Man asked woman to leash her dog in a public park -- she called the police on him

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We do not see the interaction before he started filming. Clearly he was intimidating. Why didn't he just say leash your dog and walk away?

Check your bias. We don't see it and yet "clearly" he was intimidating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to the twitter thread, she was pretty quickly identified and even ended up surrendering her dog, if I’m reading it correctly.

The dog is a rescue. I don't think she surrendered him. But she did close down her Instagram and LinkedIn accounts with a quickness.

She did give the dog back to the rescue organization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We do not see the interaction before he started filming. Clearly he was intimidating. Why didn't he just say leash your dog and walk away?

Let's examine this, shall we?

How was he clearly intimidating? Being black and alive?

As the video begins you see HER walking up to him, threatening HIM.

Yet, you sincerely believe it was HIM who was intimidating, and HER who was threatened?

And why should he have walked away?

Why is her right to peacefully flout the law more important than his to peacefully enjoy the park?

The dog was disturbing the birds, the very reason for this specific area of the park, and the reason leashes are required in this area. That is why it was important to him that she stop.


Why did she need to threaten him? Why did she need to walk up to him? Why didn't she just leash her dog and walk away? Why do you put the onus for letting it go on the black man? Why do you believe her rights supercede his?

I hope that you'll take your inability to answer these questions as a sign that you need to do some soul searching.

9 times out of 10, any adult scolding another adult for his or her behavior is attempting to be intimidating, even if the other adults is in the wrong.

Scold? I admire him for speaking up. I am so incredibly tired of people who are walking in common areas with their dogs off leash. They are so incredibly self-centered. They bother everyone else on the trails. So many times I have wanted to say something. But I don't unless the dog touches me. Mr. Cooper has my respect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been assaulted twice in D.C. in the past. I am also Hispanic and have experienced racism firsthand at various times throughout my life.

If someone on a bike in an area where no one was around and acted toward me the way that Mr. Cooper did to Amy Cooper, I would’ve felt threatened and called the police, too (read his Facebook post transcribing what he said to her—many women would’ve been . To say that she wanted the police to harm or kill the man is ridiculous. She was seeking protection from someone whom she rationally perceived to be an aggressor. And she was pulling on the scruff of the dog’s neck because she was terrified the man was going to harm the dog or steal it. Race was a nonissue here...she said “African American” as a descriptor in the same way someone would say boy or woman.

I hate, hate, hate, hate the new reality of this mob mentality. It makes me sick that in today’s cancel culture, an incident such as this can ruin someone’s life.

So telling someone to leash their dog is threatening????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Next time I'm somewhere a bunch of kids are running around free, I'm going to bring some candy and call them over to eat it.

Kids aren't a danger to you unless you have severely disabling special needs. If that's the case, I assume you have a caregiver with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not defending her, but...

I feel like this woman would have gone bananas with *anyone* who criticized her for letting her dog run unleashed. Man, woman, child, black, white or whatever: her reaction would have been the same.

Some people are short-fused and defensive...especially in NYC.

I agree. She would have been pissed no matter what. The problem is that she knew that if she said a black man was threatening her, it would get him in trouble. That's the issue. She could have just cussed at him or been rude. She took it straight to the stereotype. She was not hardly intimidated by him.

[Anonymous]

I don’t have a dog - and was bit by a loose dog as a kid so if anything I am pro-leash laws.
That said, I am so non confrontational I wouldn’t even ask someone to leash their dog, but I am impressed by the treat thing. That’s pretty ingenious. He must have asked so many people to follow the rule to leash their dogs and they wouldn’t, that he came up with that idea.

[Anonymous]

She is a b from hell and deserves everything that happened to her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Next time I'm somewhere a bunch of kids are running around free, I'm going to bring some candy and call them over to eat it.

Animals are not children. That is why children don't have leash laws. Part of the problem is pet owners who think their animals are human. Follow the rules and you won't have someone give your pet a treat. My children wouldn't care if you have candy because they are educated not to go to strangers and have more than enough candy at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next time I'm somewhere a bunch of kids are running around free, I'm going to bring some candy and call them over to eat it.

