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Cirque du So-What

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13. And while we're at it...

Reply to mcar (Reply #3)

Mon May 25, 2020, 11:13 PM

May 2020

Stop feigning shock that incidents like this can happen in (gasp!) New York City instead of some red state peckerwood paradise. It's so widespread that no place is immune.

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Amy Cooper: New York Woman Calls Police on Black Man Who Asked Her to Leash Dog [View all] dalton99a May 2020 OP

I hope they charge her with filing a false police report still_one May 2020 #1

+1 dalton99a May 2020 #5

It translates to "I'm going to get you arrested for being black." Hortensis May 2020 #34

And that poor dog...she's kind of hanging him. likesmountains 52 May 2020 #2

dog surrendered Demovictory9 May 2020 #24

Man is Harvard grad and science editor mcar May 2020 #3

+1 dalton99a May 2020 #6

+1 betsuni May 2020 #10

And while we're at it... Cirque du So-What May 2020 #13

And the women caught on video calling cops on minorities didn't work at Waffle House dalton99a May 2020 #14

Exactly Cirque du So-What May 2020 #16

Yep. It's everywhere. mcar May 2020 #32

Let's not pretend it isn't the SINGLE BIGGEST thing we can do Hortensis May 2020 #35

The Animal Rescue has taken possession of Amy Cooper's dog. mcar May 2020 #4

Good MustLoveBeagles May 2020 #8

Just proves how much racial justice matters radius777 May 2020 #7

We still live in a culture that trusts the word of a white person over that of any person of color dalton99a May 2020 #21

That video is crazy. Renew Deal May 2020 #9

Franklin Templeton... Suburban Warrior May 2020 #11

Good! She was clearly out of her mind and blatantly racist. smirkymonkey May 2020 #30

Yeah, and tells Christian Cooper she's going to say "he's threatening her life". Cha May 2020 #12

+1. Sounded like she had experience doing it dalton99a May 2020 #15

Sounds like she was threatening him with Death By Cop. Iggo May 2020 #18

Good point! Cha May 2020 #19

Ouch. Name and employer. Iggo May 2020 #17

Wow...just a simple "I'm sorry, I'll put him on a leash right now." would have solved the problem. roamer65 May 2020 #20

Clearly, she's not open to people or thoughts that are not like hers. UTUSN May 2020 #22

she wasn't shy about the racism "I'm going tell the cops there is an afri am man threatening" Demovictory9 May 2020 #23

She was well aware of the implications dalton99a May 2020 #26

yep. she was counting on the cops arresting, beating or doing worse to Mr Birder Demovictory9 May 2020 #29

dailymail picked up the story.. now she's a worldwide poster child of racism Demovictory9 May 2020 #25

"People are sitting on Rikers Island on the basis of nothing more than an accusation" dalton99a May 2020 #28

Yes. Dreadful before, and now with the cultural backlash Hortensis May 2020 #36

Amy Cooper has been put on admin leave from her job Demovictory9 May 2020 #27

What eventually happened? Did the cops show up? Did he Luz May 2020 #31

As noted in other articles about the incident... Boomer May 2020 #39

She needs to be more careful in choosing her victims. nt Hortensis May 2020 #33

I'm assuming they are not related democrattotheend May 2020 #37

She wasn't scared, she was vindictive Boomer May 2020 #38