Video posted online shows a white woman calling the NYPD alleging that a black man was threatening her in Central Park after he asked her to put her dog on a leash.
Christian Cooper told WNBC he just wanted her to follow the rules for that area of the park to protect the environment.
"If the habitat is destroyed, we won’t be able to go there to see the birds, to enjoy the plantings," he told WNBC.Amy Cooper appeared frantic in the video, grabbed the dog by its collar while on the phone reporting that"an African American man" was threatening her and the pet. She eventually put the dog on its leash, and Christian Cooper is heard saying,"Thank you" before ending the recording."We live in an age ofwhere black men are gunned down because of assumptions people make about black men, black people, and I’m just not going to participate in that," Christian Cooper told WNBC.
The video, which had been viewed more than 16 million times by early Tuesday, has sparked outrage. Amy Cooper's employer, investment management company Franklin Templeton,Amy Cooper also came forward, telling NBC News' affiliate WNBC that she was sorry for her behavior. "I sincerely and humbly apologize to everyone, especially to that man, his family," she said in a phone interview."It was unacceptable and I humbly and fully apologize to everyone who’s seen that video, everyone that’s been offended … everyone who thinks of me in a lower light and I understand why they do."
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