White investment banker Amy Cooper, 41, is FIRED after hysterically calling 911 to report an 'African-American man threatening her life' when he simply asked her to leash her dog - as she whines that her 'life is being destroyed'
Video posted Monday shows Amy Cooper threatening to call cops on Christian Cooper, former editor and writer for Marvel Comics, in New York City
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed Cooper as a racist in a tweet on Monday, saying 'this kind of hatred is not welcome in our city', after footage of the exchange went viral online
Cooper since said she wanted to ‘publicly apologize to everyone’, insisting she isn’t a racist and didn’t intend to inflict any harm on the African-American community
She says that now the video has sparked widespread outrage online, her 'entire life is being destroyed'
Christian says he asked the woman to put the dog on a leash in a protected wildlife area of Central Park
Cooper is seen petting her dog then suddenly asks the man to stop filming her
When he doesn't stop, she says she's going to tell cops 'an African American man threatening my life'
The woman calls 911 and repeats to cops that an African American man is recording her dog
'I'm being threatened by a man in the Ramble, please send the cops immediately', she shouts at him
People also complained she was choking her dog Henry, so she voluntarily returned the dog to the rescue shelter where she got him from
Cooper has since been fired from her $170K per-year job as head of insurance investment solutions at Franklin Templeton, following the conclusion of an internal investigation
Adding to Cooper's woes, president of the Central Park Civic Association, Michael Fischer, is urging Mayor de Blasio to permanently ban her from the park
Cooper, 41, said after social media users called for her firing: 'I sincerely and humbly apologize to everyone, especially to that man, his family'
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PUBLISHED: 11:44 EDT, 26 May 2020 | UPDATED: 09:56 EDT, 27 May 2020
A white woman dubbed ‘Central Park Karen’ has been fired from her senior position at a New York investment firm after a video showed her calling the cops on an African-American man who asked her to put a leash on her dog.
Amy Cooper, 41, was terminated from her job as head of insurance investment solutions at Franklin Templeton on Tuesday, having been placed on administrative leave a day earlier.
Earning up to an estimated $170,000 per-year, the company came to the decision following an internal investigation into footage of Cooper hysterically dialing 911 on former Marvel Comics editor Christian Cooper, 57, on Monday, claiming ‘an African American man is threatening my life’.
'Following our internal review of the incident in Central Park yesterday, we have made the decision to terminate the employee involved, effective immediately,' the company said in a tweeted statement. 'We do not tolerate racism of any kind at Franklin Templeton.'
She should have just said, Oh sorry and leashed the dog and walked away. But, I think carrying the dog treats to "prove a point" does make him a Karen and he was filming it to boot. She acted like a complete whacko screaming and crying and calling 911
Anybody watch Kaitlin Bennett? She did a video on this incident. She waxed poetic about how the woman must've been in fear for her life. Considering how strong Kaitlin presents herself, I was surprised to see her playing up the fear aspect.
I am really not a fan of going about filming people trying to get a "gotcha" to destroy someone's life. Carrying around dog treats to egg people on seems a bit suspect too
