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Nevilledog

(50,659 posts)
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:35 PM Mar 2021

Georgia Dem Rep was arrested for trying to watch Kemp sign new voter suppression bill



Tweet text:
Ari Berman
@AriBerman
This is insane: Georgia Dem rep @Cannonfor58 was arrested for trying to watch Brian Kemp sign new voter suppression bill. Look at how she is treated by police. This is straight out of Jim Crow

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Georgia Dem Rep was arrested for trying to watch Kemp sign new voter suppression bill (Original Post) Nevilledog Mar 2021 OP
'trying to watch,' that'll get you! elleng Mar 2021 #1
More info Nevilledog Mar 2021 #2
More video Nevilledog Mar 2021 #9
I hope we find out what really happened to cause them to arrest her. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #3
Article Nevilledog Mar 2021 #6
Thanks so much! That tells the story. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #10
There is video of her knocking on the door. She wasn't even doing it forcefully barely tapping. The SweetieD Mar 2021 #16
And if she had kicked the door in... SayItLoud Mar 2021 #4
OFGS.......is their hatred for African Americans or ANY people of color that so wide spread??? a kennedy Mar 2021 #5
Unbelievable senseandsensibility Mar 2021 #7
Jim Crow and Fascism had a child vercetti2021 Mar 2021 #8
+1 2naSalit Mar 2021 #12
THIS malaise Mar 2021 #17
You got that right. H.R 1 must get passed. nt crickets Mar 2021 #19
Facebook live video of the arrest. Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #11
What has she been charged with? Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author 3auld6phart Mar 2021 #14
We ALL better be ready to fight!! bluestarone Mar 2021 #15
Rosa Parks, 2021. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2021 #18
Gov. Kemp and his kind kacekwl Mar 2021 #20
Kemp: Pardon the interruption. SYFROYH Mar 2021 #21

Nevilledog

(50,659 posts)
2. More info
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:38 PM
Mar 2021


Tweet text:
Ari Berman
@AriBerman
·
Mar 25, 2021
Replying to @AriBerman
H/t @stphnfwlr for posting this. Full video via @hannahjoyTV https://instagram.com/tv/CM2-GWCHTIz/

Ari Berman
@AriBerman
Dem state Rep Erica Thomas to Georgia capitol police: "You arrested a sitting state representative for nothing! She didn’t do anything but knock on the governor’s door. I’m so done. Protect and serve who?”
4:22 PM · Mar 25, 2021

Nevilledog

(50,659 posts)
9. More video
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:48 PM
Mar 2021


Tweet text:
Greg Bluestein
@bluestein
·
Mar 25, 2021
“Why are you arresting her?” This Facebook Live video from @TWareStevens shows the moment authorities detained state Rep. Park Cannon as @GovKemp was behind those doors signing elections restrictions into law. #gapol



Greg Bluestein
@bluestein
Said Stevens, who is at the jail w/ Cannon now: "She wasn’t banging on the door. She was knocking on the door. She was being respectful. She knew he was signing a bill that would affect all Georgians – why would he hide behind closed doors? This isn’t a monarchy." #gapol
4:34 PM · Mar 25, 2021

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,296 posts)
3. I hope we find out what really happened to cause them to arrest her.
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:43 PM
Mar 2021

There's probably some archaic rule that they dusted off so that they could "legally" arrest her.

It is disgusting. Straight out of Jim Crow, indeed.

Nevilledog

(50,659 posts)
6. Article
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:45 PM
Mar 2021


Tweet text:
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Cops arrest Georgia legislator for knocking on Kemp’s door as he signs voter suppression bill into law

Georgia representative arrested after governor signs elections bill
Georgia Capitol police arrested state Rep. Park Cannon as Gov. Brian Kemp was announcing he had signed an elections bill into law on Thursday.
ajc.com
4:40 PM · Mar 25, 2021


https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-representative-arrested-after-governor-signs-elections-bill/OTVKYHMIYBHRBOVYY5M6HRIVYI/

03/25/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Rep. Park Cannon (D-Atlanta) is placed into the back of a Georgia State Capitol patrol car after being arrested by Georgia State Troopers on day 38 of the legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Georgia state troopers arrested state Rep. Park Cannon on Thursday as she knocked on Gov. Brian Kemp’s door, interrupting his livestreamed announcement that he had signed an elections bill into law.

The officers forcibly removed Cannon, a Democrat from Atlanta, dragging her through the Capitol and pushing her into a police car.

Cannon was with several other protesters when she knocked on Kemp’s office door, saying the public should be allowed to witness the announcement of the bill signing. The sweeping legislation requires ID for absentee ballots, limits drop boxes and changes early voting hours.

*the end*



SweetieD

(1,660 posts)
16. There is video of her knocking on the door. She wasn't even doing it forcefully barely tapping. The
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:59 PM
Mar 2021

Officer told her to stop and she knocked again and they arrested her.

SayItLoud

(1,696 posts)
4. And if she had kicked the door in...
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:44 PM
Mar 2021

sprayed the storm troopers with bear spray or stabbed them with a tRUMP flag pole; how would they handled that? Rhetorical of course we all know how that would have played out. Unless of course she was white.

a kennedy

(29,458 posts)
5. OFGS.......is their hatred for African Americans or ANY people of color that so wide spread???
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:45 PM
Mar 2021

Give me a fawking break.

vercetti2021

(10,150 posts)
8. Jim Crow and Fascism had a child
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:46 PM
Mar 2021

Its the current day GQP. We gotta get H.R 1 passed now or we lose our whole fucking democracy.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,057 posts)
13. What has she been charged with?
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:57 PM
Mar 2021


After watching the video, this is so disturbing on so many levels. NOT A FUCKING SOUL WAS ARRESTED AT THE CAPITAL INSURRECTION, and they are arresting this Representative for knocking on a door?????

Please sue their fucking asses off.

Response to Nevilledog (Original post)

bluestarone

(16,720 posts)
15. We ALL better be ready to fight!!
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:59 PM
Mar 2021

Looks like the qthugs want russia in AMERICA!!! To add here, NO ONE was arrested on Jan 6th..

kacekwl

(6,993 posts)
20. Gov. Kemp and his kind
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 09:47 PM
Mar 2021

possibly need to experience a lynching of their own. These good o'l boys need to be removed to set an example to the other racist republicans.

SYFROYH

(34,127 posts)
21. Kemp: Pardon the interruption.
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 10:42 PM
Mar 2021

Interestingly, the FB video cut out before the press conference/video was finished.

Here are the first 7 minutes or so and it ends abruptly.
https://www.facebook.com/GovKemp/videos/473049643736463

Then he comes back in a second video for another two minutes and begins with, "Pardon the interruption."
https://www.facebook.com/GovKemp/videos/916952455540959

I think I know why the video was cut.
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