White woman fired after calling police on black man who asked her to leash her dog
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
(5,534 posts)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
(67,782 posts)genxlib
(5,534 posts)Apologies.
groundloop
(11,522 posts)Maybe this woman will wake up and realize a few things.
leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)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
(2,728 posts)Or if she kills herself that will be pretty rad. Haha. Ha. Ha.
leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)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
(3,164 posts)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
(4,126 posts)You are all over this forum expressing concern for her well-being for some strange reason.
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)I'm cool with me being anything your imagination can conjure up.
ZZenith
(4,126 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)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
(2,728 posts)Like a gust of fresh-air on a nice spring day.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)(John Cleese)
George II
(67,782 posts)....she could be in for a HUGE lawsuit, too.
samnsara
(17,635 posts)displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)She's the one who posted the video. Go, Sis!
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)Still wont be enough to satisfy some Internet crusaders in their dogged pursuit of her ruination.
Cirque du So-What
(25,973 posts)Remember him?
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)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
(188 posts)She also had to surrender the dog she was abusing to the rescue group where she got him.
Me.
(35,454 posts)what was that poor creature's life like?
womanofthehills
(8,761 posts) had accidents. Injured paw, dog bite etc. Its been take down.
.
Me.
(35,454 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)But I can readily understand your desire to portray it as something it's not.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)moriah
(8,311 posts)... 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
(3,491 posts)ruination activities to become dogged about it? OK, done!!
Bok_Tukalo
(4,323 posts)<OPE>
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Shermann
(7,428 posts)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
(101,361 posts)and perhaps aggravated harassment:
...
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
(37,748 posts)The Speak Before We Know Of What We Speak Of Culture is in effect here.
Shermann
(7,428 posts)Is there something else I should Know Of?
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
(7,428 posts)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
(188 posts)A knowingly false police report is a crime.
womanofthehills
(8,761 posts)Having racist workers is not a good look.
demigoddess
(6,644 posts)Marcuse
(7,506 posts)Aristus
(66,462 posts)Or Karen.
Or who the fuck-ever...