Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon has a great defense to her arrest

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon is setting up a great defense to the arrest and charges. I notices that in the various videos you can hear Rep. Park Cannon stating that she is a member of the legislature. There is a good reason for this.

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As she is being pulled away, Cannon identifies herself as a Georgia state lawmaker and demands to know why she is being arrested.

She is seen yelling in one video: "There is no reason for me to be arrested. I am a legislator!".....

Georgia's Constitution says lawmakers "shall be free from arrest during sessions of the General Assembly" except for treason, felony or breach of the peace.

Cannon was charged and brought to a local jail. By 11 p.m. she had been released, according to her attorney Gerald A. Griggs, who spoke to a group of reporters and supporters outside the jail.

Griggs told the crowd that Cannon sustained bruising from her arrest. He was joined outside the jail by Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, who visited Cannon in jail. He told the group that he is also Cannon's pastor.

Rep. Park Cannon is being careful to preserve this defense if this case goes to trial

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Rep. Park Cannon is clearly going to contest this arrest and perhap sue KKKemp and his goon squad.

This will be fun to watch

[SWBTATTReg]

1. I hope she sues the crap out of them, governor kemp the worthless, and his thugs.

[bahboo]

2. yep...there has to be consequences....

for this shit...

[leftieNanner]

3. His White Male Thugs.. nt

[getagrip_already]

4. I'm curious, what legally does "breach the peace" mean?

I assume she could legally have been removed from the building without being arrested, but does "pounding" on a door (knocking?) or "screaming" (talking while black?) actually rise to the legal definition of breaching the peace?

[gratuitous]

21. I'm guessing that's where they will hang their hat

I saw footage from the room where Kemp was signing this toxic piece of legislative sludge, and while he was yakking about what a great day it was for Georgians (or some similar crapulousness), he was interrupted by Rep. Cannon's knocking, turned toward the door, and said "What's that?" So, breach of the peace.

[Wounded Bear]

23. In a state where being black in public equals disturbing the peace, yeah...

that's probably what they'll charge her with.

[crickets]

5. And now it's clear why Rep. Cannon was charged with a felony.

Georgia's Constitution says lawmakers "shall be free from arrest during sessions of the General Assembly" except for treason, felony or breach of the peace.

Who knew knocking on a door while a representative of the state was such a crime? /s

[James48]

8. It's not "knocking on a door while a state legislator"

...that is a felony.

It’s knocking on a door while BLACK that makes it a felony.

[crickets]

10. Well, of course. Bonus points that it's a black WOMAN.

Or at least they think so now. Wait for it.

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[IcyPeas]

6. Knocking while Black vs. Knocking while White

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[HUAJIAO]

7. What stupid fucking cos play hats..

[OMGWTF]

9. I will never wear a red hat again (except for my wool beret).

[HUAJIAO]

16. I mean the State Police or sheriff hats

[Wounded Bear]

24. It's what Marine Corps Drill Instructors wear...

or at least they did in the 1970's.

[COL Mustard]

26. I Will

But mine has a curly "W" on it.

Go Nats!!!

[Nexus2]

11. I guess that's why they charged her with alleged felonies.

https://6abc.com/georgia-lawmaker-arrested-voting-bill-park-cannon-brian-kemp/10452920/

[peppertree]

14. Sure. An LWB.

Legislating While Black.

About the worst thing you can be charged with in the Deep South.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

22. Or KWB.

Knocking While Black. That's a felony in Georgia, I believe.

[FBaggins]

15. That's likely to become problematic

Resisting arrest is a felony... but if you weren’t allowed to arrest her without a felony... how could she resist?

[GB_RN]

12. This Is Fulton County

Relevance, you ask? Fani Willis is the DA. She should know politically motivated and bogus charges when she sees them. I doubt she’ll even let this go to trial.

But, I’ve been wrong before…

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. The minute that I saw the arrest video, I posted that she should sue the bastards.

[DallasNE]

17. But She Has Been Charged With Two Felonies

So how is this a defense? But how is what she did not protected free speech? Plus, it now looks like a knock on the door is a more serious crime than insurrection. How is that for standing justice on its head? Or should I say Republican justice.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. The Georgia Constitution will be used in court

There will be a motion to dismissed filed in this case based on this provision in the Georgia Constitution

[NutmegYankee]

25. Using originalism.

Knocking on a door would not be considered a felony when such wording was developed. Felonies were crimes like murder, rape, burglary, kidnapping and arson.

It is a perversion of the criminal system that minor crimes have become felonies.

[Treefrog]

19. I STILL don't get what they arrested her for! She did nothing wrong in any way.

I hope she sues them and wins a bundle.

[vapor2]

20. kemp and his cronies are simply cowards

for locking the doors AND liars for telling us this isn't voter suppression. These losers clearly can't play fair

[BobTheSubgenius]

27. She should win.

I hope she wins HUGE! This should be turned right around and used to bludgeon that racist POS.

[barbtries]

28. i still find it scary.

the machine in AL put Don Siegelman away for years. I think GA has a much higher national profile, which is a good thing, but still. Scary.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

29. Attorney for arrested Georgia state representative: 'We're going to fight this'

This arrest was illegal

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An attorney for Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon vowed that the Democrat will contest the charges she faces after being arrested Thursday for knocking on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's office door while he signed a sweeping elections bill into law.

"She's facing up to eight years in prison," Cannon's attorney, Gerald Griggs, told CNN's Don Lemon on "CNN Tonight."

"We're planning on having conversations with the district attorney, hopefully to convince her to dismiss the charges. But if not, we are going to take this case all the way to jury trial and convince the jury that she did not violate any code section of the Georgia code and that she should not have been arrested."

Referencing circulated video footage of the incident, Griggs added, "We are continuing to get the rest of the videos and we're going to fight this case all the way to jury trial."

[ThatJustHappened]

30. True but ...

... this defense serves to muddle

the fact that there was no cause for arrest -- period


whether the person arrested for Knocking While Black

was Black, White, Woman, Man, Legislator,
Dog Catcher, DEM, GOP, Homeless, etc

it's simple false arrest.



Looking forward to the Civil Suit and Settlement.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. Rep. Park Cannon returned to statehouse

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