Democrats dispute police report in Georgia lawmaker's arrest

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

ATLANTA (AP) — Allies of a Democratic lawmaker arrested last week during a protest of Georgia's new Republican-backed election law are strongly pushing back on a police report that compares the lawmaker knocking on the door of the governor's office to the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob in January.

Democratic Rep. Park Cannon was arrested Thursday after she said she wanted to see GOP Gov. Brian Kemp sign the legislation, which adds new restrictions on mail voting, into law. Cannon was charged with obstruction of law enforcement and disruption of the General Assembly and was released from jail later that evening.

Lt. G.D. Langford said in an incident report that Cannon was knocking on the door of the governor’s office and would not stop when approach by troopers.

“I felt that if I did not take action, the other protesters would have been emboldened to commit similar acts,” the incident report says. “The events of January 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol were in the back of my mind. I didn’t want the protesters to attempt to gain entry into a secure part of the Capitol.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-dispute-police-report-georgia-200136746.html

Bullshit. Just another cop scared for his life because a black person was involved.

[cilla4progress]

1. Big difference between a lawmaker

And an angry mob!

Maybe her skin color had something to do with it???

[magicarpet]

2. .... the state law stipulates that a legislator can not be arrested,...

... if the legislature is in session except for specific reasons listed in that law. None of which Rep. Cannon was sited for.

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Members of Georgia Senate/House
Privilege of members.
The members of both houses shall be free from arrest during sessions of the General Assembly, or committee meetings thereof, and in going thereto or returning therefrom, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.

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Sounds like some state police got all emotional and afraid of nothing. Pulling a nasty Nazi arrest of a Black woman absent just cause.

She should sue their asses.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Surely they realize there is video.

[StClone]

5. Whoa Republican Spin monkeys

Conflating 0 with a trillion is a pretty big undertaking even for your well-funded, expedient, reality-bending imagination.

[MagickMuffin]

6. "were in the back of my mind" yeah right

More likely it was on the forefront of your "mind", ya know one bad ass black woman knocking on the door with her hand. She didn't use a spear, bike barricades, hammer, baseball bats, hockey sticks, bear spray, or any of the other weapons the insurrectionists used on Jan. 6th.

And if he had been at the Capitol that day what would his behavior have been, hmmmm?