Which term means standing, sitting, or repeated walking with a banner, placard, or sign; loud singing or chanting; or blocking access to a funeral facility?

• A. Picketing
• B. Funeral Service Disruption
• C. Disrupting Meeting or Procession
• D. Obstructing Highway or Other Passageway

Answer: (A)

Picketing is a form of protest where people express their views through visible presence, often by standing or walking with signs, banners, or placards, and sometimes by loud chanting or singing. The description here—standing or sitting or repeatedly walking with a banner or sign, accompanied by loud chants, and even blocking access to a funeral facility—fits this traditional mode of protest, which is used to communicate a message to an employer, facility, or public audience while avoiding outright violence or obstruction of other pathways.

The other terms describe different offenses. Obstructing a highway or other passageway focuses on physically blocking a route, which is not the same as the protest-focused activity described. Disrupting a meeting or procession targets interference with a specific organized event. Funeral service disruption is about interfering with the service itself. Picketing, in contrast, encompasses the broad set of expressive activities described, including blocking entry to a location as a tactic.