Kansas · Kansas Statutes Annotated — Chapter 21, Crimes and Punishments

K.S.A. Ch. 21 § 21-6201: Riot; incitement to riot

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

Riot involves five or more people using force or violence causing public breach or threatening immediate harm. Incitement to riot means urging others to riot. Both are felonies; riot is a misdemeanor unless it occurs in a correctional facility.

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