the state s new election law is dividing those who believe it s a way to stop the black vote and those who believe it protects everyone s vote. georgia is the flash point for the nationwide battle over voting rights. natasha chen in atlanta with the growing anger over the new law president biden calls jim crow in the 21st century. natasha? reporter: about 150 people gathered outside atlanta city hall to oppose this georgia voter bill and also to stand with georgia representative park cannon, who was arrested for knocking on the door of the governor s office to try to witness him signing this bill. a lot of the signs we re seeing say i stand with park, stop suppressing our votes. a lot of strong, passionate opinions here about protecting people s access to vote. i spoke with one person who was
actually there witnessing park cannon arrested that day. she was knocking on the door. it happened right in front of me and for it to end with her being taken away, it was horrific to watch as a black woman, to watch her taken into the elevator and to watch the doors close, it was triggering, it was frightening. i felt her pain, i felt her terror. reporter: i ve also spoken with a voter who described to me her experience voting in last june s primary here in georgia. she said she waited in line for several hours past dinner time to the point where a local pizza company had delivered food and soda to them so they could eat and wait in line. that s something that would be now illegal the way this bill was written and passed. georgia election official gabriel sterling became a national star last year for calling out trump s election fraud lies as a republican. last night he echoed governor brian kemp, tweeting this.
georgia voter bill. also, to stand with georgia representative park cannon. she was arrested when she was knocking on the door of the governor s officer to try to witness him signing this bill. of course, he did that behind closed doors. he was depicted signing the bill standing next to white men. also in the room was a painting that seemingly shows a plantation. i talked to one voter who didn t think much of it, first. but upon closer look, she found it was the very plantation her family had worked. such an emotional moment for some of these people, minority groups. taking a look at the moment and feeling it directly impacts them. i spoke with someone who was at the capitol when park cannon was arrested. here is how she described that moment. she was not disruptive. so to have that incident happen right in front of me and for it to end with her being taken away, it was horrific to watch
but upon a closer look, she found that that was the very plantation where her family had worked. such an emotional moment for some of these people, minority groups. taking a look at this moment, and feeling that this directly impacts them. i, also, spoke with someone who was at the capitol when park cannon was arrested. here s how she described that moment. she was not disruptive. so, to have the incident happen right in front of me. and for it to end with her being taken away. it was horrific to watch, as a black woman. to watch her taken into the elevator, and to watch the doors close. it was triggering. it was frightening. i felt her pain. i felt her terror. reporter: i spoke to another voter here, who described her experience voting in the georgia primary, back in june of 2020. she said she waited for hours in line, past dinnertime. to the point where a local-pizza company had delivered some food and soda so they could still eat and wait in line to vote. she says, of course, th
this home behind me and a few others in his neighborhood had the roofs ripped off, holes punched into the home where you can literally see into someone s bedroom. there are trees down and power lines down but the community is coming together to clean up. you can see this group out here from the church of highland who have been out here since 8:00 local time, moving large trees, cleaning up the debris that was tossed all over the place and offering support for the people who were affected. you never want to disaster to happen, it is not something you would want to happen to anyone but we have always done our best to make sure our church doesn t exist inside the 4 walls of the church, that we go out and help people when they are in need not just after a disaster but throughout the year. reporter: these volunteers are in communities all across