Georgia Democrat Rep. Park Cannon arrested after Governor signs elections bill

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. She was charged with obstruction of law enforcement and disrupting General Assembly sessions, according to the Georgia State Patrol and released on bond late Thursday. Cannon was with several other protesters when she knocked on Kemp’s office door, saying the public should be allowed to witness the announcement…