A white Georgia woman who claimed Black voters caused her to “fear for her life” is now under investigation for bringing a gun into a polling place.
Sarah Webster, who is white, accused people associated with Black Voters Matter of violating election rules that prohibit campaigning within 150 feet of a polling place in southeast Georgia. The Black people at the Albany, Georgia, polling location were passing out water, playing hip-hop music and talking with voters as they waited in line for hours to cast their ballots, GPB reports.
Webster claimed the presence of Black Voters Matter activists made her afraid for her safety when she joined the line of early voters on Oct. 13, 2020, in Dougherty County. Webster then placed her pistol in her purse as she was preparing to enter the polling place. She later placed her pistol on her hip in a holster, “hoping that the group would see it and leave her alone,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
“I remember the Black Panthers that stood in front of the polling place with their guns, that’s how I felt when I pulled up to vote in Albany, Georgia,” the 71-year-old Webster said before the Georgia Board of Election, according to GPB.
Webster’s decision to bring a gun into a polling place, which is against the law, saw her arrested on a disorderly conduct charge the day after she cast her vote.
“We were the ones threatened with violence,” Demetrius Young said. Young was among the group of Black volunteers passing out food and water to voters standing in line.
Webster filed a complaint with the state election board claiming she felt “intimidated when she…
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