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Georgia Lawmaker Won t Be Prosecuted For Knocking On Kemp s Office Door During Election Law Signing
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Park Cannon: Lawmaker won t be prosecuted after disturbing arrest for knocking on Georgia governor s door
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A Georgia district attorney will not pursue charges against a state legislator arrested for knocking on the governor’s door during a signing ceremony for a controversial voting bill.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis considers the matter of Rep. Park Cannon’s March 25 arrest closed after conducting multiple interviews with people involved in the incident.
“After reviewing all of the evidence, I have decided to close this matter. It will not be presented to a grand jury for consideration of indictment, and it is now closed,” she said on Wednesday. “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.”
Updated at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday
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.
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Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon (D) will not be prosecuted following her arrest in late March during Gov. Brian Kemp
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Wednesday that she would not proceed with two felony charges against Cannon who was arrested after loudly knocking on the door of Kemp s state office while he signed a sweeping piece of voting legislation, S.B. 202, into law on March 25, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The newspaper further reported that Willis said the case surrounding Cannon s arrest was closed, and would not be presented to a grand jury.
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“While some of Rep. 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,” Willis said, according to the newspaper.
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