Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, by force or threat of force willfully injures, intimidates, or interferes with, or attempts to injure, intimidate, or interfere with:
(A) Any person because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, and because he or she 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; or
(B) Any person because he or she is, or has been, or in order to intimidate such person or any other person, or any class of persons, from:
(1) Participating, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, in any of the activities, services, organizations, or facilities described in subsection 15(a); or
(2) Affording another person, or class of persons, opportunity or protection so to participate.
(Prior Code, § IV.1)