Any person, whether or not acting under color of law, who by force or threat of force wilfully injures, intimidates or interferes with, or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with:

A. Any person because of his or her race, religion, color, sex, national origin and ancestry and because he or she is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing, occupying or contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental, financing or occupation of any real property, or applying for or participating in any service, organization or facility relating to the business of selling or renting real property; or

B. Any person because he or she has been or in order to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from:

1. Participating, without discrimination on account of race, religion, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, in any of the activities, services, organizations or facilities described in subsection (A) of this section, or

2. Affording another person or class of persons opportunity or protection so to participate; or

C. Any citizen because he or she has been, or in order to discourage such citizen or any other citizen from lawfully aiding or encouraging other persons to participate, without discrimination on account of race, religion, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, in any of the activities, services, organizations or facilities described in subsection (A) of this section, or participating lawfully in speech or peaceful assembly opposing any denial of the opportunity to so participate, shall upon conviction be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment. (Prior code § 5-1305)