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White Woman Who Called Police On Black Bird Watcher In Central Park Has Been Fired
NPR ^ | May 26, 2020 | Brakkton Booker

Posted on 05/26/2020 1:32:43 PM PDT by SJackson

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To: Tejas Rob

Did she raise the specter of her job during this ordeal? I doubt she did. I don’t see the nexus to her employment
Company will pay for this one.


61 posted on 05/26/2020 1:58:07 PM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: Tejas Rob
I have no idea why this would cost her her job.

In Investment Banking they often want employees who tell the truth and don't lie to the police, or bear false witness.

62 posted on 05/26/2020 1:58:11 PM PDT by Drango (1776 = 2020)
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To: Tejas Rob

Get internet famous enough to bring bad press on your employer and you get fired. Sure, what she did was completed unrelated to her job. Until people figured out who she was and where she worked.


63 posted on 05/26/2020 1:58:31 PM PDT by discostu (I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
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To: pepsi_junkie

I trust no stranger to give my dog a “treat”!


64 posted on 05/26/2020 1:58:44 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Winning not whining!)
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To: Brilliant

Political correctness. If you live in a politically correct city then you better obey.

So if you do anything any black doesn’t like for any reason, you lose your job and your life is ruined.

Just another day of fun in Leftist Amerika.


65 posted on 05/26/2020 2:00:00 PM PDT by Pravious
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To: PLMerite

There’s something strangely...arousing about that picture.


66 posted on 05/26/2020 2:00:29 PM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: ozarkgirl

Me too. I originally read the headline as “black bird” watcher.


67 posted on 05/26/2020 2:01:05 PM PDT by DigitalVideoDude (It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: impimp

Wveryone else in the world does not know how your dog is going to react to others and stuff going on around them. Put them on a leash and save everyone trouble and yourself, potential liability issues. Plus maybe keep your dog safer as they can’t run into the street.

Her rights end where everyone elses’ begin. And shes choosing to live in a jam-packed very dense populated place.


68 posted on 05/26/2020 2:01:07 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: DoughtyOne
Note post 27 and my response 57 or 58. If he was trying to lure the dog with treats, calling the police was justified. Takes race out of it. ME: 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....HER: What’s that?....ME (to the dog): Come here, puppy!....HER: He won’t come to you....ME: We’ll see about that... If that's what he said, it's not racism, it's a threat. At least I'd take it as a threat.
69 posted on 05/26/2020 2:01:09 PM PDT by SJackson (Suppose you were an idiot, suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself, Mark Twain)
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To: SJackson

“probably would have described him as fat or obese” hahaha. Who does that remind everyone of? How about he dimocrat party, suddenly Trump is “morbidly obese” lol.

You nailed it. So the woman gets bent out of shape because someone asked her to follow the rules but rules are only for surfs and she was insulted. And like a dimocrat she concocted her revenge and it backfired on her because of identity politics. Goodness, and this made the news?

What would have happened if she had simply ignored him and walked on. Most likely we wouldn’t be hearing about this.


70 posted on 05/26/2020 2:02:06 PM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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To: SJackson

If she felt threatened, she would have walked (or ran) away, not STAYED there.


71 posted on 05/26/2020 2:02:34 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: SJackson

Of course we don’t know what happened before the video starts ... but why would a man who is supposedly threatening a woman videotape the encounter? The man appears calm and well-spoken and the woman appears irrational.

The woman is also choking her own dog using the dog’s collar and complaining that a man is threatening her dog. :-) That alone was worth the price of admission.

Yeah — I might fire her ... but not based on racism or any such nonsense. The woman simply appears irrational. I would look into it some more, e.g. does she act irrational like that on the job?

However the charge of racism is absurd. It is almost as if the man set this up, triggered the woman and then captured it on camera to claim racism. One liberal triggering another liberal. Or maybe the black guy videoed the encounter as a defensive measure in case the woman pressed charges? Who knows?

I don’t think I agree with the actions of either of these people.


72 posted on 05/26/2020 2:02:54 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: SJackson

People like this need to be hunted down. Police do not exist to swat others with because they tell you to obey an ordinance/law.

This is the mindset we deal with now. As a woman she fakes a problem with a man to police, hoping they pound on him for her because he had the audacity to tell her to put her dog on a leash.


73 posted on 05/26/2020 2:02:56 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Captain Walker

Note post 27, 58, 69. He was threatening her, more accurately her dog, presuming his report is accurate. And his threat was pre recording.


74 posted on 05/26/2020 2:03:01 PM PDT by SJackson (Suppose you were an idiot, suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself, Mark Twain)
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To: teeman8r

Define “bird”


75 posted on 05/26/2020 2:03:12 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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To: lee martell

Like others here, I suspect that she may have exhibited questionable behavior before; and this was over-the-top enough to finally cause them to fire her.

I’ve seen situations where troublesome, disruptive people are kept on for various reasons - often legal reasons - until finally they do something provable that will stick.


76 posted on 05/26/2020 2:03:19 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Meatspace

Amazing how many people who support “right to work” laws don’t give a damn when it comes to a entitled white person threatening a black person, *THEN* it becomes “It’s her private life”. No; if you would LIE to police, break the law and abuse your animal you shouldn’t be working for any company where integrity is involved.


77 posted on 05/26/2020 2:03:22 PM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: lee martell
"Wrongful termination. This happened in her private life."

If I found out one of my employees filed a false police report, I would fire them too. What else have they done that's illegal, or planning to do? It speaks to character.

78 posted on 05/26/2020 2:03:41 PM PDT by 10mm
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To: teeman8r
she was probably not fired for her description of her assailant...

Her former employer's tweet suggests otherwise:

79 posted on 05/26/2020 2:03:46 PM PDT by FroedrickVonFreepenstein
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To: SJackson

Karen karma.


80 posted on 05/26/2020 2:04:03 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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