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In reply to the discussion: Amy Cooper: New York Woman Calls Police on Black Man Who Asked Her to Leash Dog [View all]Demovictory9
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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
And the women caught on video calling cops on minorities didn't work at Waffle House
dalton99a
May 2020
#14
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
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
she wasn't shy about the racism "I'm going tell the cops there is an afri am man threatening"
Demovictory9
May 2020
#23
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