Failure to disperse
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AR Code › Title 5 › Chapter 71 › Subchapter 2 › Section 5-71-206
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(a) A person commits the offense of failure to disperse if, during a riot or an unlawful assembly, he or she refuses or knowingly fails to disperse when ordered to disperse by a law enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law. (b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the actor was a news reporter or other person observing or recording the events on behalf of the news media not knowingly obstructing efforts by a law enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law to control or abate the riot or unlawful assembly. (c) Failure to disperse is a Class C misdemeanor. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2907; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2907.
(a) A person commits the offense of failure to disperse if, during a riot or an unlawful assembly, he or she refuses or knowingly fails to disperse when ordered to disperse by a law enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law.
(b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the actor was a news reporter or other person observing or recording the events on behalf of the news media not knowingly obstructing efforts by a law enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law to control or abate the riot or unlawful assembly.
(c) Failure to disperse is a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2907; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2907.
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