Texas Penal Code Practice

What offense involves participating in an assemblage of seven or more persons?

1. Harassment

2. Interference with Emergency Telephone Calls

3. Hindering Proceedings by Disorderly Conduct

4. Riot

The correct answer is: Riot

Participating in an assemblage of seven or more persons constitutes the offense of riot. In Texas, under the Texas Penal Code, a riot is defined as an assembly of seven or more persons resulting in conduct that creates an immediate danger of damage to property or injury to persons, substantially obstructs law enforcement or other government functions, or by force, threat of force, or physical action deprives any person of a legal right or disturbs any person in the enjoyment of a legal right. The focus of a riot is on the collective behavior of a large group of people that threatens public safety or disrupts the peace. The other options, harassment, interference with emergency telephone calls, and hindering proceedings by disorderly conduct, do not specifically involve participation in an assemblage of seven or more persons and do not carry the same gravity of a public disturbance as the offense of riot.