(A) No public servant, under color of his office, employment, or authority, shall knowingly deprive, conspire, or attempt to deprive any person of a constitutional or statutory right.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of interfering with civil rights, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(R.C. § 2921.45) ('81 Code § 136.12) Penalty, see § 130.99