Georgia Lawmaker Won't Face Charges for Voting Bill Protest
State Rep. Park Cannon is arrested at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, on March 25.
Photographer: Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP
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Atlanta (AP) -- The Georgia lawmaker who was arrested after knocking on the door of the governor's office as he made televised comments in support of the sweeping, controversial new election law he'd just signed will not be charged, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Rep. Park Cannon, an Atlanta Democrat, was arrested March 25 and charged with obstruction of law enforcement and disruption of the General Assembly. She was released from jail later that evening.