876.155 Applicability; ss. 876.12-876.15. - Florida Statutes

876.155 Applicability; ss. 876.12-876.15.

The provisions of ss. 876.12-876.15 apply only if the person was wearing the mask, hood, or other device:

   (1) With the intent to deprive any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws or for the purpose of preventing the constituted authorities of this state or any subdivision thereof from, or hindering them in, giving or securing to all persons within this state the equal protection of the laws;

   (2) With the intent, by force or threat of force, to injure, intimidate, or interfere with any person because of the person’s exercise of any right secured by federal, state, or local law or to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from exercising any right secured by federal, state, or local law;

   (3) With the intent to intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass any other person; or

   (4) While she or he was engaged in conduct that could reasonably lead to the institution of a civil or criminal proceeding against her or him, with the intent of avoiding identification in such a proceeding.

History. s. 1, ch. 81-249; s. 1416, ch. 97-102.