继众议员帕克·坎农·德加被捕后。本周，佐治亚州州长布赖恩·肯普(Brian Kemp)签署了一项全面的选举法案，她的律师说，卡农“动摇了，但决心”继续为佐治亚州的投票权而战，并洗清自己的名声。
坎农面临阻碍执法和扰乱大会的指控，此前她在坎普举行私人直播签署法案时多次敲坎普办公室的门。这份90页的法案为佐治亚州居民增加了新的投票要求，因为2020年的选举结果将传统的红色州变成了蓝色州。
卡农是一名黑人妇女，她被佐治亚州的州警强行护送出了州议会，即使她自称是州代表，这一视频在网上疯传，引发了全国的愤怒。她认为，应该允许公众和大会其他成员见证这一事件。
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州众议员帕克·坎农被放在佐治亚州议会大厦巡逻车的后座上
“这让我们想起了阿拉巴马州、密西西比州、佐治亚州和南卡罗莱纳州的50年代和60年代，”坎农的律师格雷格·格里戈斯说。“但我认为，总督需要明白，我们不会对乔治·华莱士式的策略坐视不管，也不会像对乔治·华莱士那样作出回应。所以我认为这个国家的其他地方需要对格鲁吉亚正在使用的战术有一个非常深刻的认识。司法部需要介入。需要通过约翰·刘易斯投票权法案保护投票权。我们需要司法部打击这些地方和州官员试图压制选民和人民的策略。"
格里戈斯说，卡农是在州议员通常可以进入的地区被捕的，并补充说，她预计不会被执法部门逮捕。
“她可以进入人民院的所有地方，所以没有迹象表明仪式应该被关闭。格里戈斯说:“很多时候，当州长签署即将成为法律的法案时，它对公众、媒体以及众议院和州参议院的其他成员开放。”。
格里戈斯告诉美国广播公司新闻，坎农计划周一返回佐治亚州议会大厦继续工作。他还说，即使指控被驳回，佐治亚州也应该期待一场“长期的法律斗争”。
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佐治亚州州长布赖恩·肯普在佐治亚州议会大厦举行的新闻发布会上发表讲话
“她将做她当选后为她的选区和佐治亚州人民做的工作。就指控而言，这只是指控。他们必须在合理的怀疑之外得到证明，”格里戈斯说。
“格鲁吉亚国家宪法非常明确地规定，正式当选的代表不能在会议期间被逮捕。这是违反宪法的，除非有三个例外:一个是重罪，两个是破坏和平，三个是叛国。我们相信，根据我们迄今发现的事实和证据，这些例外都不适用，”他补充说。
格里戈斯说，他和坎农的团队正在与地区检察官办公室联系，并希望指控将被驳回。
他还说，事件发生后，肯普和坎农没有说过话——肯普也没有联系过。格里戈斯不会说卡农是否应该道歉。
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乔·拜登总统在白宫东厅的首次新闻发布会上回答了一个问题
乔·拜登总统、史黛西·艾布拉姆斯、佐治亚州参议员拉斐尔·沃诺克和其他著名的民主党人都表示支持坎农，许多人分享了她与20世纪60年代民权抗议者的照片。当被问及这是否是她的意图时，格里戈斯说，她正试图“确保她所在地区和佐治亚州周围的选民的声音得到放大。”
坎普为该法案及其签署成为法律的决定进行了辩护，并在周六的福克斯新闻上继续这样做。
坎普说:“嗯，我可以如实地看着镜头，让我的非洲裔美国朋友和其他在格鲁吉亚的非洲裔美国人简单地找出法案中的内容，而不是空白的声明，这是吉姆·克劳，这是压制选民，或者这是种族主义——因为它不是。”
Georgia lawmaker 'shaken but resolved' following arrest at election bill signing
Following the arrest of Rep. Park Cannon D-Ga., for knocking on the door while Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a sweeping election bill this week, her attorney said Cannon is "shaken but resolved" to continue the fight for voting rights in Georgia -- and to clear her name.
Cannon faces charges of obstructing law enforcement and disrupting a general assembly session after she repeatedly knocked on the door of Kemp’s office as he held a private livestream of the bill signing. The 90-page bill adds new voting requirements for Georgia residents following the results of the 2020 election that flipped the traditionally red state to blue.
A viral video of Cannon, who is a Black woman, being forcibly escorted out of the statehouse by Georgia state troopers, even after she identified herself as a state representative, sparked national outrage. She argued that the public and other members of the General Assembly should be allowed to witness the event.
"It reminds us of the 50s and the 60s in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia and South Carolina," Cannon's attorney, Greg Griggs, said. "But I think the governor needs to understand that we are not going to sit back on George Wallace type tactics and not respond the same way we responded to George Wallace. So I think the rest of the country needs to take a very strong look at the tactics that are being used in Georgia. The Justice Department needs to get involved. There needs to be passage of theJohn LewisVoting Rights Act to protect voting rights. And we need the Justice Department to crack down on the tactics of these local and state officials that are trying to silence voters and silence people."
Griggs said Cannon was arrested in an area that state lawmakers normally have access to and added she did not expect to be apprehended by law enforcement.
"She has access to all parts of the People's House and so there was no indication that the ceremony should have been closed off. Many times when a governor signs bills that are going to go into law, it's open to the public, to the press and to other members of the House of Representatives and the state Senate," Griggs said.
Griggs told ABC News that Cannon plans to return to the Georgia State Capitol on Monday to keep working. He also said the state of Georgia should expect a "prolonged legal fight" even if charges are dismissed.
"She’ll be doing the job that she was elected to do for her district and the people of Georgia. And as far as the charges are concerned, they’re just allegations at this point. They have to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt," Griggs said.
"The constitution of the state of Georgia is quite clear on that a duly elected representative cannot be arrested during a session. That's a violation of the Constitution unless there are three exceptions: One would be a felony, two would be a breach of the peace and three would be a treason. We believe, based on the facts and evidence that we have uncovered so far, neither of those exceptions apply," he added.
Griggs said he and Cannon’s team are in touch with the district attorney’s office and are hopeful that the charges will be dismissed.
He also said Kemp and Cannon have not spoken to each other since the incident -- and that Kemp has not reached out. Griggs wouldn't say if Cannon is owed an apology.
President Joe Biden, Stacey Abrams, Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock and other prominent Democrats have expressed support for Cannon, many sharing photos that compare her to civil rights protesters in the 1960s. When asked if that was her intention, Griggs said she's trying to "make sure that the voices of the voters in her district and around the state of Georgia were amplified."
Kemp has defended the bill and his decision to sign it into law and continued to do so Saturday on Fox News.
"Well, I can truthfully look in the camera and ask my African American friends and other African Americans in Georgia to simply find out what’s in the bill versus the blank statement of this is Jim Crow or this is voter suppression, or this is racist -- because it is not," Kemp said.
