Amy Cooper, the white woman who called 911 on a Black birdwatcher in Central Park, has filed a discrimination lawsuit against her former employer for firing her when video of the incident went viral https://t.co/GzFzDiQQOB
“Mayor Lightfoot’s decision is clearly blocking press freedom through racial discrimination.”
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According to the Federal complaint, Mayor Lightfoot violated reporter Thomas Catenacci’s First Amendment rights and right to equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
Based on the lawsuit, posted on the Judicial Watch website, Lightfoot violated reporter Thomas Catenacci’s First Amendment rights and right to equal protection under the 14th Amendment. Although it doesn’t specify that the mayor’s office outright denied Catenacci based on his race, it says three email requests were never answered over the last week. The lack of a response in a “timely manner” was in effect a denial, the complaint claims.