White Woman, Amy Cooper Under Attack After Being Caught On Camera Lying To Police That African American Man Is Threatening Her Life

A Caucasian woman identified as Amy Cooper has come under attack for being racist by lying to police that an African American man threatened her life.

A video shared on Twitter by Melody Cooper, a sister to the man showed how he appealed to Amy Cooper to obey rules of New York’s Central Park rule, which states that dogs must be put leash while in the Ramble area of the park.

The Ramble is an area of the Central Park known for being home to several species of birds and a sightseeing location for bird lovers.

A rule in the park states that dogs are required to be on-leash at all times in certain areas, including the Ramble, and signs are posted in those areas alerting dog owners of the park’s policies.

The African American man who was also in the park and an avid bird watcher, began to film Amy Cooper who refused to obey the park rules.

The man politely asked the woman to put her dog on a leash, in order to protect the birds, but she refused.

Rather than obey, Amy Cooper said;

I’m going to call the police and tell them that there’s an African American man threatening my life.

Amy Cooper took her phone, called the police and told them exactly that. She went further by pretending to be in distress, crying and begging police to come to her rescue.

During the call, she choked her dog, making the animal let out a cry as though they were truly being attacked.

Melody Cooper tweet reads;

Oh, when Karens take a walk with their dogs off leash in the famous Bramble in NY’s Central Park, where it is clearly posted on signs that dogs MUST be leashed at all times, and someone like my brother (an avid birder) politely asks her to put her dog on the leash. pic.twitter.com/3YnzuATsDm

— Melody Cooper (@melodyMcooper) May 25, 2020

In a follow up tweet, Melody Cooper stated;

My brother & I are so grateful for your concern! He is fine and left to continue birding after she leashed the dog, as he politely requested. I wanted folks to know what happened to make sure it never happens again from her. All she had to do was put her poor dog on the leash.

— Melody Cooper (@melodyMcooper) May 26, 2020

This has since sparked outrage on Twitter as users call for the arrest of Amy Cooper for lying against an harmless man just because of his race – African American – and also lying to the police.

See some reactions below;

White women are actually petrifying. There is something so sinister about the way she had to exclaim “I’m telling the COPS an AFRICAN AMERICAN is threatening me.” She knows the police are racist and she’s weaponising her whiteness to threaten a Black life. Honestly evil. https://t.co/BFjA7L1cNg

— Chanté 🦖🇩🇲🇯🇲 (@ChantayyJayy) May 25, 2020

I was wondering why people are continually filming each other, but I soon realized this man was smart to do it because he had proof of her non existent story to who ever she was talking to. She really should be charged for this BS behaviour!!

— Scout Green (@ScoutGreen1) May 25, 2020

This is terrifying. She abused 911 and intentionally made herself sound like she was in distress. Anything could have happened to your brother. Thank God it didn’t. He should escalate this. She should at least be banned from the park.

— Yes. It has two “k’s”. (@erikka2ks08) May 25, 2020

Notice how her immediate response is to tell the cops an “African American” man is ‘threatening’ her. She weaponized her tears & knows that the fastest way for cops to respond is to put her virtual white hood on. Disgusting and a reminder of Emmett Till. Nothing has changed.

— Axel Folio, PhD (@ISASaxonists) May 25, 2020

But the cry of distress at the end really just took me out and not in a good way. Like she really just acted like your brother was harming her. That could have gotten him killed. These chicks, man…

— Tracee Loran (@traceeloran) May 25, 2020

As an 18 year old African American male, white women absolutely terrify me. Like this shit is so traumatizing. The cops don’t care about my community service, my GPA, me being an actual fucking human, they just think I’m a dirty nigger that they should kill, fuck you Amy Cooper https://t.co/23RHuk5pCh

— Keion (@Keionisbored) May 25, 2020

I can’t get over the video of the woman in NYC with her dog. The false police report and the fake cries of dispair were so disgusting. Lies and fake reactions like that get black people killed for simply existing. I hope that Amy Cooper is severely punished for her actions.

— TONI TONE (@t0nit0ne) May 26, 2020

All Amy Cooper had to do was to put her dog on a leash and go on about her business but no, she had to stop & put that “uppity black man” in his place by lying & playing the victim.

— And The Tweet Goes On (@lacadri34) May 26, 2020

This racist lady called the cops on a black man saying he was threatening her life after he just asked her to put her dog on a leash

Her name is Amy Cooper, VP of Investment Solutions at Franklin Templeton

CALL FOR HER FIRING

CALL FOR HER IMMISPONMENT!pic.twitter.com/kex8FNCySE

— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) May 26, 2020

Later on, it was gathered that Amy Cooper is the Head of Insurance Investment Solutions at Franklin Templeton Investment, a company located in New York, U.S.

The company, reacting to the video, tweeted;

In response to an incident involving an employee on May 25th, Franklin Templeton issued the following statement. pic.twitter.com/8f2lMwK0r5

— Franklin Templeton (@FTI_US) May 26, 2020