A white woman has apologized for calling police on a black man in Central Park on Monday, after the two argued about her unleashed dog.
"I'm not a racist. I did not mean to harm that man in any way," she said, adding that she also didn't mean any harm to the African American community.Amy Cooper and Christian Cooper are not related.
"I think I was just scared," Amy Cooper said. "When you're alone in the Ramble, you don't know what's happening. It's not excusable, it's not defensible."She has been placed on administrative leave by her employer, investment company Franklin Templeton. "I videotaped it because I thought it was important to document things," Christian Cooper said. "Unfortunately we live in an era with things like Ahmaud Arbery, where black men are seen as targets. This woman thought she could exploit that to her advantage, and I wasn't having it."
Christian Cooper says the dog was "tearing through the plantings," and he told Amy Cooper the dog needed to be on a leash. He says he was not screaming at Amy Cooper, and "was actually pretty calm." That's when Christian Cooper says he pulled out dog treats. He told CNN he keeps dog treats with him to get dog owners to put their dogs on leashes. Christian Cooper said dog owners, in his experience, hate it when a stranger feeds their dog treats and immediately restrain their dogs afterwards.And that's when he started recording the incident, Christian Cooper said on Facebook.The video begins with Amy Cooper pulling her dog by the collar and telling Christian Cooper to stop recording.
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