Esta ley prohíbe protestar cerca de funerales o servicios con la intención de causar disturbio. Si alguien intenta interrumpir esos momentos, puede enfrentar problemas legales.
Es como si alguien hiciera ruido y molestara mientras estás celebrando un cumpleaños, arruinando el momento especial para todos.
Imagina que María está despidiendo a su abuela en un funeral. Un grupo de personas decide protestar a solo 400 pies de la ceremonia, gritando y mostrando carteles. Esto distrae a los asistentes y les causa angustia. Según la ley, esos manifestantes podrían enfrentar cargos por interrumpir el evento.
Las infracciones son delitos menores; las reincidencias pueden ser delitos mayores.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Family or household" has the meaning given to family or household member in section 518B.01, subdivision 2. (c) "Funeral ceremony" has the meaning given in section 149A.02, subdivision 18. (d) "Funeral procession" means two or more motor vehicles that identify themselves by using regular lights and by keeping themselves in close formation, one of which contains the body of a deceased person, enroute to or from a funeral ceremony or a graveside service. (e) "Graveside service" has the meaning given in section 149A.02, subdivision 24. (f) "Memorial service" has the meaning given in section 149A.02, subdivision 28. (g) "Targeted residential picketing" has the meaning given in section 609.748, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), but does not require more than one act or that acts be committed on more than one occasion. (a) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) with intent to disrupt a funeral ceremony, graveside service, or memorial service, protests or pickets within 500 feet of the burial site or the entrance to a facility or location being used for the service or ceremony, within one hour prior to, during, or one hour following the service or ceremony; (2) with intent to disrupt a funeral procession, impedes or attempts to impede a vehicle that is part of the procession; (3) intentionally blocks or attempts to block access to a funeral ceremony, graveside service, or memorial service; or (4) knowingly engages in targeted residential picketing at the home or domicile of any surviving member of the deceased person's family or household on the date of the funeral ceremony, graveside service, or memorial service. (b) Whoever is convicted of a violation of par
Cualquier acto destinado a interrumpir un funeral, como protestar o bloquear el acceso, es ilegal si se hace dentro de un tiempo específico antes, durante o después del servicio.
Bloquear un vehículo del cortejo fúnebre con la intención de interrumpirlo puede llevar a ser acusado de un delito menor.
Si te condenan por infringir esta ley y ya tienes una condena previa, podrías enfrentar cargos más graves, conocidos como delito mayor.
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