Police Arrest Georgia Lawmaker As Governor Signs Law Overhauling Elections
Repeatedly knocking on the office door of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp got one state lawmaker arrested at the capitol Thursday.
Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon, a Black woman, continued knocking on Kemp’s office door after Georgia State Patrol troopers instructed her to stop.
Cannon is facing a charge of obstructing law enforcement officers by use of threats or violence and she faces a second charge of disrupting general assembly sessions or other meetings of members.
It’s unclear what was said between Cannon and one state trooper guarding Gov. Kemp’s office door.
Several videos posted online of the incident clearly show arresting officers were told repeatedly Cannon was a state lawmaker.
As she is being pulled away, Cannon identifies herself as a Georgia state lawmaker and demands to know why she is being arrested.
She is seen yelling in one video, “There is no reason for me to be arrested. I am a legislator!”
Other officers then come to block onlookers from interfering. They eventually bring a shouting Cannon backwards outside and into the back of a Georgia State Capitol patrol car.