Woman fired after park confrontation backlash
A white woman has been fired from her job and denies accusations of racism. Christian Cooper recorded Amy Cooper in New York City's Central Park, calling police to report that she was being threatened by “an African-American man."
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Central Park birder Christian Cooper turned a tense, viral video encounter with a woman walking her dog off leash into a new memoir and a Nat Geo Wild documentary series.
Amy Cooper, the white woman charged in a dispute with a Black man in New York, made a second, previously unreported call claiming he "tried to assault her," a prosecutor said.
Amy Cooper, the white woman arrested last year for calling 911 on a Black birdwatcher in New York's Central Park, had her criminal case thrown out.
