Georgia State Legislator's Arrest Compared to Alabama in the 60's....

 

From ABC News:

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.

 "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 the John Lewis Voting 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."