After Aggressive and Unlawful Arrest, Rep. Park Cannon Persists at GA Legislature

Park Cannon was the youngest representative elected to Georgia’s state legislature in 2016 at the age of 24. Park is also the first openly queer state representative in the United States, and serves as the Secretary of the Georgia House Democrats - and she continues to practice medicine and is a doula and healthcare worker in Atlanta. You may remember a previous episode of The Women we interviewed Park during the Georgia Senate Runoffs back in January, when she talked about her experience growing up in rural Georgia, seeing firsthand the threats and violence of the KKK in her community, and she also spoke about the issues most important to her, among them getting out the vote - And you may know Park from a video that went viral just a few weeks ago, taken the day that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the voter suppression bill, State Bill 202, as he was signing behind closed doors, Park was serving her constituents of the 58th district - which includes the Old Fourth Ward where Martin Luther King Jr was born - and - she began to knock on his door. Park was unlawfully arrested at the State Capitol building by the very officers who are supposed to be protecting her while in session at the legislature. When Park was released from jail, she had to seek medical attention and since then she can be seen wearing a sling on her left arm. Immea Immediately following her release from jail, Park resume her duties representing the 58th District. #ParkCannon #RoseReid #TheWomen #politics #GoodTrouble #Democrat #Progressive #votingrights #SB202 #POTUS #JoeBiden #Pelosi #voting #RighttoVote #KeepKnocking #StandWithPark #ProtectBlackWomen #GAPol #LGBTQ #BetterSolutionsForaBetterGeorgia #Millennials #ATL #StateFlipper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices