Intent to influence stands as just one of many possible illegal motive's. The intent to disrupt and the intent to obstruct are also illegal. Blocking the car, disrupting sleep and family life which is needed to best consider the case at hand. One does not have to prove the intent of the picketer, just as one does not have to prove the intent of someone carrying a concealed weapon into a school. The act is illegal by itself for obvious reasons.
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