Johnson, Ga. NAACP vow more action after Capitol arrests

A Georgia State Patrol trooper leads the Rev. Dr. Francys Johnson, a Statesboro lawyer who is the president of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, away from the governors office in handcuffs Tuesday afternoon after Johnson and 11 others sat in front of the office protesting the states refusal to expand access to Medicaid for uninsured Georgians. - photo by Special

19protest-slide-4K6R-superJumbo — A Georgia State Patrol trooper leads the Rev. Dr. Francys Johnson, a Statesboro lawyer who is the president of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, away from the governors office in handcuffs Tuesday afternoon after Johnson and 11 others sat in front of the office protesting the states refusal to expand access to Medicaid for uninsured Georgians. - photo by Special

After being arrested as part of a demonstration against the state's refusal to expand Medicaid coverage to uninsured Georgians this week, the Rev. Dr. Francys Johnson, a Statesboro lawyer and the president of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, vowed to continue fighting on behalf of the poor, workers, voting rights and public education. The Georgia NAACP issued a statement Wednesday night saying that it and the Moral Monday Movement would hold a news conference Thursday at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta to "stand in solidarity with the 41 individuals arrested in peaceful protest at the State Capitol and announce post-legislative plans for the progressive movement in Georgia." Johnson and the Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock of Ebenezer Baptist were among those arrested Tuesday at the Capitol.

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