Central Park Confrontation Goes Viral, as White Woman Calls Cops on Black Man Over Dog Leash

[Threegoofs]

"I'm going to do something you're not going to like" - then reaches into his pocket. And apparently its not the first time he's done this. He carries around doggy treats specifically for this Karen sacrament.

Yeah. Idiots let dogs run off leash all the time. Bring treats so the dogs don’t bother you or you can distract them.

 

[Taylor]

Good. The internet's work here is done.

Why is that "good"?

 

[Threegoofs]

What does it say about you that you percieve describing an African American as an African American as being a threat?
OTOH....
Maybe he isnt going to vote for Biden so he really isnt black.

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Really?

You can’t see the racism?

Not even a little bit?

LOL

 

[calamity]

Central Park Confrontation Goes Viral, as White Woman Calls Cops on Black Man Over Dog Leash



Central Park Confrontation Goes Viral, as White Woman Calls Cops on Black Man Over Dog Leash – NBC New York

I didnt see any other threads on the “Central Park Karen” here... its quite a bizarre story.

She basically was walking her dog off leash, and a guy told her to put it on a leash. She got upset. There may be more, but the guy filming seems to be pretty calm compared to Karen.

Looks like she now is saying her “life is ruined” by this incident, and she apparently was fired from her investment banking job.

I’m guessing her original intent was to ruin this guys life by calling the cops (why the emphasis on African-American if not?) so she kinda got what she deserved. If you think this is totally crazy, just watch the video that came out of Minneapolis where the cops literally murdered a nonviolent guy in handcuffs.

I originally watched the clip without sound. My first thought: that crazy lady is choking her dog!

 

[JANFU]

Yes, they came, talked to the woman, and left. The video wasn't posted until later.

Did he show the video to an officer- stated he had a video of the incident?
Yes- No - Don't know?

 

[calamity]

What does it say about you that you percieve describing an African American as an African American as being a threat?
OTOH....
Maybe he isnt going to vote for Biden so he really isnt black.

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“I’m calling 911 to say an African American male is threatening my life.”

You don’t see that as a teensy bit racist? :roll:

Let me guess—Trump supporter.

 

[Taylor]

Did he show the video to an officer- stated he had a video of the incident?
Yes- No - Don't know?

They never spoke to him. He left as soon as she leashed the dog. They spoke only to her.

 

[Felis Leo]

Why is that "good"?

Well, I am being somewhat sardonic, Taylor. I do not think internet mobbing and witch hunts are a good thing generally.

However, in my personal opinion, people who go around lying about their lives being threatened in order to bring the police ready and loaded for bear certainly deserve to be subjected to the hatred, scorn and obloquy of their peers. I consider what this woman did right up there with Swatting. In fact, it was swatting.

 

[Felis Leo]

Our society cannot help but act foolish and ridiculous.

It will take a bit for the dust to settle from this one, I do not feel sorry for this Amy Cooper who is now apologizing for all this.

I just hope she learned something.

Amy Cooper: White woman has been fired after calling police on a black man in Central Park - CNN

Yeah, perhaps the easiest lesson of all: Don't falsely report that your life is being threatened by a black man when he is simply asking you to leash your dog in a park where leashes are required.

 

[JANFU]

They never spoke to him. He left as soon as she leashed the dog. They spoke only to her.

Thank you- I missed that and I had read a few different links.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

Bad women for calling the police and describing the individual as black male.

Inorite?
It's simply and only about two people.
Not even their genders are relevant to the situation.

It's not like she lied and said the guy was threatening her life or something.
It's also not like there's a history in NYC of cops using unnecessary violence against black guys.

If it were like that, the whole thing'd be different.

 

[CaughtInThe]

I feel sorry for her kids.

 

[Felis Leo]

I think the proper SOP is to shoot them and then claim you saw them trespassing somewhere.

"I saw that he was casing the park very obviously looking to steal some birds. I tried to make a citizen's arrest and then he rushed me so I shot him."

 

[Barnacle]

Ah...THAT explains it—she’s CANADIAN! Build a wall! And, make Canada pay for it!!!

Is that your excuse for a racist Canadian?!?

 

[ReubenSherr]

“I’m calling 911 to say an African American male is threatening my life.”

They should make this a crime - verbally threatening something with an undertone that because of their race, they won't be believed

He should've reported her to the cops, and she should've spent a night in jail thinking about it - verbal threats still qualify as assult

 

[Taylor]

Well, I am being somewhat sardonic, Taylor. I do not think internet mobbing and witch hunts are a good thing generally.

However, in my personal opinion, people who go around lying about their lives being threatened in order to bring the police ready and loaded for bear certainly deserve to be subjected to the hatred, scorn and obloquy of their peers. I consider what this woman did right up there with Swatting. In fact, it was swatting.

Yes, a horrible decision on her part made during a heated argument where she held what power she had over him b/c he had the audacity to politely ask her to leash a dog where required by law.

Nonetheless, I agree with Cooper... if the goal is to address the fact that she felt she had that power over him to begin with, I'm not sure that destroying her life is the best way to achieve that.

Mr. Cooper said in the interview that he had been overwhelmed by the response to his video, but that the retribution against Ms. Cooper had taken him aback.

"It’s a little bit of a frenzy, and I am uncomfortable with that,” he said. “If our goal is to change the underlying factors, I am not sure that this young woman having her life completely torn apart serves that goal."

