(CNN) Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon on Thursday night recounted her arrest last week protesting Georgia's controversial election overhaul bill as "terrifying" and said she was "afraid" in the moment, but that she felt it was important to try and witness the bill's signing for transparency reasons. But instead I was able to just continue to think about the world was watching, people could see, and it was still very terrifying," Cannon told CNN's Don Lemon, alongside her attorney. The Democratic lawmaker was arrested and removed from the Georgia Capitol last Thursday after she repeatedly knocked on the door to Republican Gov. Asked about the video of her arrest, Cannon told CNN, "It makes me wonder, why? Cannon told CNN that during her arrest she was "hopeful that people would see that I was being nonviolent."

Source: CNN April 02, 2021 12:33 UTC