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Amy Cooper, white woman who called police on Black bird-watcher in NYC, has been charged
rfenst Offline
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I bet she pleads no contest in a plea agreement that includes a mental health exam and requires her to get treatment. She complies for a year or two and the charges will be dismissed...

USA TODAY

Amy Cooper, the white woman who called 911 on a Black man who asked that she leash her dog in Central Park, is facing a misdemeanor charge of filing a false report, Manhattan's district attorney announced Monday.

The incident went viral after a video of Cooper emerged showing the 41-year-old woman frantically calling police when Christian Cooper, a Black man who was bird-watching, told her to leash her dog in the area of the park where leashes are required.

"Today our Office initiated a prosecution of Amy Cooper for Falsely Reporting an Incident in the Third Degree," Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. said in a statement.

Charging documents were not immediately available. Amy Cooper, who lost her job after the video garnered mass media attention, is scheduled to appear in court in October.

The charge is a class A misdemeanor, which can carry up to a year in prison, according to New York law.

Amy Cooper falsely said that Christian Cooper was "threatening" her and her dog.

In the video, Amy Cooper refused to leash her dog and called 911, telling the operator that "there is an African American man. I am in Central Park. He is recording me and threatening myself and my dog." At one point, Cooper shouts to the operator, "Please send the cops immediately."

Christian Cooper said he often experiences dog owners who do not leash their pets so he pulled out dog treats that he carries in an attempt to get Amy Cooper to restrain the animal. He told CNN that he carries them because he knows dog owners often don't want a stranger to feed their dogs so they immediately restrain it.

Christian Cooper told NBC New York that he filmed the incident because "We live in an age of Ahmaud Arbery where Black men are gunned down because of assumptions people make about Black men, Black people, and I’m just not going to participate in that."

In Monday's statement, Vance also encouraged "anyone who has been the target of false reporting" to contact the district attorney's office.

The New York Police Department said officers responded to the Ramble, a wooded area of Central Park, around 8 a.m. on May 25. No arrests were made.

The video quickly drew reactions online and Amy Cooper apologized, saying in a statement she "reacted emotionally and made false assumptions about his intentions."

Her employer, asset management firm Franklin Templeton, swiftly fired her the next day.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the video exemplified hatred that has "no place in our city."

Christian Cooper, though, showed empathy for the stranger with whom he shares a last name.

“It’s a little bit of a frenzy, and I am uncomfortable with that,” he told the New York Times in May. “If our goal is to change the underlying factors, I am not sure that this young woman having her life completely torn apart serves that goal.”
rfenst Offline
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"Christian Cooper said he often experiences dog owners who do not leash their pets so he pulled out dog treats that he carries in an attempt to get Amy Cooper to restrain the animal. He told CNN that he carries them because he knows dog owners often don't want a stranger to feed their dogs so they immediately restrain it."



Weird, isn't it?
izonfire Offline
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rfenst wrote:
.......
Weird, isn't it?

You have no business questioning his behavior.
He’s black.

Anyhoos,
she should be lynched in the public square...
rfenst Offline
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izonfire wrote:
You have no business questioning his behavior.
He’s black.

Anyhoos,
she should be lynched in the public square...

After her mental health exam, right?
Inquiring minds want to know her diagnosis.
izonfire Offline
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rfenst wrote:
After her mental health exam, right?
Inquiring minds want to know her diagnosis.

Nope.
No more due process for the privileged and entitled.
Convicted in the court of public opinion. No appeals.

Hang ‘em high!!!
Speyside Offline
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Obviously a BLM terrorist committing a hate crime againt a wonderful human being. Clearly he is a racist, bigoted, black supremacist and the police were over compensating, she was in the right.
opelmanta1900 Offline
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If you've seen the video and read extra interviews, both parties involved are losers...

this guy actually admitted that what he told her was, "if you don't leash your dog I'm going to do something you won't like", allegedly referring to the dog treats... not a great thing to say to a stranger in a desolate corner of Central Park while reaching into your pocket.. not saying that excuses her actions, but she was clearly scared...

