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New York City's Commission on Human Rights launched an investigation Wednesday into the incident involving a woman who called police after encountering a black man while walking her dog in Central Park.
The commission sent a letter to the woman, Amy Cooper, requesting her cooperation.
"At a time when the devastating impacts of racism in Black communities have been made so painfully clear -- from racial disparities in COVID-19 outcomes, to harassment of essential workers on the front lines -- it is appalling to see these types of ugly threats directed at one New Yorker by another," said Sapna V. Raj, Deputy Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Bureau at the NYC Commission on Human Rights.
"Efforts to intimidate Black people by threatening to call law enforcement draw on a long, violent and painful history, and they are unacceptable."
The commission said it learned of the incident from the video recorded by Christian Cooper, an African American bird-watcher, who asked Amy Cooper, who is white, to put a leash on her dog. She responded by threatening to call the police.
"I'm going to tell them there's an African American man threatening my life," she is heard on video saying.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/investigation-launched-into-central-park-incident-involving-white-woman-and-black-man/ar-BB14FQ0b?li=BBnb7Kz
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Put all those racists who make plans to destroy Black lives by calling the police and claiming theyre being victimized by a Black person. We saw it with our own eyes and we heard it loud and clear. The White entitled people have to see these threats dont work. May the full weight of the law come crashing down on this woman. Make an example out of her and put all racists on notice!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,922 posts)My guess is he felt a loose dog would scare off the birds he was trying to view. He didn't deserve the shit the woman was trying to give him.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)as it has in so many other cases he should rethink forgiving anything. This time it backfired on the woman, but thats the exception in these racist cases.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)I hope this bad act chases her for the rest of her life.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Who will welcome her with open arms.