "Under Color of Law" is our story.