Rep. Park Cannon, the Georgia lawmaker who was dragged out of the Capitol building for knocking on Gov. Brian Kemp’s door, will not be charged.
Cannon was arrested on March 25 and dragged to the Fulton County (Atlanta) Jail after she knocked on Kemp’s door while he signed the voter ID bill into law.
The election bill requires voter ID to request and submit absentee ballots, limits the number of ballot drop boxes, and allows the Georgia State Elections Board to take over county elections boards if there are problems with ballot counting.
Cannon’s arrest sparked outrage on social media when video of her arrest went viral.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that she will not pursue charges and the case is closed.
Willis said the police officers may have found her behavior annoying,” but it did not justify putting together a grand jury.
Cannon faced charges of felony obstruction and disrupting the General Assembly session. If found guilty, she faced up to high years in jail.
“My experience was painful, both physically and emotionally, but today I stand before you to say as horrible as that experience was… I believe the governor signing into law the most comprehensive voter suppression bill in the country is a far more serious crime,” Cannon said at a rally last week.