In his defense, the part of the park he was in is used by bird watchers... they pay to have specific grasses and shrubs planted to attract rare ground nesting birds and dogs are forbidden by law to be off the trail... by the way, single black man living in New York city who's an avid bird watcher - if you were waiting for grandma to die before coming out, oops...

At a recent vherf I told the story of how I was suspended for a 3 week old tweet after a well known parody account retweeted something I said on Black Out Tuesday... the tweet twitter claimed i was technically suspended for was about this story... it called for the flogging of dog owners who didn't leash their dogs...
rfenst Offline
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izonfire wrote:
Nope.
No more due process for the privileged and entitled.
Convicted in the court of public opinion. No appeals.

Hang ‘em high!!!

I don't mind if she sits in jail for a while, but I just don't think that's how it will go.
corey sellers Offline
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Can't do it no nooses
Speyside Offline
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Robert, a psychological evaluation seems appropriate given the circumstances. If she has a mental illness she deserves help, not jail time. On the other hand if she understood what she was doing some jail time seems in order. But a fair sentence, not one based on today's political atmosphere.
delta1 Offline
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wait....I thought her name was Karen...


seriously...black people should just stay inside, or in their neighborhoods...maybe they can avoid the virus better if they do
Mr. Jones Offline
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I don't know about you...

But diming out an innocent black dude ...

For no reason whatsoever...

Is not worth losing a high paying job on Wall Street...
Like the one she had...and just lost because of her stupidity...

What a dumb pH***k.
Brewha Offline
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She was ..... B26354
Whistlebritches Offline
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We most definitely live in strange times gentleman.The dude is a little weird but the chick is off her **** ing rocker.I'm thinking a few months in a round rubber room,get those meds right and she will make some azzhole miserable for the rest of his life.
Mr. Jones Offline
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BWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Her picture was totally Scarry...

Rather pull the pulpit ....than do her...even after a shower and a new hairdo...

She looks nasty...
izonfire Offline
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Speyside wrote:
Obviously a BLM terrorist committing a hate crime againt a wonderful human being. Clearly he is a racist, bigoted, black supremacist and the police were over compensating, she was in the right.

People are quick to judge
Slow to understand

Opie’s post displays further information
That reveals it’s not so black and white

Due process is an extremely necessary requirement
For true justice...
rfenst Offline
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Whistlebritches wrote:
We most definitely live in strange times gentleman.The dude is a little weird but the chick is off her **** ing rocker.I'm thinking a few months in a round rubber room,get those meds right and she will make some azzhole miserable for the rest of his life.

LOL.
JadeRose Offline
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Now the birdwatcher says he won't participate in the prosecution of this wack job. Say she's suffered enough and he just want it to be over.

Seems mighty whit...er..uh...decent of him.
rfenst Offline
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JadeRose wrote:
Now the birdwatcher says he won't participate in the prosecution of this wack job. Say she's suffered enough and he just want it to be over.

Seems mighty whit...er..uh...decent of him.

Eh. There is something wrong with him.
She lost her job, but I don't know if it was anything big deal or not. Wonder if she got a new job...
She needs psych eval real bad.
frankj1 Offline
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JadeRose wrote:
Now the birdwatcher says he won't participate in the prosecution of this wack job. Say she's suffered enough and he just want it to be over.

Seems mighty whit...er..uh...decent of him.

yeah, but ya know what?
She coulda got him killed if she just screamed and the wrong gang was nearby.
He seems like a decent enough human...based on very little info
JadeRose Offline
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rfenst wrote:
Eh. There is something wrong with him.





Genuinely curious why you say this, Robert? Maybe the guy just wants to watch his birds in peace and doesn't want the hassle, the publicity and maybe, just maybe, he thinks she has suffered enough? I don't know the answer to that last one but it didn't happen to me. The guy it did happen to thinks so. Good enough for me
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