The 911 calls came on May 25 during Cooper’s notorious confrontation with birdwatcher Christian Cooper, who asked her to put her Cocker Spaniel on a leash. Illuzzi said the incident could be “an opportunity for introspection and education.”. Amy Cooper Took her Dog to a Rescue. Various New York City law enforcement agencies declined to take the dog into custody, according to the shelter. Though Amy Cooper has since apologized for her behavior and actions in Central Park, she still describes herself in victim terms. Two days later, investment firm Franklin Templeton fired Amy Cooper for what it described as racism. Amy Cooper decided that Christian Cooper would indeed suffer for having the audacity to challenge her power and her privilege. You may opt-out by. Amy is a white woman and Christian is a black man, and they had an encounter in the Ramble woodlands area of Central Park. "Where does that make any kind of sense? For several days now we have watched the outcry, anger, fires, riots and protests on the streets of Minneapolis, St. Paul and various other U.S. cities in response to this unjustifiable killing at the hands of Derek Chauvin and three other police officers, and it is tragic. Notice in the above video just how dramatic Amy Cooper became. I firmly believe that she can repair this damage.

In the first call, caught on video, she falsely claimed Christian was threatening her and her dog. In a second call, he claimed he tried to assault her, prosecutors said Wednesday during Amy’s arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court. Things in Central Park between Amy Cooper and Christian Cooper could have ended similarly horribly. I have studied the Till case in recent years, and the ease at which Amy Cooper lied is one of the most frightening things she did that day. According to a Facebook post by Abandoned Angels Cocker Spaniel Rescue, Inc., Amy Cooper adopted the dog in March 2018 after her previous cocker spaniel, Ollie, died. But Christian Cooper also said he was disturbed by the fact that people were making death threats toward Amy Cooper, which he called abhorrent. One 911 Call About A Black Bird Watcher Wasn’t Enough For Amy Cooper. Amy Cooper appeared virtually in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges she made a bogus call to cops on May 25, claiming avid birdwatcher Christian Cooper was threatening her … During a recent CNN interview, Amy Cooper said that her “entire life is being destroyed right now” after Christian Cooper posted a Facebook video of their encounter in Central Park. By Laura Ly, Amir Vera and Brian Ries, CNN, The cocker spaniel belonging to the white woman who, "Abandoned Angels would like to express its gratitude for the outpouring of support regarding the dog that was recently placed in our custody, following release of a troubling video that was brought to our attention," according to a. George Floyd And Racism: 5 Conversations Credible Leaders Must Have In This Moment, Depression Is On The Rise With High Unemployment And Career Instability, 3 Warning Signs That You Lack The Mental Strength To Lead, This Is The Most Important Question Leaders Ask During A Crisis, The Great Big Lie That Will Destroy Your Career Success, This Is How Felicity Huffman Will Restore Her Career After Scandal, And You Can Too. Christian Cooper recorded video of part of their encounter and posted it on Facebook, where it has since been shared thousands of times and became a trending topic on Twitter. Her actions left no doubt that she believes that police will do whatever she wants—even arrest, brutalize or kill Christian Cooper—and she was determined to punish him. And all of it was predicated upon the fact that Amy is white and Christian is black. Our office will pursue a resolution of this case which holds Ms. Cooper accountable while healing our community, restoring justice, and deterring others from perpetuating this racist practice.”. After this, she can work to successfully repair the damage. She was walking her dog in an area that explicitly calls for dogs to be put on a leash. The behavior displayed on the video is arguably racism.

"I think her apology is sincere," Cooper said. Within hours of the Central Park incident going viral, millions would view harrowing footage of Minnesota father of one George Floyd dying under the knee of cop Derek Chauvin. Bryant Dunham held on to that lie before Emmett Till was murdered. That apology apparently wasn’t enough for her to hold on to her job with Franklin Templeton, and it won’t be enough for her to rebuild her reputation and career either because you first have to own what you did before you can successfully repair it. Now Reading Amy Cooper Made A 2nd Call To Police That Day. In apologizing, Amy says that “words are just words and I can’t undo what I did, but I sincerely and humbly apologize to everyone.” Oh—will someone help me tell Amy Cooper that it was about so much more than words? She raised the stakes to make police prepared to do whatever they needed to do to ensure her safety. Latest Election Results as the votes are counted in key states, Nevada election official says he’s worried for staffers' safety as vote count continues, Brooklyn shooting victim was college student filled with ambition, Fox & Friends tells Trump to leave Twitter, 'Stay calm’: Biden calls for patience with election results and vows to steer U.S. out of ‘terrible’ pandemic, High-ranking NYPD officer in charge of workplace harassment posted racist messages on law enforcement ‘Rant’ board, City Council investigation finds, GOP observers granted court order to watch vote counting in battleground Pennsylvania, ‘F--k you, we did a good job’: Polling guru Nate Silver defends election predictions amid backlash, Teen arrested after teacher sees him having oral sex with 7-year-old girl during break in online class, Count. Amy Cooper’s dog is a cocker spaniel named Henry. The very message Amy Cooper was sending to Christian Cooper was that police exist to serve and protect her. During a recent CNN interview, Amy Cooper said that her “entire life is being destroyed right now” after Christian Cooper posted a Facebook video of their encounter in Central Park. Sometimes we do bad things, but we can certainly repair and rebuild—and Amy Cooper can too. Emmett Till was a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago. Story from News. Even Joan Walsh, opining on Cooper’s firing in The Nation, said she “[didn’t] know if that was the right outcome.” When Christian began filming Amy’s refusal to leash the dog, she pulled her cellphone out and called the cops, Christian’s video shows. “We will be exploring, with the defense, a program designed to have the defendant take responsibility for her actions — but also educate her and the community by the harm caused for such actions.”. This article has been updated and modified from its original version—May 30, 2020. Let us not allow the sheer amount of suffering and the Covid-19 pandemic to erase or overshadow what Amy Cooper did when she feigned being attacked by Christian Cooper in Central Park on the same day that George Floyd was killed.

Watching this uncomfortable and angry white woman go to unthinkable extremes to make a point is so doggone frightening that it scares me to think of what would have happened had Christian not had the video recording. In doing this, she was letting Christian Cooper know in the most pressing way she could that she had power over him; that she could use her race and gender to get over on him; that she could truly hurt—even destroy—him with one phone call. Every single one of these actions is wrong, and Amy Cooper needs to own all of it before she can rebuild her reputation and career. I recommend that instead of complaining about how her life is now destroyed, Amy Cooper should reflect on how so many people now believe that she tried to destroy Christian Cooper’s life. And though she—Carolyn Bryant Dunham—admitted decades later that it was all a lie, she was never held accountable for any of it. She was trying to ensure that the only impression the individual could get was that her very life may be taken if he or she didn’t act quickly. She held on—and told—that lie to ensure that her husband and his co-conspirator were found not guilty of murder, and she held on to the lie after she divorced her first husband and remarried twice. So She Called Again. In that video, white police officer Derek Chauvin is seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he pleads for his life. Amy Cooper is only guilty of being caught on camera and making the subtext the text. The video ended up with an online audience of over 100 million people. “I asked the defendant if the man tried to assault or touch her in any way, and she said no,” NYPD Officer Rebekah Miranda is quoted as saying in the complaint. She was sending a loud and clear message that she believes police work for her good and will work to Christian’s bad. And based on these messages, Franklin Templeton seems to think so as well. "I'm going to tell them there's an African American man threatening my life.".