Georgia state troopers arrested Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon on Thursday after she knocked on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s statehouse office door as he signed a controversial elections bill into law in a closed-door ceremony.
Lt. W. Mark Riley, spokesman for the Georgia State Patrol, said in a statement Thursday evening that Cannon was warned to stop knocking on the door because the area reserved was for the governor's staff.
"She was advised that she was disturbing what was going on inside and if she did not stop, she would be placed under arrest. Rep. Cannon stepped back for a moment and then stepped back up to the door and started knocking on the door again," Riley said. "She was again advised if she did not stop, she would be arrested for obstruction and disturbing the press conference."
Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, the founder of voting rights group Fair Fight, said in a statement that the law was "blatantly unconstitutional" and "nothing less than Jim Crow 2.0."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1262120
(Great news for Georgia but of course Democrats are unhappy and making up nonsense like Jim Crow 2.0 😂 so ignorant.)
Lt. W. Mark Riley, spokesman for the Georgia State Patrol, said in a statement Thursday evening that Cannon was warned to stop knocking on the door because the area reserved was for the governor's staff.
"She was advised that she was disturbing what was going on inside and if she did not stop, she would be placed under arrest. Rep. Cannon stepped back for a moment and then stepped back up to the door and started knocking on the door again," Riley said. "She was again advised if she did not stop, she would be arrested for obstruction and disturbing the press conference."
Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, the founder of voting rights group Fair Fight, said in a statement that the law was "blatantly unconstitutional" and "nothing less than Jim Crow 2.0."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1262120
(Great news for Georgia but of course Democrats are unhappy and making up nonsense like Jim Crow 2.0 😂 so ignorant.)
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