White woman fired after calling police on black man who asked her to leash her dog

[George II]

Source: USA Today

A video of a woman in Central Park calling New York police on a black man who says he asked her to leash her dog has gone viral, and the woman has been fired from her job with Franklin Templeton.

The incident occurred Monday in the Ramble, a wooded area of Central Park where dogs are required to be on leashes.

Christian Cooper, who is black, said he was bird-watching in the area when he saw Amy Cooper, who is white, with her dog. Christian Cooper wrote on Facebook that the dog was going "through the plantings." He approached the woman and asked that she leash the animal, he said.

In the video, Amy Cooper refused 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."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/26/amy-cooper-leave-called-police-christian-cooper-central-park/5257764002/

[genxlib]

1. This is not Late Breaking News

It has been on the front page for days.

It has already gone through the full cycle of defiance, apology and job loss

[George II]

5. The incident happened yesterday, and she was fired today.

[genxlib]

8. Fair enough

Apologies.

[George II]

9. ....

[groundloop]

15. Late breaking or not, it's GOOD news

Maybe this woman will wake up and realize a few things.

[leftieNanner]

2. Good News

Consequences.

Let's hope her mortgage isn't too steep (Manhattan? HAHAHAHAHAHA) because she is going to have trouble getting another job right away.

Watching her in that video made my blood boil. I hope the police press charges for making a false report.

[Devil Child]

6. Hahahahhaahaha I can't wait till she's homeless and starving

Or if she kills herself that will be pretty rad. Haha. Ha. Ha.

[leftieNanner]

11. Perhaps you misunderstood my meaning

the HAHA was a reference to Manhattan housing costs, not to any desire on my part that she end up homeless, starving..........

She could have caused that man to be killed by the police. That's a pretty devastating possibility.

[The Mouth]

12. If he hadn't have recorded everything

things might have turned out very differently, eh?

I think she's vile scum by the way she handles that poor dog. And the rescue took the dog back! Bwahahahaha

[ZZenith]

18. Your name wouldn't happen to be Amy Cooper, would it?

You are all over this forum expressing concern for her well-being for some strange reason.

[Devil Child]

23. The name is Karen.

I'm cool with me being anything your imagination can conjure up.

[ZZenith]

28. "Kontrarian Karen" you shall henceforth be.

[LanternWaste]

24. Tough old world when that's the only possibility you can imagine.

But after reading a handful of your melodramatic posts, I'm realizing that a good, old-fashioned reductio ad absurdum is the go-to argument when reality denies your narrative.


"hahahaha" indeed...

[Devil Child]

27. I am always happy when you grace my presence LanternWaste

Like a gust of fresh-air on a nice spring day.

[LanternWaste]

39. "You shine out like a shaft of gold when all around is dark..."

(John Cleese)

[George II]

7. Luckily for her Christopher Cooper seems like a very nice man, otherwise....

....she could be in for a HUGE lawsuit, too.

[samnsara]

3. dont mess with the editor of marvel comix!

[displacedtexan]

20. His sister writes for the CW & HBO.

She's the one who posted the video. Go, Sis!

[Devil Child]

4. Well that didn't take long

Still won’t be enough to satisfy some Internet crusaders in their dogged pursuit of her ruination.

[Cirque du So-What]

13. She was doggedly pursuing the ruination of Christopher Cooper

Remember him?

[Devil Child]

17. Yes, I remember him. n/t

[Me.]

19. Gosh

it really seems to bother you that a woman who was practically strangling her dog and making a fake call to the police about a black man is facing consequences. This is the second thread where I see you objecting.

[Chrysanthemum]

36. She was not only fired

She also had to surrender the dog she was abusing to the rescue group where she got him.

[Me.]

37. I Was So Relieved When I Heard About The Dog

what was that poor creature's life like?

[womanofthehills]

40. She had a Facebook page for her dog and it looked like the dog

“ had accidents.” Injured paw, dog bite etc. It’s been take down.
.

[Me.]

42. Thank Goodness They Took The Dog Away

[LanternWaste]

25. Tough old world when we're held to the consequences of our actions.

But I can readily understand your desire to portray it as something it's not.

[Progressive Jones]

30. She ruined herself. nt

[moriah]

38. There would be no need for a "dogged pursuit"...

... if she'd gotten charges for 911 abuse (assuming she never went through with actually filing a police report).

And why did she deserve such charges?

Because she said, on tape, that she was going to get law enforcement to be her hitmen for her, all because she didn't want to leash her dog.

A white woman lying that a black man is threatening them in Central Park places not just that black man, but EVERY black man in Central Park, in danger of being shot. But she didn't care.

She played the only "race card" that matters -- that she was a "scared white woman". And she's damn lucky she just has job ruination, public humiliation, etc, instead of a death on her conscience (edit: and a potential felony murder conviction, if 911 abuse is a felony in NYC).

[oswaldactedalone]

10. So I have to ramp up my

ruination activities to become dogged about it? OK, done!!

[Bok_Tukalo]

14. Did she have a portable charcoal grill?

<OPE>

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Too bad Karen

[Shermann]

21. She does sound like a Karen

I'm not sure how she can be fired though?

She wasn't on the clock and didn't commit a crime as far as I know.

The Cancel Culture may be in effect here.

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. Falsely Reporting an Incident (3rd degree):

https://www.new-york-lawyers.org/falsely-reporting-an-incident.html

and perhaps aggravated harassment:

A person is guilty of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree when, knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be false or baseless, he or she:
...
3. Gratuitously reports to a law enforcement officer or agency (a) the alleged occurrence of an offense or incident which did not in fact occur; or (b) an allegedly impending occurrence of an offense or incident which in fact is not about to occur; or (c) false information relating to an actual offense or incident or to the alleged implication of some person therein

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/240.50

While I can't see that there is an explicit "racially aggravated" version of falsely reporting, the company would certainly take that into account.

[LanternWaste]

26. I imagine you're not sure simply because you haven't looked.

The Speak Before We Know Of What We Speak Of Culture is in effect here.

[Shermann]

32. From TFA: "There were no arrests or summonses issued"

Is there something else I should Know Of?

[Rebl2]

31. Maybe

something in her contact for the company she works for saying your actions (on and off the clock) are a reflection on our business. If you do something that is illegal or are questionable we can fire you. If you sign that contract, you agree to it.

[Shermann]

33. Highly speculative on your part

Morality clauses exist in employment contracts but are usually reserved for highly visible spokespeople or celebrities.

But who I ask will step forward to stand by this woman as her loyal champion?

*chirp chirp*

[Chrysanthemum]

35. A false police report

A knowingly false police report is a crime.

[womanofthehills]

41. Maybe because the company web page went down from so many people complaining

Having racist workers is not a good look.

[demigoddess]

29. FIRED! hallelujah!!!!

[Marcuse]

34. Mnuchin will find a place for her in Treasury.

[Aristus]

43. Bye, Felicia!

Or Karen.

Or who the fuck-ever...