Man asked woman to leash her dog in a public park -- she called the police on him
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Anonymous
Twitter Harassment? She was publicly called out for her entitled and atrocious behavior. If I were her employer, I would want to know about it too. |
Anonymous
| Can I just say, the last few seconds of her hysterical lying, the click of the leash finally being attached, his "thank you" and the end of the video is like the most perfect mic drop ever. |
Anonymous
Probably... he did this on purpose. Why else did he have dog treats ready to go. |
Anonymous
Yeah, it works. I wouldn't dream of trying to enforce anything, dog off leash included, in any situation where black folks are involved. I always wonder what I'd do if I saw something violent happen where black folks were the perp and the victim. |
Anonymous
Because he occasionally encounters off-leash dogs in a prohibited area. Better to have treats than get bitten. |
Anonymous
| She shouldn’t have called 911. But we don’t know what happened prior. Of course she begged after being doxxed and fired. I think the whole thing is disgusting. Both were in the wrong. |
Anonymous
I'm the PP you are responding to - and just to reiterate: I am not in any way defending what she did. Not at ALL. But most of us take moderated risks with our dogs - we walk them in places where they COULD pick up something bad, and we keep an eye out because we think the likelihood of them doing it and getting hurt is small. That changes when someone deliberately gives your dog something while saying, "You're not going to like this!" I hope you can see that. If not I think you are going out of your way not to recognize the very clear difference. And again: the bird watcher was CLEARLY the victim here. The dog walker is a deranged a**hole. BUT clearly he was giving the dog the treat in a way designed to rile her up, even though in every other aspect he was 100% right and she was 100% wrong. |
Anonymous
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Is it illegal to give a dog treat to a dog that is not under control of its owner?
If not, he did nothing wrong. If the woman wanted to be in control of her animal that much, she should have kept it on a controlled leash (not one of those useless retractable ones, which ought to be banned). |
Anonymous
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Interesting article here:https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/05/9837716/amy-cooper-central-park-dog-christian-cooper-racist-polce-call
TL;DR version: "As Amy Cooper began trending on Twitter, the video revealed a culture of violence around false calls to police. The U.S. battles a storied history of policing Black men, as well as constant Black deaths across the country as a result of police brutality. Critics have since seen the Amy Cooper video to be just another example of the power white people continue to yield over Black men as not only dangerous, but life-threatening. "What this woman did to her dog was terrible, but can we please recognize that the horrific part is that she intentionally acted in a way she had to have known could get a Black man killed?" Dr. Rebecca Kavanaugh posted on Twitter. Christian reacted to the viral video in an interview, stating that it was important to share this footage for his own life. "I videotaped it because I thought it was important to document things," he said. "Unfortunately we live in an era with things like Ahmaud Arbery, where black men are seen as targets. This woman thought she could exploit that to her advantage, and I wasn't having it." Others found that Cooper's efforts to abuse a 911 call and sound distressed when she was in a completely safe situation to be problematic, too. By Monday evening, Amy was reportedly placed on leave by her employer while the incident was being investigated. She also surrendered her dog — who appeared to be severely struggling in the video — to the rescue she adopted him from two years prior after people commented on the dog's mistreatment. According to a New York Times report, this wasn't the first time her dog suffered injuries, either. "I'm not a racist. I did not mean to harm that man in any way," Amy said in a public apology. She also told CNN that since the video was posted, her “entire life is being destroyed right now.” But what her reputation pales in comparison to what could have happened to Christian Cooper's life. He could have been jailed, imprisoned, or far worse — all because he asked her to put her dog on its leash in an area that requires dogs to be on leash. Her life has been upended because she falsely reported that a Black man was threatening her, a white woman, when her life was no more in danger than if anyone else had asked her to put her dog back on leash. When she called the police, at least one person was going to have to face the consequences of her actions. Had Christian not filmed the encounter, it could have been him. " |
Anonymous
He did nothing wrong, and your "both sides" is disgusting. |
Anonymous
Are you a troll? Seriously, this has been answered many times on this thread. |
Anonymous
It honestly cracks me up every time. It reminds me of every parent enduring a toddler's tantrum, calmly saying thank you when the kid finally stops losing their sh!t. |
Anonymous
| I love to jog at the park near my home, but I'm always a little leary of the off leash dogs. I've been knocked over by a few. The idea of using dog treats to give me some control over the situation is brilliant. If you can't understand why he would have them, you're an idiot. |
Anonymous
| No, pp, we all know abt the treats and still think she’s a racist jerk. The story abt what happened prior to recording us not exculpatory. |
Anonymous
Plenty of cyclists and joggers carry pepper spray to use on threatening dogs. Treats are no big deal! |