This is Christian Cooper (AA man Amy Cooper called the NYPD about in Central Park)

[fleur-de-lisa]

Harvard grad. Biomedical editor. Former editor at Marvel Comics. Avid birder and serves on the Board of the NYC Audubon Society.

Link to tweet

Give this man a birder show! I would watch!

[maxsolomon]

1. They're both Coopers?

What are the odds.

[JHB]

6. Long, but it's a common enough name...

...so probably not as long as one might guess.

[LanternWaste]

10. One in eight hundred and seven.

[Cha]

2. Thank you, Fleur..

[Pantagruel]

3. That guy's scary

All that talk about birdies.....

[Demovictory9]

7. I'm shivering... Call the cops! By sure to mention three times: "he's african american"!!!

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[Hortensis]

5. Add BAD victim to the list. nt

[JHB]

8. Here's the whole segment

The clip in the OP introducing Cooper is at 2:16, and more with him at 3:18

[malaise]

15. Thanks

[Neema]

9. Super smart, delightfully nerdy and gorgeous to boot.

WTF is "threatening" about this guy?

[sop]

11. I'll bet anything Trump will start tweeting about this situation any minute now.

Being both a racist and a scofflaw, Trump will take the white woman's side. Naturally, the despicable POS will defend Ms. Cooper's refusal to leash her dog, claiming it's like not wanting to wear a face mask. You know, because it infringes on your "freedom!"

Heavily-armed Magats will quickly spring into action and back Trump's play. The moron horde will descend on Mayor de Blasio's office, demanding their own dogs' right to run roughshod all over the Ramble.

The Audubon Society will be accused of being a George Soros-funded front for communists and eco-terrorists. Mr. Cooper, the "black, Harvard-educated, tree-hugging, uppity birder," will be tied to Biden somehow.

And no doubt Trump will mention the Central Park Five case, insinuating Mr. Cooper could be the unknown sixth rapist from years ago. The demented asshole will demand an immediate investigation and DNA tests. Facebook ads will demand the death penalty.

[Goodheart]

12. The man loves birds.

I love birds.

He and I would be friends if only I were lucky enough to live near Central Park.

[MaryMagdaline]

14. One of the other side stories in this act of aggression by Ms. Cooper - her dog, as cute as he is,

was a threat to birds nesting? burrowing? in the grounds. It's as if she was out to kill someone that day ... birds, her dog, "that man." She holds some really angry and dangerous feelings.

[MaryMagdaline]

13. Love him

so glad he is safe. Today.

[Raftergirl]

16. Good on Franklin Templeton

for kicking her to the curb.



Franklin Templeton
@FTI_US
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4h
Following our internal review of the incident in Central Park yesterday, we have made the decision to terminate the employee involved, effective immediately. We do not tolerate racism of any kind at Franklin Templeton.

[dsc]

17. He also was on the board of GLAAD which is a major group that

monitors media and their treatment of LGBT people. He apparently wrote one of the early comics that included LGBT characters.