 

[dave8383]

What if she picked up a rock and hit herself over the head with it and told police that the black man did it?

Fortunately she didn't think of that or she probably would have.

 

[holbritter]

Why do liberals think every time there is confrontation between a white person and a black person is a racial issue.
Liberals simply like to divide the country.
You have a women being confronted by a male. Bad women for calling the police and describing the individual as black male.
Would it be racist if the women was black and the man white? In that case the narrative would be racism against the man.

Did you even watch it?

 

[Felis Leo]

Why do liberals think every time there is confrontation between a white person and a black person is a racial issue.
Liberals simply like to divide the country.
You have a women being confronted by a male. Bad women for calling the police and describing the individual as black male.
Would it be racist if the women was black and the man white? In that case the narrative would be racism against the man.

She told him to stop recording her and threatened to call the police and tell them that an African American was threatening her life. One does not have to be a liberal to see what she was implying with that remark, and working herself up into a furore and falsely claiming that her life was being threatened by a black man who was asking her to leash her dog and recording their encounter.

 

[JANFU]

It's fascinating how these situations can go sideways really quick. It was really poor form to have exaggerated the threat level because that could have really bad for the man recording it. If police get a call with a woman stating she's being threatened by a man, they're likely to be more on alert and assume there's a potential threat to them as well.

Imagine for a moment occurring in another part on NYC.

IIRC the Harvard report on African Americans found that they were more than whites subjected to street justice by the Police.

Those complaints by the public really do not go that far

We have seen that in the US these reactions by white on black are common

Others, not myself only see the situation clearly only when video is available. Yet far to many divert from the facts in an attempt to lay blame on the Black man

Witness the news releases by Police on the joggers murder


Nope- No race issues in the US.

 

[Mr Person]

Yes, a horrible decision on her part made during a heated argument where she held what power she had over him b/c he had the audacity to politely ask her to leash a dog where required by law.

Nonetheless, I agree with Cooper... if the goal is to address the fact that she felt she had that power over him to begin with, I'm not sure that destroying her life is the best way to achieve that.

He didn't ask her employer to fire her. None of us did. The employer saw the video and decided it doesn't want to be associated with her. If I wasn't self-employed, I'd expect the same thing to happen if I did anything that racist (that also played to racism). Don't think it's racist? Ask the Scottsboro boys. That's exactly what she was playing to with "an African American is threatening my life."

What are his choices?

A. He makes the video available, and other people make their own decisions based on it.

B. He keeps it out of public view, nobody knows it happened, and she ends up doing it to someone else over something else. One less instance of racism in the public knowledge.



I'm not crying a single tear over someone who responds to someone asking them to stop being an entitled brat, follow the rules, stop destroying bird habitats, and leash their damn dog by calling 911 and telling them "a black man is threatening my life."

And if the employer's reaction to seeing her disgusting behavior is to fire her, it's her problem. I can't imagine telling the police that someone was threatening my life if they were not.



If he feels very bad about her getting fired, then he can choose to contact her employer and lobby for her. Or speak about it publicly. Have a truth and reconcilliation commission for two. Those do seem to provide some measure of healing. But there's no reason to feel bad for a racist ****stain who could very well have gotten him killed with that report, had police shown up sooner.

 

[nota bene]

I think Christian Cooper's brother launched the video? Anyway, details here, including his explanation for why he carries treats and why not having dogs in this section of the park (The Ramble) matters: Bill de Blasio brands 'Central Park Karen' racist for calling 911 on African-American bird watcher | Daily Mail Online

She blew a $170K salary, and she was in a section of the park where dogs aren't allowed. She knew this, but where she wanted to take the dog was roped off, so she just didn't care because she's special.

Christian Cooper is a longtime "birder" who sits on the Audubon board. He's a senior medical writer and former Marvel Comics editor too.

 

[JustHanging]

What if she pulled out a gun and shot the dog and blamed it on the guy? What if she picked up a rock and hit herself over the head with it and told police that the black man did it?

Then she would be a copycat.

 

[JustHanging]

It's fascinating how these situations can go sideways really quick. It was really poor form to have exaggerated the threat level because that could have really bad for the man recording it. If police get a call with a woman stating she's being threatened by a man, they're likely to be more on alert and assume there's a potential threat to them as well.

Thank god this wasn't 40 years ago, it could literally be lynching time. 100 years ago and it would almost certainly be lynching time.

Lynching of Michael Donald - Wikipedia

Incredible to think there were still lynchings of "uppity" blacks when most of us were adults. No wonder Trump uses racism as a campaign strategy, and it's so effective. MAGA!

 

[Lursa]

My guess is he had encountered unleashed dogs when birding

Gnarly dog, no owner, give the dog a treat, you made a friend

Wait for owner to arrive

Never saw that scenario in the 3 yrs I was a park ranger there, but anything is possible.

This is the barely coherent and grammatically inept speech of a man who desperately wants to be able to claim that he "cured coronavirus."

That's it, in a nutshell. When we do get a handle on this crisis, he wants to be able to pull out footage and declare "I called it! I said use this! I said try this! I told them to do this, it was my idea!" He's just doing it with lots of stupid stuff because he doesnt want to miss an opportunity. He's afraid 'the big one' will be mentioned and he wont get credit for it.

It's all about declaring himself the savior of the cv crisis and we'll hear all about it, esp in his campaign. (Which is basically each of his press briefings these days) --- Lursa