XPost: la.general, oc.general.ba.politics, sbay.politics   
   From: metoo@cnn.com   
      
   A. A person commits obstructing governmental operations if, by   
   using or threatening to use violence or physical force, such   
   person knowingly obstructs, impairs or hinders:   
      
   1. The performance of a governmental function by a public   
   servant acting under color of his official authority; or   
      
   2. The enforcement of the penal law or the preservation of the   
   peace by a peace officer acting under color of his official   
   authority.   
      
   B. This section does not apply to the obstruction, impairment or   
   hinderance of the making of an arrest.   
      
   C. Obstructing governmental operations is a class 1 misdemeanor.   
                            
      
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