NC Tightens Its Laws on Disorderly Conduct at Funerals
Published for NC Criminal Law on October 14, 2013.
No doubt in response to funeral protests by groups like Westboro Baptist Church, in 2006 NC amended its disorderly conduct statute, G.S. 14-288.4, adding a provision prohibiting disorderly conduct at a funeral. Under current law a person commits this offense when he or she: (1) intentionally (2) causes a public disturbance (3) by engaging in ... Read more
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