CORRECTION: Amy Cooper, the white woman who was filmed threatening to call the police on a Black bird watcher in Central Park in May, has been charged by the Manhattan district attorney. An earlier tweet indicated she’d been indicted.
The black man who recorded a white woman calling 911 on him after requesting she leash her dog reacts to the public's response on the incident.The Manhattan district attorney has charged Amy Cooper, the white woman who was filmed threatening to call the police on a Black bird watcher in Central Park in May.
This image made from a May 25, 2020, video provided by Christian Cooper shows Amy Cooper with her dog talking to Christian Cooper at Central Park in New York. Amy Cooper followed up with her threat, telling the police on the phone that"he is recording me and threatening myself and my dog," according to the video. Officers arrived but didn't make any arrest.
Mayor Bill de Blasio also weighed shortly after the incident became public, calling Amy Cooper's actions"racism, plain and simple."Amy Cooper later issued an apology for the incident, to which Christian Cooper accepted.
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