§ 4023. Killing or wounding
If, in the effort to suppress or disperse any unlawful or riotous assembly, or to arrest or detain any of the persons engaged therein, any such rioters or other persons then present as spectators or otherwise are killed or wounded, the officers, and persons acting in their aid, are guiltless thereof. If any such officers […]
§ 4021. Unlawful assembly; command to disperse
When three or more persons, whether armed or not, are unlawfully or riotously assembled in any town, village or settlement or in any other place in the Virgin Islands, any marshal, deputy marshal, or any police officer or other peace officer of the Virgin Islands shall go among the persons assembled or as near to […]
§ 4022. Arrests; aid of private persons; other measures
(a) If the persons assembled do not immediately disperse, the officers must arrest them or cause them to be arrested, that they may be punished according to law, and for the purpose may command the aid of all persons present. (b) If the persons assembled and commanded to disperse do not immediately disperse, any two […]