(A) No person shall act under color of law, by force or threat of force, willfully injure, intimidate or interfere with, or attempt to injure, intimidate or interfere with, any of the following:
(1) Any person because of his race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin and because he is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing, occupying, or contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental, financing or occupation of any dwelling, or applying for or participating in any service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings.
(2) Any person because he is or has been, or in order to intimidate the person or any other person or any class of persons from doing the following:
(a) Participating, without discrimin- ation on account of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin, in any of the activities, services, organizations or facilities described in division (A)(1).
(b) Affording another person or class of persons opportunity or protection so to participate.
(3) Any citizen because he is or has been, or in order to discourage the citizen or any other citizen from lawfully aiding or encouraging other persons to participate, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin, in any of the activities, services, organizations or facilities described in subdivision (A)(2), or participating lawfully in speech or peaceful assembly opposing any denial of the opportunity to participate.
(B) Any person who violates division (A) of this section shall be fined according to local, state and federal law; and if bodily injury results, shall be fined not more than $10, not more than ten years, or both; and if death results shall be subject to imprisonment for any term of years or for life.
(Ord. 432, passed 5-8-95) Penalty, see § 10.99