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catbyte

(34,358 posts)
Mon May 25, 2020, 06:52 PM May 2020

This woman should be thrown in jail for false reporting and animal abuse.

At least she's been identified.


Video catches woman in Central Park falsely reporting ‘an African-American man threatening my life’

May 25, 2020

By David Edwards

A video circulated on social media on Monday showed a woman in Central Park falsely claiming that an “African-American man” threatened her life.

The incident was said to occur between a man and a white woman over the Memorial Day weekend. Cell phone video shared on Twitter revealed a verbal confrontation as the woman was exercising her dog without a leash.

After the man asked the woman to put her dog on a leash, he took out his phone to film her.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/video-catches-woman-in-central-park-falsely-reporting-an-african-american-man-threatened-my-life

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She almost strangled her poor dog to death. Her name is Amy Cooper and her Linkedin, Instagram, and Facebook have all been made private. Gee, I wonder why. It's quite a coincidence that the she and her victim have the same last name.
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This woman should be thrown in jail for false reporting and animal abuse. (Original Post) catbyte May 2020 OP
She should not be allowed to have animals. Tipperary May 2020 #1
Kick dalton99a May 2020 #2
So many idiots MLAA May 2020 #3
Grrrr. safeinOhio May 2020 #4
what's with turning the name karen into a derogatory smear? nt msongs May 2020 #5
not sure Skittles May 2020 #7
I suspect if she said "white women" she would get in more trouble, and this is one way Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #8
What's up with the racist dog abuser? SouthernCal_Dem May 2020 #10
I googled it. Buzz cook May 2020 #12
Oh. And here I thought it was a polite replacement for the C-word. sakabatou May 2020 #24
I can't stand that the name Karen is turned into an insult. TexasProgresive May 2020 #13
If Karen is shorthand for "self-righteous white woman leveraging her privilege against a BIPOC," WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #15
Uh, racism much? Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #6
recognizable shots here robbedvoter May 2020 #9
Twitter outed her right away. Someone even had a post she made with her poor dog: catbyte May 2020 #11
Why the fuck do people like her I_UndergroundPanther May 2020 #14
This extends well beyond racism Goodheart May 2020 #16
+1 dalton99a May 2020 #18
The Animal Rescue has taken possession of Amy Cooper's dog. Gothmog May 2020 #17
I'm blocked from whoever you posted from. Can you screenshot and re-post? Arazi May 2020 #21
See if this works Gothmog May 2020 #25
I found this Gothmog May 2020 #27
The Animal Rescue has taken possession of Amy Cooper's dog. mcar May 2020 #19
Her employer (Franklin Templeton) has placed her on administrative leave. Goodheart May 2020 #22
Well, that escalated quickly! A HERETIC I AM May 2020 #20
Clearly, she's not open to people or thoughts that are not like hers. UTUSN May 2020 #23
Sick the way she drags that dog around 👎 Raine May 2020 #26

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
8. I suspect if she said "white women" she would get in more trouble, and this is one way
Mon May 25, 2020, 07:03 PM
May 2020

to say that.

Lots of fragile egos and feelings among lots and lots of white folks...I am white.

Buzz cook

(2,471 posts)
12. I googled it.
Mon May 25, 2020, 07:14 PM
May 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_(slang)

The origins of Karen as an Internet meme predominately date back to an anonymous Reddit user, Fuck_You_Karen, who would make posts ranting about and denigrating his ex-wife Karen, who he alleged had "taken" both his children and, later, his house during divorce proceedings. The unintentional entertainment value provided by the posts led to the creation of a subreddit in 2017, r/FuckYouKaren, to both compile a narrative and share memes about the posts. Since Fuck_You_Karen deleted his account, the subreddit has since refocused to memes about the stereotype in general rather than one specific woman.[1]

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)
13. I can't stand that the name Karen is turned into an insult.
Mon May 25, 2020, 07:20 PM
May 2020

I know several women and girls named Karen and it pisses me of that their name is being used in this way. Not one of them are that kind of person.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,312 posts)
15. If Karen is shorthand for "self-righteous white woman leveraging her privilege against a BIPOC,"
Mon May 25, 2020, 07:47 PM
May 2020

is it really a slur?

catbyte

(34,358 posts)
11. Twitter outed her right away. Someone even had a post she made with her poor dog:
Mon May 25, 2020, 07:13 PM
May 2020

They need to take her dog away from her. Too many "accidents."

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)
14. Why the fuck do people like her
Mon May 25, 2020, 07:39 PM
May 2020

Even have a pet? She obviously sees it as an object. Choking the shit out of that poor pup
If I was there I would film her too and call a shelter
And animal control to take that poor dog away from that bitch. Wish I could knock her out cold and take the dog to a safe shelter and show the shelter what she was doing to the dog.

Goodheart

(5,318 posts)
16. This extends well beyond racism
Mon May 25, 2020, 08:02 PM
May 2020

Her false report actually threatened the MAN'S life.

"An African-American man is threatening my life!"

Police come blazing in with guns to protect her.

mcar

(42,287 posts)
19. The Animal Rescue has taken possession of Amy Cooper's dog.
Mon May 25, 2020, 10:37 PM
May 2020

The Animal Rescue has taken possession of Amy Cooper’s dog.


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A HERETIC I AM

(24,365 posts)
20. Well, that escalated quickly!
Mon May 25, 2020, 10:44 PM
May 2020

Proposed book title;

"How to lose a promising career in New York Finance in sixty nine seconds"

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