The Atlanta Objective: Boom Goes The Cannon

Georgia Capitol police arrested State Rep. Park Cannon last night. When they start complaining later, remember who fired the first shot.

Liliana Bakhtiari pulled me aside as I arrived at Fulton County Jail last night. An hour earlier, State Rep. Park Cannon’s arrest hit Facebook, and I came running from Pine Lake. Bakhtiari was sitting on the sidewalk with Cannon’s wife.

“She doesn’t like you,” Bakhtiari said, casually drawing me away. Something about “ops” I’ve run in the past, she said…