Animals are not children. That is why children don't have leash laws. Part of the problem is pet owners who think their animals are human. Follow the rules and you won't have someone give your pet a treat. My children wouldn't care if you have candy because they are educated not to go to strangers and have more than enough candy at home.

Kids are not dogs. You have to follow the rules if you want to have a dog. Just leash your dog. This isn’t hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We do not see the interaction before he started filming. Clearly he was intimidating. Why didn't he just say leash your dog and walk away?

Let's examine this, shall we?

How was he clearly intimidating? Being black and alive?

As the video begins you see HER walking up to him, threatening HIM.

Yet, you sincerely believe it was HIM who was intimidating, and HER who was threatened?

And why should he have walked away?

Why is her right to peacefully flout the law more important than his to peacefully enjoy the park?

The dog was disturbing the birds, the very reason for this specific area of the park, and the reason leashes are required in this area. That is why it was important to him that she stop.


Why did she need to threaten him? Why did she need to walk up to him? Why didn't she just leash her dog and walk away? Why do you put the onus for letting it go on the black man? Why do you believe her rights supercede his?

I hope that you'll take your inability to answer these questions as a sign that you need to do some soul searching.

9 times out of 10, any adult scolding another adult for his or her behavior is attempting to be intimidating, even if the other adults is in the wrong.

I didn't see it as intimidation as much as baiting her to get the reaction he got. He overstepped by calling the dog over and admitting he carries dog treats--wtf? Why?

They both are wrong and we should be WAY more concerned about what happened in Minneapolis last weekend than this.

This +100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to the twitter thread, she was pretty quickly identified and even ended up surrendering her dog, if I’m reading it correctly.

The dog is a rescue. I don't think she surrendered him. But she did close down her Instagram and LinkedIn accounts with a quickness.

She did give the dog back to the rescue organization.

I think she NEVER wants to walk in a park with a dog or walk alone in a park again for many years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not defending her, but...

I feel like this woman would have gone bananas with *anyone* who criticized her for letting her dog run unleashed. Man, woman, child, black, white or whatever: her reaction would have been the same.

Some people are short-fused and defensive...especially in NYC.

So you think if a white man was asking her to leash her dog she would have called the cops and said and african american man is threatening her? She would have said a white male? Really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That creepy guy choose to move aggressively against a young white woman. Let’s change the narrative: would he have been so bold against a man ? A man would have knocked that phone right out of his hand given him a shove and let his pit bull munch up those treats. But no this creep choose a young white woman with a small dog.
Message to women: watch out for aggressive black men when you are alone in the park.
How is that different than the advice women have gotten all along? Stay out of the park: predators are there.

Young she is not. 41 and showing it.

Why change the narrative? The video shows what a raging bitch she was. You need to change the narrative in your mind to feel better about being a POS Trump supporter...carry on. Your days are numbered because of POS POTUS already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We do not see the interaction before he started filming. Clearly he was intimidating. Why didn't he just say leash your dog and walk away?

Let's examine this, shall we?

How was he clearly intimidating? Being black and alive?

As the video begins you see HER walking up to him, threatening HIM.

Yet, you sincerely believe it was HIM who was intimidating, and HER who was threatened?

And why should he have walked away?

Why is her right to peacefully flout the law more important than his to peacefully enjoy the park?

The dog was disturbing the birds, the very reason for this specific area of the park, and the reason leashes are required in this area. That is why it was important to him that she stop.


Why did she need to threaten him? Why did she need to walk up to him? Why didn't she just leash her dog and walk away? Why do you put the onus for letting it go on the black man? Why do you believe her rights supercede his?

I hope that you'll take your inability to answer these questions as a sign that you need to do some soul searching.

9 times out of 10, any adult scolding another adult for his or her behavior is attempting to be intimidating, even if the other adults is in the wrong.

This.

Criticizing a stranger always involves risk.

I saw two white women go nuts in the ladies room at a high end department store. They were strangers. One lady was upset that the house the other lady’s stroller was blocking the paper towels.

A normal person would have politely said, “Pardon me. Will you please pass a paper towel please?” Instead, she went on a passive aggressive tirade to the entire room about how SOME people are so RUDE and entitled, etc. It quickly escalated to a screaming match.

and they called the cops? and said hysterically a white woman is harassing me?