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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 2 (2026)

Refusing or neglecting to depart or to assist in suppressing assembly or in arresting persons

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Section 2. Whoever, being present and being so commanded to assist in arresting such rioters or persons so unlawfully assembled, or in suppressing such riot or unlawful assembly, refuses or neglects to obey such command, or, if required by such magistrate or officer to depart from the place, refuses or neglects so to do, shall be considered one of the rioters or persons unlawfully assembled, and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars, or both.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1980–2006 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Abramms, 849 N.E.2d 867 (Mass. App. Ct. 2006).
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Commonwealth v. Abramms, 849 N.E.2d 867 (Mass. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 18× “After a jury trial in the Northampton Division of the District Court Department, the defendant was convicted under G. L. c. 269, § 2, of failing to obey the order of a police officer to disperse from an “unlawful assembly.”
Commonwealth v. Stallions, 398 N.E.2d 738 (Mass. App. Ct. 1980). “585, § 1) and (2) refusing to obey the command of a police officer to depart from an unlawful assembly (G. L. c. 269, § 2). 1 On the evidence the jury could have found that about 10:00 p.”
Commonwealth v. Stacey, 4 Mass. L. Rptr. 263 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1995). · cites it 3× “269, §1 clearly lacks a penalty provision, the Commonwealth asserts that the punishment for violation that statute is provided in G.L.c. 269, §2. That latter statute provides in part that: Whoever, if required by such .”
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