(A) Definitions pertaining to riot and disorderly conduct. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DESECRATE. Defacing, damaging, polluting or otherwise physically mistreating in a way that the actor knows will outrage the sensibilities of persons likely to observe or discover his or her action.
PUBLIC. Affecting or likely to affect a substantial group of persons.
PUBLIC PLACE. A place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access and includes but is not limited to highways, transportation facilities, schools, places of amusements, parks, places of business, playgrounds and hallways, lobbies and other portions of apartment houses and hotels not constituting rooms or apartments designed for actual residence. An act is deemed to occur in a PUBLIC PLACE if it produces its offensive or proscribed consequences in a public place.
RIOT. A public disturbance involving an assemblage of five or more persons which by tumultuous and violent conduct creates grave danger of damage or injury to property or persons or substantially obstructs law enforcement or other government function.
(KRS 525.010)
TRANSPORTATION FACILITY. Any conveyance, premises or place used for or in connection with public passenger transportation by air, railroad, motor vehicle or any other method. It includes aircraft, watercraft, railroad cars, buses and air, boat, railroad and bus terminals and stations and all appurtenances thereto.
(B) Riot in the second degree.
(1) A person is guilty of riot in the second degree when he or she knowingly participates in a riot.
(2) Riot in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
(KRS 525.030)
(C) Inciting a riot.
(1) A person is guilty of inciting to riot when he or she incites or urges 5 or more people to create or engage in a riot.
(2) Inciting a riot is a Class A misdemeanor.
(KRS 525.040)
(D) Unlawful assembly.
(1) A person is guilty of unlawful assembly when:
(a) He or she assembles with five or more persons for the purpose of engaging or preparing to engage with them in a riot; or
(b) Being present at an assembly which either has or develops such a purpose, he or she remains there with intent to advance that purpose.
(2) Unlawful assembly is a Class B misdemeanor.
(KRS 525.050)
(E) Disorderly conduct.
(1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct when in a public place and with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, wantonly creating a risk thereof, he or she:
(a) Engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior;
(b) Makes unreasonable noise;
(c) Refuses to obey an official order to disperse issued to maintain public safety in dangerous proximity to a fire, hazard or other emergency; or
(d) Creates a hazard or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate purpose.
(2) Disorderly conduct is a Class B misdemeanor.
(KRS 525.060)
(F) Harassment.
(1) A person is guilty of harassment when with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person he or she:
(a) Strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects him to physical contact or attempts or threatens to do the same;
(b) In a public place, makes an offensively coarse utterance, gesture or display, or addresses abusive language to any person present;
(c) Follows a person in or about a public place or places; or
(d) Engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which alarm or seriously annoy such other person and which serve no legitimate purpose.
(2) Harassment is a violation.
(KRS 525.070)
(G) Harassing communications.
(1) A person is guilty of harassing communications when with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person he or she:
(a) Communicates with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, telegraph, mail or any other form of electronic or written communication in a manner which causes annoyance or alarm and serves no purpose of legitimate communication; or
(b) Makes a telephone call, whether or not conversation ensues, with no purpose of legitimate communication.
(2) Harassing communications is a Class B misdemeanor.
(KRS 525.080)
(H) Loitering.
(1) A person is guilty of loitering when the person:
(a) Loiters or remains in a public place for the purpose of gambling with cards, dice or other gambling paraphernalia, except that the provisions of this section shall not apply if the person is participating in charitable gaming defined by KRS 238.505, or is engaged in sports wagering licensed under KRS Chapter 230;
(b) Loiters or remains in a public place for the purpose of engaging or agreeing or offering to engage in prostitution;
(c) Loiters or remains in a public place for the purpose of unlawfully using a controlled substance;
(d) Loiters or remains in or about a school, college or university building or grounds, not having any reason or relationship involving custody of or responsibility for a pupil or student or any other specific legitimate reason for being there and not having written permission from anyone authorized to grant the same; or
(e) Loiters or remains in any transportation facility, unless specifically authorized to do so, for the purpose of soliciting or engaging in any business, trade or commercial transactions involving the sale of merchandise or services.
(2) Loitering is a violation.
(KRS 5 25.090)
(I) Public intoxication.
(1) A person is guilty of public intoxication when he or she appears in a public place manifestly under the influence of alcohol, or a controlled substance, or other intoxicating substance, not therapeutically administered, to the degree that he or she may endanger himself or herself or other persons in his or her vicinity.
(2) Public intoxication is a Class B misdemeanor.
(KRS 525.100)
(J) Desecration of venerated objects.
(1) A person is guilty of desecration of venerated objects when he or she intentionally:
(a) Desecrates any public monument or object or place of worship or burial; or
(b) Desecrates in a public place the national or state flag or other patriotic or religious symbol which is an object of veneration by the public or a substantial segment thereof.
(2) Desecration of venerated objects is a Class A misdemeanor.
(KRS 525.110)
(K) Obstructing a highway or other public passage.
(1) A person is guilty of obstructing a highway or other public passage when having no legal privilege to do so he, alone or with other persons, intentionally or wantonly renders any highway or public passage impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or hazard.
(2) No person shall be convicted under this section solely because of a gathering of persons to hear him speak or otherwise communicate or solely because of being a member of such a gathering.
(3) An order to disperse issued by a peace officer or other public servant engaged in executing or enforcing the law and addressed to a person whose speech or other lawful behavior attracts an obstructing audience shall not be deemed lawful if the obstruction can be readily remedied by police control of the size or location of the gathering.
(4) Obstructing a highway or other public passage is a Class B misdemeanor.
(KRS 525.140)
(L) Disrupting meetings.
(1) A person is guilty of disrupting meetings and processions when with intent to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession or gathering, he or she does any act tending to obstruct or interfere with it physically or makes any utterance, gesture or display designed to outrage the sensibilities of the group.
(2) Disrupting meetings and processions is a Class S misdemeanor.
(KRS 525.150)
(1980 Code, § 1020.11)