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The charge against a white woman accused of falsely reporting that a Black man had threatened her during a wild caught-on-camera confrontation in Central Park.
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Amy Cooper, White Woman Who Called Police On Black Bird-Watcher, Has Charge Dismissed
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
The Manhattan district attorney dropped a charge against Amy Cooper, above, for calling police on a Black man after he asked her to leash her dog in New York s Central Park.
Christian Cooper / AP
Amy Cooper, a white dog owner who was at the center of a controversial encounter with a Black man bird-watching in New York s Central Park last year, had her misdemeanor charge stemming from that incident dropped on Tuesday.
The woman had been facing a charge of falsely reporting an incident to police after she told them Christian Cooper, who is not related to her, threatened her and her dog. He did not.