这位佐治亚州议员因在佐治亚州州长布赖恩·肯普签署一份全面的选举地方检察官周三宣布，比尔不会被起诉。
民主党人帕克·坎农(Park Cannon)上个月被护送出了州议会，此前她在坎普举行私人直播法案签署仪式时，多次敲了坎普的办公室门，这在2020年选举结果将传统的红色州变成蓝色后，增加了对佐治亚州居民的新投票要求。
坎农认为，应该允许公众和大会其他成员见证这一事件。卡农被护送出州议会的视频在网上疯传，她面临阻碍执法和扰乱大会的指控。
亚特兰大日报-美联社宪法，文件
众议员帕克·坎农在被要求停止kno后被佐治亚州警察戴上手铐
富尔顿县地方检察官费尼·威利斯周三宣布，卡农不会被起诉。
根据一份声明，在威利斯决定“了结此事”之前，对多名公民证人和国会警察的采访、视频证据和警方报告进行了审查。威利斯说，该案件不会提交给大陪审团。
声明称:“尽管众议员坎农的一些同事和涉案警官可能觉得她的行为令人讨厌，但这种情绪并不能证明向大陪审团陈述逮捕令或任何其他重罪指控是合理的。”
鲍勃·安德烈斯/美联社文件
2019年2月27日，众议员帕克·坎农在亚特兰大州议会大厦的地板上提问。
事件发生后，坎农的律师杰拉尔德·格里戈斯说，她“感到震惊，但决心已定”，她是在州议员通常可以进入的地区被捕的。
“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，”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。"
Georgia lawmaker who knocked on governor's door during election bill signing won't be prosecuted
The Georgia lawmaker who was arrested for knocking on the door while Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a sweepingelectionbill won't be prosecuted, the district attorney announced Wednesday.
Democrat Park Cannon was escorted out of the statehouse last month after she repeatedly knocked on the door of Kemp's office as he held a private livestream of the bill signing, which added new voting requirements for Georgia residents following the results of the 2020 election that flipped the traditionally red state to blue.
Cannon argued that the public and other members of the General Assembly should be allowed to witness the event. Video showing Cannon as she was escorted out of the statehouse went viral, and she faced charges of obstructing law enforcement and disrupting a general assembly session.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced Wednesday that Cannon would not be prosecuted.
Interviews from multiple citizen witnesses and Capitol police, video evidence and police reports were reviewed before Willis decided to "close this matter," according to a statement. The case will not be presented in front of a grand jury, Willis said.
"While some of Representative Cannon’s colleagues and the police officers involved may have found her behavior annoying, such sentiment does not justify a presentment to a grand jury of the allegations in the arrest warrants or any other felony charges," the statement said.
After the incident, Cannon's attorney, Gerald Griggs, said she was "shaken but resolved" and that she was arrested in an area where state lawmakers normally have access to.
"It reminds us of the 50s and the 60s in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia and South Carolina," 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."
