(a) Riot is five or more persons acting together and without lawful authority engaging in any:
- (1) Use of force or violence which produces a breach of the public peace; or
- (2) threat to use such force or violence against any person or property if accompanied by power or apparent power of immediate execution.
- (b) Incitement to riot is by words or conduct knowingly urging others to engage in riot as defined in subsection (a) under circumstances which produce a clear and present danger of injury to persons or property or a branch [breach] of the public peace.
- (c) (1) Riot is a class A person misdemeanor.
- (2) Incitement to riot is a severity level 8, person felony.
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 179; July 1, 2011.