Anonymous wrote: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.

Plenty of cyclists and joggers carry pepper spray to use on threatening dogs. Treats are no big deal!

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.

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 wrote: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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if that man is happy she got fired from her job. Or his sister.

Probably... he did this on purpose. Why else did he have dog treats ready to go.

Are you a troll? Seriously, this has been answered many times on this thread.

Anonymous wrote: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.

He did nothing wrong, and your "both sides" is disgusting.

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. "

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).

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Anonymous wrote:He set her up, he treated her by taking the dog via treats and calling it over. She didn't deserve to be fired for something that happened on personal time. I'm so tired of people setting people up for their 5 minutes of fame. He clearly does this regularly. She and the dog were not bothering anyone. Both handled it badly but he set her up.

You could say she set him up by walking her dog off leash in the first place.

Nobody set anybody up. This guy is a middle aged science editor who was out birdwatching. Bird people and dog people are always at odds - if she was walking a dog off leash in an area with a lot of bird watchers, she knew (or should have known) that she'd be called out by one of them. What seems unexpected to her is that the bird watcher was black.

The treat thing is weird. And I'd sure as fck be upset if someone randomly gave my dog a treat. But I wouldn't call the police and say an African American man was threatening my life over it. And I sure as hll wouldn't let myself be filmed calling the cops on a guy in this situation, using that language, knowing what could happen out of it.

There are a few people on this thread who carry treats. It's not weird and the only way a stranger could effectively give your dog a treat is if he was off leash. I don't think this applies to you.

By his own account, he used threatening language when giving the dog the treat. That would scare the bejeezus out of me. I've read enough stories of dogs poisoned by crazy neighbors and strangers that I take that seriously.

That's the only part of his side of the story that gives me pause. Obviously she is a racist lunatic who was hurting her dog in addition to putting the bird watcher's life in danger with her insane 911 call.

That's a big part of why you keep your dog on a leash. To keep your dog safe too. Responsible dog owners know this.

It would have been easy for the dog to pick up a bone that someone had thrown in the bushes, or a rat that had been poisoned and climbed into the bushes to die. She obviously is fine with taking chances on her dog eating things that can kill him. She's also fine with choking the animal herself. Why would she be scared of a dog treat?

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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if that man is happy she got fired from her job. Or his sister.

Probably... he did this on purpose. Why else did he have dog treats ready to go.

Because he occasionally encounters off-leash dogs in a prohibited area. Better to have treats than get bitten.

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Anonymous wrote:White women have to continue to learn the hard way. Men might still rule the world, but white women are by far the most entitled.

- another white woman

Don't indict all white women for the actions of this loon.

Not all. Many though, and those women have to learn the hard way, by public shaming.

This is why we have the Karen nickname, along with Permit Patty. Only white women try admonish me, and especially to my teens, even when they are not doing anything.

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 wrote:I wonder if that man is happy she got fired from her job. Or his sister.

Probably... he did this on purpose. Why else did he have dog treats ready to go.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:"Franklin Templeton has just announced Cooper's been fired from her job. The company said, "Following our internal review of the incident in Central Park [Monday], we have made the decision to terminate the employee involved, effective immediately." The investment firm doubled down ... "We do not tolerate racism of any kind at Franklin Templeton."

Wow! So twitter harassment works.

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.