Posted on 05/27/2020 6:39:22 AM PDT by karpov
The New York City Commission on Human Rights has announced that it is launching an investigation into the case of the white dog-walker who called the cops on a black man in Central Park.
“At a time when the devastating impacts of racism in Black communities have been made so painfully clear—from racial disparities in COVID-19 outcomes, to harassment of essential workers on the frontlines—it is appalling to see these types of ugly threats directed at one New Yorker by another,” said Sapna Raj, deputy commissioner of the Law Enforcement Bureau at the Commission on Human Rights.
“Efforts to intimidate Black people by threatening to call law enforcement draw on a long, violent and painful history, and they are unacceptable. We encourage Ms. Cooper to cooperate with the Commission and meaningfully engage in a process to address the harm that she has caused,” Raj added in a statement.
The commission said it learned of the incident from the video recorded by Christian Cooper, a black bird-watcher, who asked the white woman, Amy Cooper, to put a leash on her dog in the Central Park Ramble, in accordance with regulations.
Amy began approaching the man and snapped, “I’m going to tell them there’s an African American man threatening my life.”
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Agreed. Why should anyone enforce racist memes?
I’m not defending the guy, because I do think this was a classic case of as5hole magnetism, but did he threaten her? What did he say, if I may ask, because I do not know?
I can’t vouch for this 100% but according to an article in the Federalist Cooper told A. Cooper (after she said it was too dangerous to take her dog to where it could run loose)
“ME(C. Cooper): “Look, if you’re going to do what you want, I’m going to do what I want, but you’re not going to like it.”
He then got out a dog treat to lure her dog to him.
More here,
Ah, I understand, thank you for that information.
I can’t see that as a threat to her, at least not a physical threat of harm or bodily injury.
He was saying that she wouldn’t like him giving treats to her dog, which is very likely true. It is a method to control behavior that he doesn’t like, which does make him a control freak in my mind.
I had to make a threat against an unleashed dog that ran the length of two houses to attack my leashed dog. I ended up having to strike that dog in order to break off it’s very violent and determined attempts to bite my dog. When the owner finally arrived to collect her dog, I said do not let it go, or I will pepper spray it. That’s a threat, at least to the dog. Police did end up coming in that incident, no arrests were made, my defense of my dog was justified and witnessed by a neutral party. She had also violated leash ordinance.
For your consideration. I just know came across it so I’ve not had time to fully digest it. It’s from the National Review.
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