(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to commit coercion. COERCION, as it is used in this section, shall mean using a threat to compel or induce another person to engage in conduct from which the latter has a legal right to abstain, or to abstain from conduct in which the latter has a legal right to engage.
(B) THREAT, as used in this section, shall mean to communicate, directly or indirectly, the intent to do the following:
(1) To immediately use force against any person who is present at the time;
(2) To cause bodily injury in the future to the threatened person or a member or members of the threatened person’s immediate family;
(3) To subject the threatened person or a member or members of the threatened person’s immediate family to physical confinement or restraint;
(4) To accuse the threatened person or a member or members of the threatened person’s immediate family of a crime, or to cause criminal charges to be instituted against the threatened person or a member or members of the threatened person’s immediate family;
(5) To expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or false, tending to subject the threatened person or a member or members of the threatened person’s immediate family to hatred, contempt or ridicule;
(6) To reveal significant information sought to be concealed by the person threatened;
(7) To testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information with respect to a person’s legal claim or defense;
(8) To take wrongful action as an official against anyone or anything, wrongfully withhold official action or cause the action or withholding;
(9) To bring about or continue a strike, boycott or other similar collective action with the intent to obtain property which is not demanded or received for the benefit of the group which the actor purports to represent; or
(10) To do any other act which is intended to harm substantially the threatened person or a member or members of the threatened person’s immediate family with respect to his, her or their health, safety, business, financial condition or personal relationships.
(Prior Code, § 130.004) (Ord. 97-16, passed 8-4-1997) Penalty, see § 130.99