Amy Cooper Faces Charges After Calling Police On Black Bird Watcher In Central Park | MSNBC

Amy Cooper, the white woman caught on video calling police to claim that a Black man was threatening her in Central Park after he asked her to leash her dog, faces a misdemeanor charge over the incident. Aired on 7/6/2020.

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[onceuponanexploration]

About time, she called in a false police report and abused her dog.

[cremersalex]

She's so full of anger and hatred that she almost strangled her dog.

[freda]

She called the police, hoping to get a man killed, nearly strangled the poor dog, all because she didn't like that a black man was telling her what to do? She made that threat and then carried it out with deliberate and indefensible malice.

[deandrewilson]

Good let’s keep this going, there are plenty more like her out there.

[sandraolajide]

she is so caught up in her hate rant that she almost kills the dog in the process...

[gyozasauce]

Finally some consequence for our actions, its long overdue. All these Karens should be charged for threatening getting cops on minorities.

[davidh]

I'm a 52 years old black American, Military vet, and I'm finally starting to feel like America is finally growing up a little bit. It had to be dragged Kicking and Screaming into the 21st century, but maybe it's finally coming.

[aseemmax]

Good Job, though why did it take more than a month to file charges?

[superkid]

Does it really take a month and a half to charge someone when you have video evidence of them committing a crime?

[japace]

"I'm going to tell them there's an African American man threatening my life." is going to be one of her biggest regrets in her life :P

[purrungas]

nice to hear that finally some of these people can be held accountable for false accusations on anybody without any repercussion whenever they lie

[franklinhall]

She is rightfully charged for overreacting and lying.

[JessieBanana]

Good, this needed to happen. This wasn’t the case of her bias against Black people making her feel threatened when she wasn’t. That is still a problem, but it isn’t the same as weaponizing the police deliberately against Black men and then escalating the sound and panic in your voice to raise alarm for your situation. We saw her act that all out.

[Lyaia]

She should be charged with animal cruelty as well! Look at the poor dog being yanked by the neck and dragged around as she rants.

[gazzob]

Couldnt have happened to a more deserving rasist.

[nicoledoolin]

She needs to face charges for strangling her dog

[Thyalwaysseek]

The only victim in all of this is the dog.

[sashabaroncohen]

The police need to stop responding to these calls. Such a waste of taxpayers dollars.

[votetocount]

Great, this is a start! She deserves more charges!

[Elizabeth-ypre]

Good. Her dog isn’t the only one who needs a leash, and a muzzle