ATLANTA (AP) The Georgia lawmaker who was arrested after knocking on the door of the governor’s office as he made televised comments in support of the sweeping, controversial new election law he’d just signed will not be charged, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Rep. Park Cannon, an Atlanta Democrat, was arrested March 25 and charged with obstruction of law enforcement and disruption of the General Assembly. She was released from jail later that evening.
“While some of Representative Cannon’s colleagues and the police officers involved may have found her behavior annoying, such sentiment does not justify a presentment to a grand jury of the allegations in the arrest warrants or any other felony charges,” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said in an emailed statement.
Decision Made In Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon Arrest Amid Anger Over New Election Law
The legislator was looking at a felony charge after troopers arrested her while she knocked on Gov. Brian Kemp’s door as he signed the bill.
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The Democratic Georgia state lawmaker who was arrested while knocking on the door of
Gov. Brian Kemp as he signed the controversial Republican-sponsored election bill into law will not face charges, a prosecutor said Wednesday (April 7).
Park Cannon was one of several people who opposed the new law, which has been called “Jim Crow 2.0,” by critics, who believe it makes voting more difficult in the state. She was taken into custody March 25 by state troopers and released later that evening.
Georgia lawmaker won t face charges for voting bill protest
FILE-In this Thursday, March 25, 2021 file photo, State Rep. Park Cannon, D-Atlanta, is placed into the back of a Georgia State Capitol patrol car after being arrested by Georgia State Troopers at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta. Cannon was arrested by Capitol police after she attempted to knock on the door of the Gov. Brian Kemp office during his remarks after he signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections. The Fulton County District attorney won t prosecute Cannon, announced Wednesday, April 7, 2021, who was arrested for knocking on the governor s door during a voting bill signing. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
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