As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
Any place which at the time of the offense is not open to
the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
Any property in which the person does not have a possessory
interest.
Any place which at the time of the offense is open to the
public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
A.
A person commits the offense of peace disturbance if he or she:
1.
Unreasonably and knowingly disturbs or alarms another person
or persons by:
a.
Loud noise; or
b.
Offensive language addressed in a face-to-face manner to a specific
individual and uttered under circumstances which are likely to produce
an immediate violent response from a reasonable recipient; or
c.
Threatening to commit a felonious act against any person under
circumstances which are likely to cause a reasonable person to fear
that such threat may be carried out; or
d.
Fighting; or
e.
Creating a noxious and offensive odor.
A person commits the offense of unlawful assembly if he/she
knowingly assembles with six (6) or more other persons and agrees
with such persons to violate any of the criminal laws of this State
or of the United States with force or violence.
A person commits the offense of rioting if he/she knowingly
assembles with six (6) or more other persons and agrees with such
persons to violate any of the criminal laws of this State or of the
United States with force or violence and thereafter, while still so
assembled, does violate any of said laws with force or violence.
A person commits the offense of refusal to disperse if, being
present at the scene of an unlawful assembly or at the scene of a
riot, he/she knowingly fails or refuses to obey the lawful command
of a Law Enforcement Officer to depart from the scene of such unlawful
assembly or riot.
A.
A person shall be guilty of disorderly conduct and breach of the
peace if he/she unreasonably and knowingly:
1.
Addresses abusive language or threats to a specific individual
present which creates a clear and present danger of violence;
2.
Obstructs, molests or interferes with any person lawfully in
any public place;
3.
Makes personally abusive remarks to a specific individual in
a face-to-face manner which would have a direct tendency to cause
an immediate violent response by a reasonable recipient;
4.
Obstructs any public street, public highway, public sidewalk
or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or
tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of
vehicles, traffic or pedestrians;
5.
Obstructs or interferes with the free and uninterrupted ingress,
egress, regress, or use of property or any business while in or upon
any public place, street, highway, sidewalk, or building;
6.
Damages, befouls or disturbs public property or property of
another so as to create a hazardous or unhealthy condition; or
7.
Commits a trespass on private property.
B.
This shall not apply to peaceful picketing, public speaking or other
lawful expressions of opinion not in contravention of other laws.
A.
For purposes of this Section, "house of worship" means any church,
synagogue, mosque, other building or structure, or public or private
place used for religious worship, religious instruction, or other
religious purpose.
B.
A person commits the offense of disrupting a house of worship if
such person:
1.
Intentionally and unreasonably disturbs, interrupts, or disquiets
any house of worship by using profane discourse, rude or indecent
behavior, or making noise either within the house of worship or so
near it as to disturb the order and solemnity of the worship services;
or
2.
Intentionally injures, intimidates, or interferes with or attempts
to injure, intimidate, or interfere with any person lawfully exercising
the right of religious freedom in or outside of a house of worship
or seeking access to a house of worship, whether by force, threat,
or physical obstruction.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
A.
A person commits the offense of unlawful funeral protest if he or
she pickets or engages in other protest activities within three hundred
(300) feet of any residence, cemetery, funeral home, church, synagogue
or other establishment during or within one (1) hour before or one
(1) hour after the conducting of any actual funeral or burial service
at that place.
B.
FUNERAL and BURIAL SERVICE
OTHER PROTEST ACTIVITIES
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following
terms mean:
The ceremonies and memorial services held in conjunction with the burial or cremation of the dead, but this Section does not apply to processions while they are in transit beyond any three-hundred-foot zone that is established under Subsection (A) above.
Any action that is disruptive or undertaken to disrupt or
disturb a funeral or burial service.
C.
The offense of unlawful funeral protest shall be an ordinance violation.
A.
It
shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to operate a radio, phonograph,
loudspeaker, sound amplifier or other device at any time with volume
louder than necessary for convenient hearing of persons in the room,
vehicle, chamber, or outside of any enclosed structure where used.
Audibility at a distance of more than one hundred (100) feet from
such device is prima facie evidence of a violation of this Section.
B.
Any
person who is convicted of a violation of this Section shall be fined
not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) for each such conviction thereof.
