10.16.040 Coercion.
This section is included in your selections.
A. A person is guilty of coercion if by use of a threat he compels or induces a person to engage in conduct which the latter has a legal right to abstain from, or to abstain from conduct which he has a legal right to engage in.
B. “Threat” as used in this section means:
1. To communicate, directly or indirectly, the intent immediately to use force against any person who is present at the time: or
2. Threats as defined in subsections A, B or C of Section 10.02.260.
C. Coercion is a gross misdemeanor. (Ord. 1145-85 § 37, 1985.)