Rep. John Lewis arrives in Atlanta to lie in repose at the Georgia Capitol in one of the last memorial services for the late Democratic congressman before he is buried.
Members of the public later filed into the state Capitol rotunda to pay their respects to Lewis, pausing to take photographs in front of his flag-draped coffin. A private burial service in Atlanta is scheduled for Thursday.
Bottoms recalled that Lewis’ wife would visit her mother’s salon and said she was deeply moved when the congressman’s chief of staff told her a couple of days ago that Lewis was watching news of Atlanta and proud of its leadership. Bottoms recently defied Kemp and required people to wear masks during the coronavirus outbreak, prompting a lawsuit from Kemp. The two have also clashed over the governor’s decision to mobilize the National Guard in the city earlier this month after a weekend of gun violence left five people dead, including an 8-year-old girl.
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