"I think I was just scared," she said. ", In comments to CNN as the video spread widely, Amy Cooper said she wanted to "publicly apologize to everyone.". Christian Cooper said he never threw any treats. (CNN)The white woman who called police on a black man in Central Park during an encounter involving her unleashed dog has been fired from her job, her employer said Tuesday. "I didn't know what that meant.

", The video ends with Christian Cooper saying "Thank You. "Sir, I'm asking you to stop recording me," Amy Cooper says. "Please tell them whatever you like," Christian Cooper says. "Unfortunately we live in an era with things like, Christian Cooper, who described himself as an avid bird-watcher, was out birding between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. Monday in the Ramble, a section of Central Park full of winding paths and thick greenery that.
This man, he was bird-watching. Asked if he'd accept her apology, Christian Cooper told CNN he would "if it's genuine and if she plans on keeping her dog on a leash in the Ramble going forward, then we have no issues with each other.". "Following our internal review of the incident in Central Park yesterday, we have made the decision to terminate the employee involved, effective immediately. "The outdoors -- and the joy of birds -- should be safe and welcoming for all people. Amy Cooper is … "When you're alone in the Ramble, you don't know what's happening. It's not excusable, it's not defensible.". She was placed on administrative leave and fired by her employer on Tuesday. ", "I think I was just scared," she said. Amy Cooper told CNN she was walking her unleashed dog, knowing that it was against the rules. Amy Cooper told CNN that since the video was posted, her "entire life is being destroyed right now." 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. "I videotaped it because I thought it was important to document things," Christian Cooper said. "I'm being threatened by a man in the Ramble," she continues in an audibly distraught voice . "Please send the cops immediately! ", The two went back-and-forth about the dog leash. We do not tolerate racism of any kind at Franklin Templeton,", Amy Cooper was walking her dog Monday morning while Christian Cooper (no relation) was bird-watching, Christian Cooper recorded video of part of their encounter and, "I'm taking a picture and calling the cops," Amy Cooper is heard saying in the video. Christian Cooper said he then pulled out dog treats.

Christian Cooper, whose video of a woman calling the police on him while he was birdwatching went viral over the Memorial Day weekend, acknowledged the …

The white woman who called police on a black man in Central Park during an encounter involving her unleashed dog has been fired from her job, her employer said Tuesday. Christian Cooper said the dog was "tearing through the plantings," and he told Amy Cooper the dog needed to be on a leash. "I'm going to tell them there's an African American man threatening my life," she says. Amy Cooper said he was throwing them at her dog.

That's when he says he saw a dog off its leash. Amy Cooper was terminated “effective immediately” on Tuesday from her job at investment firm Franklin Templeton, following a storm of criticism over a video … ", Amy Cooper's dog has been surrendered to the shelter he was adopted from years earlier while the dispute is addressed, according to a Facebook post from.

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The New York Police Department told CNN when officers responded neither Christian Cooper nor Amy Cooper was present. The video begins with Amy Cooper pulling her dog by the collar and telling Christian Cooper to stop recording. Abandoned Angels Cocker Spaniel Rescue Inc. And that's when he started recording the incident, he said on Facebook. This isn't a solution, This Earth Day, while you're quarantined, let a new hobby take flight. Christian Cooper, according to his Facebook post, then told her: "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.". No arrests or summonses were made, according to NYPD.
He told CNN he keeps dog treats with him to get dog owners to put their dogs on leashes because, in his experience, dog owners hate when a stranger feeds their dog treats and immediately restrain their dogs afterward. Amy Cooper said. She was silenced, Mark Meadows: We're not going to control the pandemic, Asian Americans facing historic unemployment during pandemic, Her story shows the decline of local papers in just over a decade, Trump said he thinks GOP will win the House.

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While she's on the phone, her dog appears to be straining and trying to get free while she tries to restrain it. "Black Americans often face terrible daily dangers in outdoor spaces, where they are subjected to unwarranted suspicion, confrontation, and violence," said Rebeccah Sanders, Audubon senior vice president for state programs. Facebook Christian Cooper posted a video of a white woman, Amy Cooper, calling police on him after he asked her to leash her dog in Central Park.

He came out of the bush," she said, adding that Christian Cooper was screaming at her. When you're alone in a wooded area, that's absolutely terrifying, right?" The National Audubon Society, the country's leading bird conservation organization, said they were grateful that Christian Cooper, a board member of the New York City Audubon Society, is safe. "He was running in an open field.

He said he was not screaming at Amy Cooper, and "was actually pretty calm. That's when Amy Cooper says she's going to call the police.

"There's a man, African American, he has a bicycle helmet," she says. "I'm not a racist.