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May 27, 2020

Video Shows White Woman Falsely Telling 911 She Was Threatened by Black Man in Central Park
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Here in New York, a video has gone viral showing a white woman calling
the cops on a Black man and falsely accusing him of "threatening her
life" after he asked her to leash her dog in Central Park. Christian
Cooper - a writer, editor, avid bird watcher and board member of the New
York City Audubon Society - filmed on his smartphone as the woman, Amy
Cooper, dialed 911 to report him.

Amy Cooper: "There is an African American man. I am in Central Park. He
is recording me and threatening myself and my dog. And like - I'm sorry,
I can't hear you, either. I'm being threatened by a man in the Ramble.
Please send the cops immediately!"

The woman, Amy Cooper, has since been fired by her employer, investment
company Franklin Templeton. She has also surrendered her dog to the
shelter it was adopted from. Amy Cooper has since publicly apologized,
telling CNN, "I'm not a racist. I did not mean to harm that man in any
way. I think I was just scared." 


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