(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to physically interfere with pickets in the use of the sidewalk or to address profane, indecent, abusive, or threatening language to or at those pickets which would tend to provoke the pickets or others to a breach of the peace.
(b) The police officers of the town may, in the event of the assemblage of persons in such numbers as would tend to intimidate pickets pursuing their lawful objectives, direct the dispersal of persons so assembled and may arrest any person who fails to absent himself or herself from the place of assemblage when so directed by the police.
(c) Whenever the free passage of any street or sidewalk in the town shall be obstructed by a crowd, the persons composing such crowd shall disperse or move on when directed to do so by a police officer. It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to so disperse or move on when so directed by a police officer as herein provided.
(Code 1982, § 12-229.4; Ord. No. 95-010, 3-9-1995; 2008-Code-09, 11-20-2008)