Posted on 05/29/2020 4:54:08 AM PDT by Kaslin
The jury will note that a 'camera' was not in evidence. The odds greatly favor a PHONE being used.
Also note that no STALKING has been presented as evidence; either.
That's when Mr. Cooper began to record the encounter. The dog owner, whose name, coincidentally, is Amy Cooper, demanded that he stop recording her,
On Memorial Day, as he waited quietly, an unleashed spaniel scurried into the area -- as happens frequently in the park during quarantine -- though a posted sign notifies owners that all dogs must be leashed.
Oh?
Based on what?
Uh; WHAT 'purpose'??
Fact #1 - This is a controlled space; set aside for birds.
Fact #2 - Dogs are known for chasing things: they are hunters.
Fact #3 - Dogs can be stopped in their chasing instinct by getting their attention by having a treat offered.
Fact #4 - Dogs love attention. And they know they can get a treat even from a drive-up teller window.
The bird-watcher asked the owner to please leash her dog. She was less than cooperative.
According to the birder, Christian Cooper, the conversation went like this:
"ME: Ma'am, dogs in the Ramble have to be on the leash at all times. The sign is right there.
HER: The dog runs are closed. He needs his exercise."
After more refusals from her to leash the pet, he said, "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" and reached for dog treats that he keeps for such situations.
Alarmed, she yelled, "Don't you touch my dog!"
The whole LOT of them!!
...and reached for dog treats that he keeps ...
Oh; if Amy hasn’t gotten another job yet, she might check over on the set of...
The Real Housewives of New York City
So who is in the right and the wrong here?
All true!
That is EXACTLY the point. C Cooper was intimating that he was going to poison the dog, and A Cooper understood exactly what the threat was. That is why C Cooper pulled dog treats from his pocket.
Then he proceeded to absolutely destroy her life for the offense of not leashing her dog, and getting frightened when a large black man in a very isolated area threatened to poison her dog as punishment for not leashing her dog.
And millions of self-righteous virtue signalers stepped up to cast further stones for this trivial, meaningless offense, making sure she will never recover.
Reply to: “I have posted a lot of information & links in the thread as have several others. Your assessment ignores that she only had to put on the lead or walk away. Not much of a threat. IMO no threat at all.”
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If all she had to do to escape the threat was to put the dog on a lead, or walk away, she was still being threatened. That. Was. A. Crime. To report to the police that she was being threatened, was perfectly legitimate.
There were no “good guys” here, but that action was proper.
Do you have a link to the medical examiner’s report? I haven’t seen that.
I would say so
No. I am going by what the news reports said. Also, in the video it doesn’t look like he was fighting when he was saying “I can’t breathe.” I guess the fact that he could say it meant that he could breathe, but it was a sign that something serious was going on with him, and the police could have acknowledged it.
I based that on the work he had done for the comics and his membership in the Gay/Lesbian Alliance.
Chris Cooper served as co-chair of the board of directors of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) in the late 80s, at a time when GLAAD was still a grass-roots, New York-based group organizing protest rallies against anti-gay violence, actions against the New York Post for its homophobic coverage, and television appearances to correct misleading programming about LGBT lives. His career as a writer and editor carried him to Marvel Comics, where he was assistant editor of the comic book that brought Marvels first superhero out of the closet, and the creator of Marvels first lesbian central character. He went on to create and write the Internets late, lamented LGBT superhero epic QUEER NATION: THE ONLINE GAY COMIC.
http://gayusatv.org/chris-cooper/
The survivor of a racist incident in Central Park, whose viral video of a white woman calling the cops on him has sparked national outrage, is also a pivotal figure in the history of queer representation in comics. A former editor at Marvel Comics, Christian Cooper helped give life to Yoshi Mishima, the first openly homosexual character in the Star Trek universe, PinkNews reports.
https://www.them.us/story/survivor-racist-central-park-incident-pioneer-queer-representation
Christian Cooper is a writer, and editor based in New York City. He has worked for Marvel Comics as a writer and an editor, writing Marvel comics Presents Stories, the Darkhold series for over a year, a run on Excalibur and edited a number of X-Men collections. In Star Trek fandom he is also notable for writing the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy comic for a few years, co-creating the first openly gay Star Trek character, Yoshi Mishima. Cooper is currently a senior biomedical editor at Health Science Communications
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-comics-christian-cooper-in-central-park-racial-confrontation/
Aside from being an avid birdwatcher, Cooper also happens to be a trailblazing queer comic writer. As a former editor for Marvel, he is known as a pioneer in the comic world for creating the character Yoshi Mishima, the first gay male character in a Star Trek comic and the first gay human ever within the Star Trek universe. With Yoshi, Cooper explored themes of discrimination, obviously something hes no stranger to in his own life. He also has written stories for Ghost Rider and Vengeance comics.
https://www.out.com/news/2020/5/26/man-center-viral-park-video-made-gay-star-trek-history
Did you even watch the video? There is your evidence that she charged him.
Or what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
Good point since the 'laws' were made by men and apt to change by them as well.
Alarmed, she yelled, "Don't you touch my dog!"Golly!That's when Mr. Cooper began to record the encounter. The dog owner, whose name, coincidentally, is Amy Cooper, demanded that he stop recording her
The evidence shows she was MORE worried about having her actions and words RECORDED; than she was the dog 'being poisoned' at this point!
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