Black Georgia Rep arrested for knocking on a door

She was defending Black voters against Jim Crow voter suppression

Park Cannon, African American legislator arrested in Georgia state capitol building.
Park Cannon, African American legislator arrested in Georgia state capitol building. | Photo: Alyssa Pointer / Atlanta Journal Constitution via AP

By Fighting Words Staff

Klan thugs dressed in Georgia State Trooper uniforms handcuff and drag Black Georgia State Representative Park Cannon backwards to a cop car, arresting her for defending her constituents’ voting rights by knocking on the governor’s door at the Georgia Capitol Building. She faces serious felony charges

The governor was signing a bill straight out of the Jim Crow era denying voting rights to millions of Black Georgians.

This comes less than three months after a neo-Klan mob smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol, injuring many and even killing a cop, with the express purpose of overturning the votes by millions of people of color. They were all allowed to leave town unmolested and only a fraction of those have been arrested, mostly on minor charges.

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