As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any place which at the time of the offense is not open to
the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place which at the time of the offense is open to the
public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
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.
[R.O. 1993 § 215.030; R.O. of 1938 § 741;
CC 1963 Ch. 12 Art. III § 12-47]
If two (2) or more persons shall, in any public place, within
the limits of this City, voluntarily or by agreement engage in any
fight, or use blows or violence towards each other, in any angry or
quarrelsome manner, or do each other any wilful mischief, or if any
person shall assault another, or shall strike him/her in any public
place, to the terror or the disturbance of others, the person or persons
so offending shall be deemed guilty of an affray and a misdemeanor.
[R.O. 1993 § 215.110]
Every person who shall wilfully, maliciously or contemptuously
disturb any school or other meeting or assembly of people met together
for any lawful purpose by making a noise or by rude or indecent behavior
or profane discourse or by menacing, threatening or assaulting any
person therein shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.