He said that this event being captured on video meant that viewers could perceive Amy Cooper's actions as deliberate, and verifying the police's unequal treatment of people of different races. In a Facebook commentary, television host Trevor Noah said that the confrontation between the two Coopers was an example of how white and black Americans see, and are seen by, the police differently. The following day the company fired her from her job as head of the firm's insurance investment. Īfter viewing the video that day, Amy's employer, Franklin Templeton, placed her on administrative leave pending an investigation. On June 3, after an evaluation by the shelter's veterinarian, the dog was returned to her. On May 25, she surrendered the dog to the shelter from which she had adopted him two years before. She was accused of falsely presenting herself as being in immediate physical danger, conjuring a history of the "tendency for people and police to treat black people with suspicion." In the video, Amy was seen dragging her dog, a cocker spaniel, by its collar. Amy Cooper's actions in the video were widely criticized. The Twitter video alone received over 40 million views. Reaction Ĭhristian Cooper's sister posted the video on her Twitter account, while Christian posted the video to his own Facebook page. The existence of the second 9-1-1 call was not reported by the media at the time of the incident. However, the Times later made a correction that the second call was when a 9-1-1 dispatcher called her back. The New York Times reported in October 2020 that Amy had made a second 9-1-1 call against Christian, in which she alleged that Christian had tried to assault her. Police said that by the time they responded, both individuals had left. Please send the cops immediately!" The video ends with Christian telling her "thank you," the moment she leashes the dog. He says to her: "Please don't come close to me." She then says to Christian: "I’m calling the cops … I’m gonna tell them there’s an African American man threatening my life.” She then pulls out her phone and begins calling the police and, when connected to the 9-1-1 operator, she tells the operator that "There is an African American man-I am in Central Park- he is recording me and threatening myself and my dog. Video recorded by Christian Cooper on TwitterĬhristian Cooper's video begins with Amy Cooper approaching him asking him to stop recording and pointing her finger in his face. Amy then yelled, "Don't you touch my dog!" Christian then began recording on his cellphone. By his own account, Christian then said, "Look, if you're going to do what you want, I'm going to do what I want, but you're not going to like it," and beckoned the dog toward him with a dog treat. Christian asked Amy to leash her dog, and she allegedly refused. Comic book writer and editor Christian Cooper, who is not related to Amy Cooper, was birdwatching there, and noticed that Amy's dog was unleashed and running free, despite the requirement that dogs in that part of the park be on-leash according to the Central Park Conservancy, which manages the park under contract with the city. On the morning of May 25, 2020, a woman named Amy Cooper was walking her dog in an area of Central Park known as the Ramble. Both incidents gained nearly instant media coverage due to being filmed by passers-by, and to the video being shared on social media. The Central Park incident happened the same day as the arrest and murder of George Floyd. The charges against her were dropped in February 2021 after she completed an educational course. On July 6, 2020, the Manhattan District Attorney announced that Amy Cooper had been charged with filing a false police report, a misdemeanor with a penalty of up to one year in jail. The incident received wide publicity when a video of part of the incident went viral in the hours following the event. When Christian beckoned the dog toward him with a dog treat, Amy yelled "Don't you touch my dog!" Christian started recording Amy, who placed a call to 9-1-1 by the time New York City Police Department officers responded, both parties had left. Amy Cooper's dog was unleashed in the Ramble, an area where leashing is required she allegedly refused Christian Cooper's request that her dog be leashed. The Central Park birdwatching incident was a confrontation on May 25, 2020, between Amy Cooper, a white woman walking her dog, and Christian Cooper (no relation), a black man who was birdwatching, in a section of New York City's Central Park known as the Ramble.
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